Download or read book Inishowen Its History Traditions and Antiquities Part Two Its Parishes written by Moghtochair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition presents the those chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities' which deal with its parishes, first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of Maghtochair. Each parish is illuminated with insights into its history, topography and archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan. We read of the clergy, and schools; all interspersed with colourful stories of rebels, murders, legends, illicit stills and folklore, along with superstitions that once abounded about them.
Download or read book Inishowen its history traditions and antiquities containing a number of original documents with numerous notes from the Annals of the Four Masters By Maghtochair written by Maghtochair (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inishowen Its History Traditions and Antiquities written by Maghtochair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Maghtochair' was the pseudonym of 'Derry Journal' journalist Michael Harkin who compiled a series of articles on Inishowen and published them in 1867. His aim was to record and preserve the fast vanishing traditions of this well loved peninsula before the old social order and the Gaelic language disappeared. The book sweeps through Inishowen's ancient, medieval and modern history. We hear of its mythical past as well as its topography and archaeology. After the coming of St. Patrick and the conversion of the Gaelic chieftains, the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries including ancient Abbey at Fahan. The Viking and English invasions are chronicles as well as the final dismantling of Gaelic Ireland. Harkin describes the demand for tenants' rights and the abolition of tithes. To this story he adds descriptions of each parish. To this he adds colourful stories of rebels, murders, legends and folklore, along with superstitions which once abounded about them.
Download or read book Inishowen Its History Traditions and Antiquities Part One Its Legendary History written by Moghtochair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition presents the opening chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities', first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of 'Maghtochair'. The book sweeps through Inishowen's ancient, medieval and modern history. We hear of its mythical past - the Tuatha De Danaan, the Milesians and the story of Niall of the Nine Hostages from whom it is claimed the O'Neill dynasty and St. Columbkille were descended. Accounts are given of the Viking raids, the arrival of Strongbow and the final dismantling of Gaelic Ireland, with the defeat of the great Ulster Chieftains, the O'Neills and O'Donnells, at the Battle of Kinsale in 1607. As well as the history and topography of Inishowen, we learn of its archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan.
Download or read book Inishowen written by Maghtochair and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Inishowen its History Traditions Antiquities written by Maghtochair and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Download or read book The West of Ireland Its Existing Condition and Prospect Part 3 written by Henry Coulter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is presented the final eleven chapters of Henry Coulter's book 'The West of Ireland: Its Existing Condition and Prospects', first published in 1862. They relate to Counties Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim and Roscommon. The book offers local historians and genealogists access for the first time to the specific sections of this important historic source related to the North West of Ireland. Coulter reports on poor harvests, the prospect of impending famine and the state of agriculture and trade. He gives an account of Belleek Porcelain, the Creevilia Ironworks and other development, while reporting on the decline of the landlord and Rundale systems and the emergence of tenants' rights. It is bound to interest those researching the history of the North West of Ireland and those with ancestral roots in the area. This edition has been enhanced by the inclusion of an index and extensive footnotes not found in the original or in other scanned editions of the book.
Download or read book Lough Corrib Its Shores and Islands with Notices of Lough Mask written by William R. Wilde and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1867 account of all that is historic, picturesque, and beautiful in this grand Lough Corrib region, with its sacred islands, its ancient battle grounds, raths, and tumuli; its splendid ruins of castles and abbeys, written by a man who knows and loves it well.
Download or read book A Journey throughout Ireland During the Spring Summer and Autumn of 1834 Vol 1 Part 1 written by Henry D. Inglis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I of Henry D. Inglis' ""A Journey throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834,"" Vol. I is an account of Inglis' journey from Dublin, through Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Cork. His mission was to establish if Ireland was an 'improving county' and his detailed observations are of great interest to family and local historians as they give important insights into living standards in both towns and country, as well as the relationship between the gentry, middlemen and the tenantry of the time. To make this important text as accessible as possible and yet remain faithful to the original, Clachan editors have edited it carefully, updating certain disused symbols, spelling and punctuation. We have also provided an index and scholarly footnotes.
Download or read book Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim Part One Donegal written by Stephen Gwynn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man, Stephen Gwynn travelled through Counties Donegal and Antrim on a bicycle, enabling him to take a close-up view of the townlands, rivers, lakes and historic sites he visited. This is his account of his trip through Donegal. His loving interest in its history brings this accounts to life, revealing as it does, the hidden stories and associations behind the evocative exterior of the land. We get an account of ancient Gaelic Ireland: its holy places and its warriors - the O'Donnells and O'Neills. We hear of their tragic demise and the confiscation of the land they had to abandon. Though this book was written over a hundred years ago, the old Ireland he wrote of has left a lasting impression on the landscape, though it is fast fading. A reader who shares his passion for fishing and cycling will gain the additional pleasure of reliving these experiences as they were over one hundred years ago.
Download or read book Publications written by Bibliographical Society of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ould Lammas Fair written by Sean O'Halloran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great folk song of 'The Ould Lammas Fair of Ballycastle O' is a celebration of one of the oldest and most popular fairs in Ireland. It still has the power to draw visitors from far and wide and is a not-to-be-missed event for the locals. It is full of history. For older folks, it is a time to remember 'the scene that haunt' the memories. For the younger folk, it is an occasion to tune into the excitement of a by-gone times. - When else would one enjoy the unsophisticated taste of dulse and yellow-man except, of course, when - like in the song - on the pouting lips of a Mary-Anne. But the ancient reach of the Lammas Fair goes much further. Its origins are immersed in pre-history, in times long before the message of St Patrick was heard in Ireland, when gods of light and fertility were celebrated. This booklet, an updated publication of the original written in the 1966, retraces much of what is known and some of what can only be guessed at about the origin and development of this truly traditional event.
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Download or read book Families of Co Donegal Ireland written by Michael C. O'Laughlin and published by Irish Roots Cafe. This book was released on 2001 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work represents the largest compilation of Irish family names and Irish coats-of-arms ever bound together under one cover."--Jacket.
Download or read book The Irish Diaspora Tales of Emigration Exile and Imperialism written by Turtle Bunbury and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of the great Irish pioneers who left their homeland and in the process profoundly influenced their adoptive countries. From the first voyages of Saint Brendan in the early sixth century, an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores for other countries, and today, more than 80 million people worldwide claim Irish descent. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of the Christian God throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from across the land ventured overseas in all directions. The advent of the British Empire ignited a slow but extraordinary exodus from Ireland. These "Wild Geese" who opted to live outside of the Protestant state took their chances in the Spanish and French empires, as well as in the fledgling New World. These immigrants played an important role wherever they went: rising to high political and military positions in France and Spain, impacting the foundation of the United States, and fighting in the Civil War that followed it nearly eighty years later. Other Irish would come to the fore in business, science, engineering, and the arts, while some were destined for infamy as mobsters and gunslingers. Historian Turtle Bunbury explores the lives of these men and women, great and otherwise, whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore have played a profound role in world history and have left their indelible mark far beyond Ireland. Throughout The Irish Diaspora, Bunbury takes these overlooked events and characters and weaves them into an entertaining, and often surprising, history of the Irish abroad.
Download or read book Donegal written by Jim Mac Laughlin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology uses extracts from a wide variety of sources, to examine social and geographical change in Donegal over the past five centuries. Combining the approaches of the literary anthologist with that of the historian and social geographer, Jim MacLaughlin focuses on changes in community life and material culture in Donegal from the pre-colonial period to the late 20th century. The book presents extracts from historical records, travel literature, literary sources, biographies and autobiographies, official documents, political pamphlets and reports of government officials. It places the interpretations of academics alongside the observations of local historians, antiquarians, travellers, government officials, poets and writers.
Download or read book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors written by John Grenham and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
