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  • Westport Railway Station

    Westport Railway Station

    21/10/2022
    The Westport Railway station opened in 1866 and is part of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) by the Great ...
  • Currach as work of art (1)

    Currach as work of art (1)

    21/10/2022
    A painting on a housewall in Dingle.
  • "What about the ghosts?' I asked"... an extract from 'The Darkness Echoing'

    "What about the ghosts?' I asked"... an extract from 'The Darkness Echoing'

    20/10/2022
    Gillian O’Brien toured some of Ireland’s darkest heritage sites carrying out research for her book, The Darkness Echoing: Exploring Ireland’s ...
  • Currach as work of art (2)

    Currach as work of art (2)

    20/10/2022
    The Dingle Currach survives as a piece of art. This stainless steel model is made pretty close to the original ...
  • Surviving Currachs (1)

    Surviving Currachs (1)

    19/10/2022
    Today, I checked the bus stop in Dingle and was delighted to see that they have replaced the destroyed currach ...
  • Rare Currachs

    Rare Currachs

    19/10/2022
    Over the years, I have watched the currachs at Dunquin pier. This year only one is left: a fishing currach in ...
  • Research visit to the National Folklore Collection at UCD

    Research visit to the National Folklore Collection at UCD

    18/10/2022
    My recent visit to the National Folklore Collection in University College Dublin to view its boat and fishing related material, ...
  • Folk medicine of County Mayo - can you help?

    Folk medicine of County Mayo - can you help?

    17/10/2022
    Are you from County Mayo, or based in County Mayo with any knowledge of folk cures? For example, how to ...
  • Fisherman's Monument Murrisk

    Fisherman's Monument Murrisk

    12/10/2022
    This tribute to Murrisk Fishermen was erected by Murrisk Development Association Ltd.  It was officially unveiled on 1st August 2006. ...
  • The Ghost Turnip & other Hallowe'en traditions

    The Ghost Turnip & other Hallowe'en traditions

    12/10/2022
    Visitors to the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in County Mayo, can see the now infamous (thank you ...
  • Submit a Ghost Story from the Schools' Manuscript Collection 1937-1938

    Submit a Ghost Story from the Schools' Manuscript Collection 1937-1938

    12/10/2022
    The Schools’ Manuscript Collection is comprised of folklore collected by primary school children over 1937/1938. To assist teachers with this ...
  • Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

    Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

    11/10/2022
    Raised Bogs once covered approximately three quarters of a million acres of Ireland. Today less than 1% of that figure ...
  • Brigid’s Legacy

    Brigid’s Legacy

    07/10/2022
    Brigid’s Legacy Within Ireland Saint Brigid’s Day falls on the same feast day of Celtic goddess Brigid: Traditional Gaelic festival of ...
  • Ireland’s Ogham Alphabet / Stones etc

    Ireland’s Ogham Alphabet / Stones etc

    07/10/2022
    Ogham stones are among Ireland’s most remarkable national treasures.  These carved stones bear inscriptions in the unique Irish Ogham Alphabet ...
  • BALLYGUILLEATAGGLE CASTLE

    BALLYGUILLEATAGGLE CASTLE

    06/10/2022
    Traditional Irish Name Baile Ghoill an t-Seagail, Ballyguile of the rye; or town of Guile, Englishman or foreigner.1 Associated Families Lacy; Odell. Location Barony, Connello ...
  • Community Archives & Heritage Group Conference 2022

    Community Archives & Heritage Group Conference 2022

    02/10/2022
    A short film about the Community Archives & Heritage Group (CAHG) 2022 conference, which took place over 15, 16 & ...
  • Ballinasloe Heritage Day, 4 October 2022

    Ballinasloe Heritage Day, 4 October 2022

    29/09/2022
    In association with the Ballinasloe Fair and Festival 300 year anniversary, Galway County Council and Ballinasloe Fair and Festival Committee ...
  • Milwaukee Irish Fest, If I Could - a poem by Thomas Seán Purdy

    Milwaukee Irish Fest, If I Could - a poem by Thomas Seán Purdy

    27/09/2022
    **Video** I would enter your gate and turnstile each day endure the emptying of pockets and the stern shriek of the metal detector if I ...
  • Portarlington Railway Station

    Portarlington Railway Station

    27/09/2022
    Victorian railway station complex, built 1850, comprising two ranges of buildings with former restaurant to one building. Renovated, c.1995. Designed ...
  • Longford Town Railway station

    Longford Town Railway station

    27/09/2022
    Longford Town Railway Station was originally built by the Midland and Great Western Railway Company in 1855 to serve the ...
  • Geashill Rail Station, Ard, County Offaly

    Geashill Rail Station, Ard, County Offaly

    27/09/2022
    Geashill Station opened in 1856 and serviced the estate village of Geashill and surrounding areas. Geashill station is located on ...
  • Cootehill Railway Station, Killycramph, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

    Cootehill Railway Station, Killycramph, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

    27/09/2022
    Cootehill former railway station was built on 10 October 1860 in an Early English Gothic Revival style by the company ...
  • Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station

    Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station

    27/09/2022
    Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station serves the village of Hazelhatch and the neighbouring large town of Celbridge in County Kildare The ...
  • Dunboyne Rail Station

    Dunboyne Rail Station

    27/09/2022
    Dunboyne Rail Station serves Dunboyne in County Meath. The original Dunboyne station opened in August 1862 on the Clonsilla-Navan railway line, ...
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Latest comments
  • Tony S on The Mc Greal Family

    25/01/2023
    My grandmother was Nora McGreal came to America with her brother Austin in I believe 1910. She was from Westport....
  • Fionnuala on Ballygill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland

    24/01/2023
    Hi Annette, Malachy is my 3x GGF and Owen seemingly was a cousin. The story has had a few variations...
  • Eileen Dunne on The Sídhe – belief & customs in Co. Laois

    24/01/2023
    Only heard of this tonight from my friend.. Paddy who knows ye well... Im so intrigued.. Am reading everything now.....
  • Lorna Elms on Dún Laoghaire (Mallin) Railway Station

    23/01/2023
    Hi Denis, thank you for your eagle eye and for drawing our attention to that typo - it has now...
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