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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
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
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
22/02/2021
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
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
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.
21/02/2021
Co – Founder Alcoholics Anonymous / Founder of Al – Anon This nun was committed to assisting people with addiction problems ...
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
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
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
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
18/02/2021
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
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
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
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
12/02/2021
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
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
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
05/02/2021
Getting Started with Genealogy
05/02/2021
Abbey of Donegal
02/02/2021
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LeoCasey
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Ardandragh Castle
24/02/2021
Nice history
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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...
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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...
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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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