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IT WAS A QUIET COUNTRY PARISH, THE BIG GREY CHURCH  STOOD ON THE HILL SIDE, WITHIN THE STONE BOUNDARY WALL OF THE CHURCH WAS SITUATED THE CEMETERY. A COLD PLACE WHEN THE NORTH OR EAST WIND WAS BLOWING AS OFTEN WAS THE CASE WHEN A BURIAL WAS TAKING PLACE. THERE WERE NOT MANY GRAVE STONES […]

The turn of the century from the 1800’s into the 1900’s brought many changes to the family life in rural Ireland. Life had been so restricted on the land where the vast majority of the population had to make a living. Money was as always most important, its primary use being to pay excessive rents […]

In some situations there can be a choice of meaning, where this occurs all are given. Aghamuldoney  = The field of the Muldowney’s AGHO.  =  A field. Ardees Upper. = The heights, plural. Ardees Lower. =  The heights, plural. Rath. Ardgart.  =   The high garden.  Lough Anierin,  Tullynawore. Barr of Slattinagh. = The top of […]

Camlin, Co. Donegal the seat of the Tredennick’s is the property of the Rev. George Nesbitt Haydon Tredennick, M.A. Vicar of Sparkbrook, Birmingham and is situated in the parish of Kilbarron. It is bounded in the north by the River Erne and is noted for its salmon and trout fishing. The front portion of the […]

‘Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer Thought it was scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin. But he held it up with a smile.   “What am I bidden, good folks?” He cried “Who’ll start the bidding for me? A dollar – a dollar – now, two, only two […]

The origins of a story used in a small but important way in the film were founded in Belleek, Co. Fermanagh. It is the part about the friendship between the local Catholic Parish Priest and the Church of Ireland Rector.      One of the principal characters was the Rev. James Benson Tuthill, born in […]

Your news and entertainment out post for all things Irish from Perth to Dublin. The Australian Irish Scene. “ I was never going to give up”. Written by Fred Rea.                   Tuesday 18th August 2009. 11-36.   THE PADDY MONAGHAN STORY (left: Paddy by the river near his Irish family home)  Try to imagine it. You are […]

The village of Belleek has been a political border village since 1924. For many centuries it had a border tradition due to the fact that it was situated on the only fordable part of the Erne waterway west of Enniskillen. It was the gateway between Ulster and Connaught and the warring Irish tribes from the […]

 Having become acquainted with Anne Tierney during her research into the crash of the Halifax plane between Tuam and Lavelly I have come to appreciate the wonderful research that she has done into the event. As a result she has been called upon by other groups working on World War 2 plane crashes. She always […]