Mar 24, 2022
In Ireland, St Brigid is considered as venerable as the Blessed Virgin, mother of Christ, and second only to St Patrick in the hierarchy of patron saints. She’s even been known to turn up in a Lindsay Lohan rom-com. Her story is a complex cocktail, embracing the...
Feb 26, 2022
Return to Waterways Through Time – Contents ***** ‘A most wonderful selection.’ Eanna ni Lamhna Mooney Goes Wild, RTE Radio One “Upon those who step into the same rivers, different and ever different waters flow down.”...
Jan 28, 2022
According to legend, the mighty bluestones used to form the stone circle of Stonehenge in England were spirited across the Irish Sea from Kildare by no less a soul than Merlin the magician. Far-fetched, assuredly, and yet there is something so extraordinarily...
Jan 11, 2022
As of April 2025, I have an inventory of (extant or vanished) 3 ring forts, 1 square fort, 1 standing stone, 1 dolmen, 1 monastery, 1 castle, 1 Bronze Age settlement, 2 graveyards and a cross-inscribed pillar stone, all located in a small stretch of land running from...
Jan 10, 2022
In the distant past, the raths around Lisnavagh were part of the power base of the Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsellagh). This section considers the links to Rathmore, Rathvilly, the Oldfort ringfort and the Slíghe Chualann, as well as two kings of Leinster, Crimthann mac Énnai...
