Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.
At Christmas, all roads lead home. Milky Way over Dún Chaoin Pier, Dingle, Co Kerry, kerryviews.com Photography Advertisements
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Tag: Killarney
Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co Kerry
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Killarney, Co Kerry, Trish Punch Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. Descending from An Clasach towards Ventry with the view of the beautiful snow capped mountains in Killarney, Co Kerry, Florian Walsh Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you. ‘Abandonment’ – Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co Kerry, Niall O’Sullivan Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
Effort doesn’t matter if love is left behind. Killarney, Co Kerry, William Duggan Photography
Read MoreWhat Really Happened At Ballyseedy! Irish Civil War
You can still find bullet-marked walls in Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee. There, young Kerrymen faced squads after “interrogation” carried out by officers beating them with a hammer. Worse than these “authorised killings” were the atrocities carried out “unofficially”. Of these, one act will always stand out in infamy the blowing up of nine prisoners at Ballyseedy […]
Read MoreToday in Irish History – 3 January:
1663 – Thomas Crompton of Arklow, a clergyman, petitions the House of Lords that ‘Constantine Neal of Wexford, merchant, refuseth to restore the bell belonging to the steepl (sic) of Arklow, which he saw in his possession’. An order is made for its restoration. 1823 – Death of General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert. He was […]
Read MoreToday in Irish History – 1 May:
Beltane, Lá Bealtaine, the first day of Summer in modern Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans. 1169 – A small party of Normans arrives at Baginbun and establishes a bridgehead for further invasions. 1170 – Arrival of Normans in Co Wexford. Arrival of Richard de Clare, […]
Read More#OTD in Irish History – 8th March:
1574 – Captain William Martin lays siege to Grace O’Malley in Rockfleet castle. 1594 – English expedition sets out from Galway to kill pirate queen, Grace O’Malley. 1700 (?) – Year is uncertain, but it is on this date that Anne Bonny, née Cormac, pirate, is born in Co. Cork. 1702 – William III dies […]
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