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  • The song of Slawmin-a-wool

    The song of Slawmin-a-wool

    09/11/2021
    I walk the roads of Erris, Tirawley, Burrishoole. Irish is my native tongue and it wasn’t learnt at school. My feet are ...
  • Mayo

    Mayo

    09/11/2021
    Mayo, may I place you in context A bare brown tooth in a vacant grin Shaped by the savage sea. Your cliffs carved ...
  • The dance at the Merchant's

    The dance at the Merchant's

    09/11/2021
    Some were back from England for a week And thought to capture that which they had missed. A night of dance and ...
  • Fishing for bream

    Fishing for bream

    09/11/2021
    The boy lifted the wet brittle layer of shale from its ancient bed And captured the scurrying crustaceans in loosely gripped ...
  • The potato clamp

    The potato clamp

    09/11/2021
    The autumn finds its end in cold and damp The Kerr’s Pink must be saved from winter’s frost. Four cartloads are protected ...
  • The straw rope

    The straw rope

    09/11/2021
    The boy hooked the straw from his uncle’s hands Gleaned from the pile on the kitchen floor The lamp cast a glow ...
  • The song of the scythe

    The song of the scythe

    09/11/2021
    The stone stroked the scythe creating a plaintive tune As the cutting edge was smoothed into sharpness. The first strokes were bold ...
  • A short history (continued)

    A short history (continued)

    09/11/2021
    I was born in 1943 in Muingelly near Ballycastle, County Mayo. My mother was born in Muingelly and my father ...
  • Mayo defences against the wild Atlantic weather

    Mayo defences against the wild Atlantic weather

    09/11/2021
    In May 1955, the Director of the National Museum of Ireland, A.T. Lucas and leading Irish folklorist, Kevin Danaher travelled ...
  • The Glebe House Kilfinane

    The Glebe House Kilfinane

    06/11/2021
    We are grateful to Mr Barry O’Neill, Killiney Co. Dublin, for providing this history of the Glebe House (NIAH), which ...
  • Online Network Meeting 3 November 2021

    Online Network Meeting 3 November 2021

    04/11/2021
    Please find all of the meeting presentations and documents below. ICAN Updates ***updates*** Our thanks to Pat Reid, Glendalough Heritage Forum, for his ...
  • How the Irish came to East Anglia - and the Kilfinane Connection

    How the Irish came to East Anglia - and the Kilfinane Connection

    03/11/2021
    This is the text of an address written by Peter Crooks to mark the 125th anniversary of the Irish Society ...
  • Multiple Pins on a Single Map

    Multiple Pins on a Single Map

    03/11/2021
    Creating multiple pins / POIs on a simple map is relatively straight forward, in this video I will show you ...
  • Churching Lament: a poem by Thomas Seán Purdy

    Churching Lament: a poem by Thomas Seán Purdy

    29/10/2021
    Who will place quartz crystals Into the cold palms of young mothers Who have not been blessed Nor lived long enough To see their ...
  • Sean óg Hanley, October 2021

    Sean óg Hanley, October 2021

    18/10/2021
    Whilst walking in St Mary’s, Kensal Green, I spotted a green Limerick garland celebrating All Ireland hurling champions. Intrigued I ...
  • The last fisherman of Portdoon, Inishturk

    The last fisherman of Portdoon, Inishturk

    15/10/2021
    Like generations of his family before him, Mikey O’Toole often sits in his house in Ballyheer, Inishturk and looks down ...
  • The Beauty That Surrounds Us

    The Beauty That Surrounds Us

    06/10/2021
    This Webpage Is Intended To Accompany The 6 Information Boards Which Have Been Set Up At The Corresponding Locations Kilfinane: Points ...
  • Abbey of Donegal

    Abbey of Donegal

    29/09/2021
  • 1970s Inis Oírr - an American's diary

    1970s Inis Oírr - an American's diary

    17/09/2021
    The National Museum of Ireland’s online exhibition Making a currach – Michael Conneely has resurrected strong memories and returned positive ...
  • Women of the Revolution in South-East Limerick 1914-1923

    Women of the Revolution in South-East Limerick 1914-1923

    10/09/2021
    This book is an examination of the important but largely overlooked role of women in achieving Irish independence. The collection ...
  • Memoirs of The Staker Wallace

    Memoirs of The Staker Wallace

    30/08/2021
    Rare copy of the 1909 publication by Eunice Graham Brandt – Part One – Read Online Part Two – Read Online
  • Richard King / Rísteard Ó Cíonga: Stained Glass Artist / Illustrator

    Richard King / Rísteard Ó Cíonga: Stained Glass Artist / Illustrator

    27/08/2021
    Stained Glass Artist / Illustrator This extremely talented man was a gifted stained-glass artist also he excelled in oil paintings.  He ...
  • Drumlane Abbey Graveyard Yields Fitzpatrick Family History

    Drumlane Abbey Graveyard Yields Fitzpatrick Family History

    19/08/2021
    In 1863, Daniel Fitzpatrick, his wife Ellen McIntyre, and eight children left Ireland and sailed on the Ship Thornton to ...
  • Using Canva for your design needs

    Using Canva for your design needs

    18/08/2021
    In this video we’ve asked Antoinette Lydon from https://www.oughterardheritage.org to show us how she uses Canva, we cover the following: Logging ...
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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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