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  • Fenit Port & Marina

    Fenit Port & Marina

    24/02/2021
    Introduction For centuries the Old Port of Fenit was Barrow Harbour. The port was key in medieval times to monastic settlements ...
  • Fenit & Saint Brendan The Navigator

    Fenit & Saint Brendan The Navigator

    24/02/2021
    Introduction The Fenit skyline is marked by the towering St. Brendan commemorative statue, located on the peak of Great Samphire Rock ...
  •  Augustinian Friary, Ballinrobe

     Augustinian Friary, Ballinrobe

    23/02/2021
    The Abbey of the Hermits of St. Augustine was founded by Elizabeth de Clare prior to 1337.  It was located ...
  • Memories of the O’Farrell family

    Memories of the O’Farrell family

    22/02/2021
  • Fenit - Little Samphire Lighthouse

    Fenit - Little Samphire Lighthouse

    22/02/2021
    Introduction Since 1854 Little Samphire Island Lighthouse (An Fhianait Teach Solais) has served as a navigation light for Tralee Bay. Construction ...
  • Fenit - A Fossil Walk

    Fenit - A Fossil Walk

    22/02/2021
    Fenit within (the island) and Fenit without (the peninsular village area) are underlain by Waulsortian Limestones. This generally pale-grey limestone ...
  • Cesca Trench / Sadhbh Trinseach

    Cesca Trench / Sadhbh Trinseach

    22/02/2021
    Artist / Nationalist / Cumman na mBan A love of Ireland, its language, culture, arts, politics ensured this Englishwoman a place ...
  • Sr. Mary Ignatia Gavin C. S. A.

    Sr. Mary Ignatia Gavin C. S. A.

    21/02/2021
    Co – Founder Alcoholics Anonymous / Founder of Al – Anon This nun was committed to assisting people with addiction problems ...
  • Mary Henderson & Family

    Mary Henderson & Family

    21/02/2021
    Teacher / Headmistress This elegant lady was an inspiration to several hundred children under her care. Born during 1892 Mary Agnes Henderson, ...
  • Surrender on Grand Canal Street

    Surrender on Grand Canal Street

    19/02/2021
    Hear Deirdre Mulrooney telling the story of Eamon De Valera’s alleged – and overlooked – 1916 surrender on her Lr ...
  • Experiences of Remote Interviewing in Oral History

    Experiences of Remote Interviewing in Oral History

    19/02/2021
    iCAN was delighted to welcome Regina Fitzpatrick and her fellow oral historians from the Oral History Network of Ireland (OHNI) ...
  • Model boats of the Irish Folklife collection

    Model boats of the Irish Folklife collection

    19/02/2021
    The National Museum of Ireland’s Folklife collection contains about 35 model boats of varying size and quality. While attention to ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 4

    Historian Skills: Lecture 4

    18/02/2021
  • Roscommon Town Market House, Court House, Sessions House, 1719.

    Roscommon Town Market House, Court House, Sessions House, 1719.

    17/02/2021
    Introduction My investigation looks at probably the most prominent stone building in the town of Roscommon after the Catholic Church, which ...
  • Turin Castle

    Turin Castle

    17/02/2021
    This castle is located in South Mayo, it is a fine example of the Tower House that has been restored ...
  • Bohola, Co. Mayo

    Bohola, Co. Mayo

    17/02/2021
    Bohola or Bucholla in the barony of Gallan is located on the river Gustien, on the Castlebar to Swinford road.  ...
  • Clare Island’s Monuments

    Clare Island’s Monuments

    15/02/2021
    Clare Island is situated in Clew Bay.  A ridge runs east to west; it reaches a height of four hundred ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 3

    Historian Skills: Lecture 3

    12/02/2021
  • Inishkea Islands Monastic Sites

    Inishkea Islands Monastic Sites

    11/02/2021
    These islands are located west of the Co. Mayo coast; 5km from the Mullet Peninsula.  Called Inis Gé that means ...
  • Kilcashel Stone Fort

    Kilcashel Stone Fort

    11/02/2021
    Kilcashel is taken from the Anglicized version of the Irish Coill na Chaisil that meant ‘wood of the stone fort.’ ...
  • Dún na mBó Promontory Fort

    Dún na mBó Promontory Fort

    11/02/2021
    Promontory Forts were a fortified coastal headland or sea – grit Promontory of land.  The seaward sides were naturally defended ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 2

    Historian Skills: Lecture 2

    05/02/2021
  • Getting Started with Genealogy

    Getting Started with Genealogy

    05/02/2021
  • Abbey of Donegal

    Abbey of Donegal

    02/02/2021
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  • LeoCasey on Ardandragh Castle

    24/02/2021
    Nice history
  • Anne O'Dowd on Máméan Pilgrimage

    23/02/2021
    Hello Aoife, I've never done this one. Perhaps soon. Can you tell me if this might be the 'Pattern' which...
  • Lorna Elms on Mary Hayes 1901 – 1919

    20/02/2021
    Hi Frances, The certified cause of death is 'Phthisis' 'The comorbidities of pneumonia, bronchitis, heart disease, and phthisis (tuberculosis), were...
  • Frances Mulholland on Mary Hayes 1901 – 1919

    20/02/2021
    Very interesting article, the personal account of Mary’s death brings to life what people were experiencing at the time. Would...
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