#OTD in Irish History – 13 February:

13/02/2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

1689 – William and Mary, daughter of James II, are proclaimed king and queen jointly. 1820 – Death of lawyer and English informer, Leonard McNally. 1850 – Michael Kelly, fourth Roman Catholic archbishop of Sydney is born in Waterford. Kelly was a leading figure in the foundation in 1901 of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association […]

Medieval Ireland | Inishmurray Monastic Site

04/12/2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Saved by its ocean walls from ordinary marauders in former times, and from the wanton tourist of today… Inishmurray has retained a larger number of examples of primitive Irish Art than perhaps any other early Christian settlement in Ireland.” ––William Wakeman, A Survey of the Antiquarian Remains on the Island of Inishmurray, 1893 The first […]

The Viking Age in Ireland

27/05/2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

As Scandinavia was becoming increasingly over-populated the Vikings found a need to discover new land and create settlements, Ireland being one of them. They had also settled in Scotland and, like Ireland, started to settle with the local population. In Scotland these people became known as The Gallowglasses and would later arrive in Ireland as […]

#OTD in Irish History – 13 February:

13/02/2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Medieval Ireland: Inishmurray Monastic Site

04/12/2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Viking Age in Ireland

27/05/2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 13 February:

13/02/2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Pancake Tuesday 1689 – William and Mary, daughter of James II, are proclaimed king and queen jointly. 1820 – Death of lawyer and English informer, Leonard McNally. 1850 – Michael Kelly, fourth Roman Catholic archbishop of Sydney is born in Waterford. Kelly was a leading figure in the foundation in 1901 of the Pioneer Total […]