Sunday, December 22, 2024

A state of chassis on the Fastnet

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  From James Morrissey's wonderful 'A History of the Fastnet Lighthouse' I came across this interesting snippet in the Irish Exa...
Monday, December 16, 2024

The Mystery of the Missing Perch - A Play in One Act

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From the Robinson family album, early 1900s (NLI)   The Mystery of the Missing Perch a play in one act by The Drogheda Independent first per...
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Saturday, December 7, 2024

The story of Ballycotton lighthouse

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I am delighted that this blogpost is not from myself, not simply because I'm very lazy, but because it is by someone who is sickeningly ...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

A tale of ancient times in Sligo

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Knocknarea from Strandhill I n the west of Ireland in the modern-day county of Sligo, there stands a mountain overlooking Sligo Bay called K...
Thursday, November 28, 2024

The lighthouses at Bearna

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  The good residents of Bearna (or Barna), some five miles west of Galway city, will doubtless recognise the picture above, even though its ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The White Lady and the White Man

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Mr and Mrs White. Please note the blue sky, which is quite the rarity for this blog. Photo taken from up on the Sky Road on the other side o...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The goats of Inishtearaght

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  Aside from humans, the two animals that were deliberately imported to Tearaght were rabbits and goats. All three were probably introduced ...