Lady Well Killyon Ceremonies | Boyne Valley, Co Meath

15/08/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The site of Lady Well in Killyon is typical of the sites of holy wells in the Boyne valley. There is a tumulus nearby which shows that the place was of importance in pagan times. The site of Lady Well in Killyon had probably been an important chief’s residence at the time of St Patrick, […]

#OTD in 1318 – Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a descendant of Strongbow, is killed while commanding his forces at the Battle of Dysert O’Dea.

09/05/2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Normans were very unsuccessful in trying to establish themselves in Clare. They had but one small section in Bunratty guarded by a strong Castle of the same name. In 1318 Richard DeClare occupied the Castle of Bunratty. In May of that year he was joined by some Irish traitors and they proceeded with a […]

#OTD in 1366 – The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in an attempt to prevent Norman settlers becoming ‘more Irish than the Irish themselves’.

18/02/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

The Anglo-Irish parliament met in Kilkenny and produced a body of royal decrees that became known as the Statutes of Kilkenny. The statutes aimed to prevent English colonists living in Ireland from adopting Irish culture and mandated that the Irish conform to English customs before they could obtain certain social, legal, and religious rights. In […]

Clonmacnoise Monastery – Cluain Mhic Nóis | ‘Meadow of the Sons of Nós’

17/01/2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

This monastery is situated on the banks of the Shannon, it was founded in 544 AD by St Ciarán on a fertile meadow, or cluain, surrounded by bog. It could be reached only by river or along esker ridge known as the pilgrim’s road. The monastery flourished for 600 years as a centre of learning […]

#OTD in 1170 – Diarmait Mac Murchada and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin, avoiding an Irish force that awaits them to the south of it.

21/09/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Dublin falls to them on this date. Some Norsemen, including the king of Dublin, Ascall mac Ragnaill, flee to the Hebrides or the Isle of Man. The Normans and Diarmait held a council of war at Waterford and agreed to take Dublin. High King Ruaidrí deployed a large army near Dublin to intercept them. As […]

Lady Well Killyon Ceremonies | Boyne Valley, Co Meath

15/08/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1318 – Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a descendant of Strongbow, is killed while commanding his forces at the Battle of Dysert O’Dea.

09/05/2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1366 – The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in an attempt to prevent Norman settlers becoming ‘more Irish than the Irish themselves’.

18/02/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Clonmacnoise Monastery – Cluain Mhic Nóis | ‘Meadow of the Sons of Nós’

17/01/2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

Lady Well Killyon Ceremonies | Boyne Valley, Co Meath

15/08/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

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Lady Well Killyon Ceremonies | Boyne Valley, Co Meath

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Clonmacnoise Monastery – Cluain Mhic Nóis | ‘Meadow of the Sons of Nós’

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#OTD in 1170 – Diarmait Mac Murchada and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin, avoiding an Irish force that awaits them to the south of it.

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Lady Well Killyon Ceremonies | Boyne Valley, Co Meath

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