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  • Kilfinane Emmets in 1897

    Kilfinane Emmets in 1897

    03/12/2019
    Kilfinane Emmets in 1897 Limerick’s First All Ireland Hurling Final Victory  
  • Dr. Ned Walsh of Betteville

    Dr. Ned Walsh of Betteville

    03/12/2019
    Sporting Athletic Success –  Read by clicking on this link on limerickcity.ie : https://www.limerickcity.ie/media/walshned05.pdf
  • Cush Earth Works Video

    Cush Earth Works Video

    03/12/2019
    We have commissioned a series of replica urns and artifacts unearthed in the 1930’s at the Bronze Age site Cush, ...
  • Treasures of the Deep with Johnny Golden, of Portmagee.

    Treasures of the Deep with Johnny Golden, of Portmagee.

    02/12/2019
    Johnny Golden has lived in Portmagee all his life. His father had a grocery store there. His house is full ...
  • Sean O'Leary: folklorist and naturalist

    Sean O'Leary: folklorist and naturalist

    02/12/2019
    This video tells the story of a unique person in Portmagee, Co Kerry – Sean O’Leary Sean is a forest school ...
  • Ancestors

    Ancestors

    28/11/2019
      Every fibre of our being from the soul Of our feet to the tip of our head Comes from our ancestors, Blood, ...
  • Ballinrobe Friary

    Ballinrobe Friary

    22/11/2019
  • Mayo Farms and Coasts

    Mayo Farms and Coasts

    22/11/2019
  • An Unconventional Funeral

    An Unconventional Funeral

    19/11/2019
    Times are changing, so are the ways in which we celebrate our cultural rituals. There is an ongoing growth in ...
  • LIFEFORCE

    LIFEFORCE

    09/11/2019
    Standing On a summer’s evening Atop Magical Tara’s Hill Staring at a sunset Casting its long shadow Over mystical ground Towards an ancient mound, Giving life to ...
  • Anticipation

    Anticipation

    09/11/2019
    Awaiting At night’s end Amid assemblage This awe – inspiring Event Musing With Spirits Ancient tribes Previous witnesses On hallowed site   Stillness descends Appearance of light Creeps up passageway Illuminating chamber Sacred symbols   Mystical moment Sun Solstice Newgrange.   2007
  • An Evening in June

    An Evening in June

    05/11/2019
      The Scotch Pines kept sentry by the hilltop where the St. John’s Eve fire blazed. We feasted on Mi – Wadi and ...
  • The Photograph

    The Photograph

    05/11/2019
      I walk in the clear waters of my childhood, again curious to undo the strings of the old clutch bag and live ...
  • Lance Corporal Anthony Naughton

    Lance Corporal Anthony Naughton

    31/10/2019
    An Exemplary Soldier Naughton recovered from injuries sustained to return to his campaign in his short Military career. Anthony Naughton was born ...
  • Slievemore: The Abandoned Village

    Slievemore: The Abandoned Village

    31/10/2019
    You park your car on a low slope under the graveyard wall. Always there is a mound of fresh-turned earth, flowers in pottery ...
  • Book of Kells

    Book of Kells

    28/10/2019
    Ireland’s Treasured Manuscript This manuscript’s date or place of production has been the subject of considerable debate, yet it is acknowledged ...
  • Titanic 2012

    Titanic 2012

    27/10/2019
    Fog across waters That are now silent Tears  shed are but no more Memories of  1912 awakened By the sound of peeling bell   Voices calling ...
  • Emily’s Butterfly

    Emily’s Butterfly

    25/10/2019
  • A Nation Once Again: The Irish Chapbook

    A Nation Once Again: The Irish Chapbook

    25/10/2019
    ‘Valkyrie’ Kerry Kelly is a multi-graduate, wife and mum of five. She lives in Mayo, Ireland and writing is her ...
  • Red Admiral by Emily Land

    Red Admiral by Emily Land

    25/10/2019
  • The Robe

    The Robe

    25/10/2019
  • Ballinrobe Twilight

    Ballinrobe Twilight

    25/10/2019
  • Best of the Robe

    Best of the Robe

    25/10/2019
  • Lacken and Killala

    Lacken and Killala

    25/10/2019
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    30/11/2019
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    Fergal Maguie - I am so glad I looked afresh at this article that my mother wrote in 2014!! I...
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