May 30, 2024
See also Notes on Kilcock. The High King’s Rendezvous Rathcore Golf Club, north of Enfield occupies the site of Dún Cuair, a substantial fort that lay on what was once the border between the kingdoms of Meath and Leinster. In 804, Áed Oirdnide, the High King of...
May 27, 2024
John Huston at Courtown House. Illustration: Derry Dillon. Hollywood Royals Courtown House, just south-west of Kilcock, is a Georgian mansion that was constructed by the Aylmer family in 1815. Between 1954 and 1955, the height of the McCarthy witch-hunt in...
May 19, 2024
What’s In A Name? Developed as a completely new street in 1885, Tara Street was built as an extension of Butt Bridge and named for Ireland’s ancient Royal capital at the Hill of Tara. It incorporated two earlier alleys, Stocking Lane and Shoe Lane, where Dubliner’s...
May 15, 2024
Highlighting John Butler’s succession and the Dunboyne Scholarship, plus Count Richard Taaffe’s 1931 wedding, Herbie Brennan’s ghost sighting, Colonel Blood’s daring exploits, fashion designer Patricia Crowley, political figures Joe and John Bruton, the patriot priest...
