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In the medieval period, a church site was founded on Cottage Island, Lough Gill. A dependency of the Premonstratensian order based on Trinity Island, Lough Cé, the remains include a small simple church.
This week’s word is whisht – a Hiberno-English term used throughout Ireland as an interjection or imperative verb to request silence or command someone to stop making noise and keep quiet.
During Easter week 1916, fierce clashes erupted in southeast Galway as local Volunteers mounted attacks on RIC barracks in Clarinbridge and Oranmore.
In 1881, Leitrim-man Brian McEnroy, secretary of the Glenade Land League, became one of the first prosecuted for “illegal assembly” during Ireland’s Land Wars.
James B. Connolly, an American born to Irish parents, was the first Olympic champion of the modern era in 1896 and achieved notable success across multiple field events.
A group of 48 men and women who were alive when the 1926 census was taken have been appointed centenarian ambassadors by the National Archives to mark the release of the census.
Brigid “Beezie” Gallagher lived much of her life as the only inhabitant on a little island called Cottage Island on Lough Gill, Co. Sligo. All attempts to encourage her to relocate proved unsuccessful.
O’Doherty’s Keep, a medieval tower house linked to the O’Doherty clan, is best known for its role in Cahir O’Doherty’s 1608 rebellion. Financial struggles led to its recent sale despite restoration efforts.
We explore the origins and development of Clonakilty workhouse and especially its designated cemetery called “An Páircín a’ Chongair”, the latter continued in use up to the mid-1980s.
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