“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” –Henry Ford Henry Ford’s father, William Ford, was born in Co Cork and was one of many to emigrate from Ireland due to poverty and hunger (An Gorta Mór). Ford visited Ireland in 1912, 65… via …
Brehon Laws | Children and the status Women in early Ireland — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
Prior to the Anglo-Norman invasions Ireland was home to between 80-140 independent petty kingdoms called túatha. A person’s idea of nationhood was local to their home túath and kin-group (fine). Each túath had its king elected from among its noble grades, each had their own customs and traditions, styles of dress, particular songs and legends… via …
Hidden Continent Called Greater Adria Discovered Beneath Europe — KTLA
Researchers have discovered a hidden continent on Earth, but it’s not Atlantis. They found it while reconstructing the evolution of Mediterranean region’s complex geology, which rises with mountain ranges and dips with seas from Spain to Iran. The continent is called Greater Adria. It’s the size of Greenland and it broke off from North Africa,… via …
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Caernarfon Castle — Down by the Dougie
After a grey day on Wednesday, Thursday was forecast to be a scorcher, and so it transpired. We’d decided to drive over the Menai Straits and make use of our Cadw memberships by visiting Caernarfon Castle. This is probably the most impressive of all the castles that Edward I had built following his subjugation of […] …
Woodstock At 50: The Unheard Recordings — News : NPR
In this defining interview, Andy Zax, producer of a massive new Woodstock box set, shares previously unheard recordings from the festival and the remarkable stories behind them.(Image credit: Henry Diltz) via Woodstock At 50: The Unheard Recordings — News : NPR
Travels in Spain, The Don Quixote Collection — Have Bag, Will Travel
“Don Quixote is the national glory of Spain. No one who does not know that has the right to call himself a Spaniard. There is a monument to him in Madrid…he was our first revolutionary.” – Gerald Brenan, ‘South from Granada’ Click on an image to scroll through the Gallery of pictures that I have […] …
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A few, perhaps unknown, facts about Ireland… — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
The majority of people attribute the guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland almost 500 years before it made its way to France. A man named Murcod Ballagh seemingly used it for an execution near Merton in Co Galway on 1 April 1307. Dundalk Jail was built in… via …
The Gaelic Harp — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
No musical instrument has ever had to carry so much baggage, surely, as the Irish harp. It has been the symbol both of Ireland under English rule and of the Irish Free State. Unadorned, on a green background, it was a rebel flag in 1916. While its earliest origins are lost, the Irish harp has… via …
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Vandals Steal Head Of 800-Year-Old Mummy In Ireland — News : NPR
"These are people who have been lying at rest for years and years and to have them desecrated in such a sacrilegious way is so distressing and disturbing," the Archbishop of Dublin told local media.(Image credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) via Vandals Steal Head Of 800-Year-Old Mummy In Ireland — News : NPR
“It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder” — The Orkney News
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3xtYEfc8z-g?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Scotland’s links with Canada stretch back for centuries via “It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder” — The Orkney News
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