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Dear Readers
From 00.01 on 28th October 2020 this site will be closed. A selection of the posts here will be posted to www.irishloreandtales.com if you wish to continue reading and to read further stories etc.
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Krumm's Riot 1920
Krumm’s Riot 1920
The RIC and the Black &Tans
This last while I have been looking at various books concerning the ‘Irish War of Independence’ and have read many curious stories about participants and various incidents in what was a bloody and often cruel conflict. One story particularly caught my interest and concerns the mysterious shooting and murder of a member of the ‘Black and Tan’ auxiliaries to the Royal…
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A Timely Warning to Young Couples “So, my dear Katie you’re going to be married soon? Well, I hope that you have made a wise choice.” “O yes, uncle,” I answered light-heartedly, “I certainly have made a wise choice, for Henry will make me perfectly happy.’ ‘Oh,” Uncle Joe smiled pleasantly and mischievously asked, “What has he got?” It was typical of Uncle Joe to set me an unexpected question…
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The Darker Side of Life in Old Ireland III
The Darker Side of Life in Old Ireland III
Burke and Hare
In 1828 a bizarre proposal appeared in a London Newspaper suggesting a means to alleviate the shortage of corpses for dissection:
“Let the body of every Irish pauper, who comes to this country uninvited, and dies here, be given to the anatomical schools. The plan would relieve us in a great measure from the influx of Paddies, as they would much rather deposit their bodies at home,…
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St. Bridget's Mantle
St. Bridget’s Mantle
St. Bridget’s Well
The First of February is the feast of St. Bridget and on Eve of the feast the usual Irish dinner consisted of ‘bruitins’(mashed potatoes)in a wooden dish placed on a table, or in earlier days the “bare floor”. A hole for the butter was made in the centre of the ‘bruitins’, and, the butter placed there, with the hole being covered over with the hot ‘bruitins’ scooped out in…
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The Darker Side of Life in Old Ireland II
The Darker Side of Life in Old Ireland II
Battling the Resurrectionists
To have a relative, no matter how distant, exhumed from their place of rest and taken away after death to be cut into pieces was as repugnant then as it would be today. Anyone who designated themselves to be Christian had a strong belief that the complete body of a person was needed to be reunited with the divine soul on the Final Day of Judgement and, as a result of…
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The Darker Side of life in Ireland of Old
The Darker Side of life in Ireland of Old
Part I
Recently I had the opportunity to read a book called ‘The Peeler’s Notebook’, concerning the work of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) from its formation until the establishment of the ‘Garda Siochana’. To my surprise I read a snippet about the activities of men involved in the ‘Sack ‘em up’ trade, more commonly known as ‘Grave Robbing’, or ‘Resurrectionism.’ Looking further into such…
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The Well of Derrydownan
The Well of Derrydownan
An old Story from Ireland In a time, long before the coming of Saint Patrick, there was an old king in Connacht, who had been blessed with three sons. The old king had been bothered by a sore foot for many years, and he could get nothing to cure it. One day he sent for blind ‘Wise-man’ and said to him, “I’m giving you wages this twenty-years and you can’t even tell me what will cure my…
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The Toll - Man's Tale
The Toll – Man’s Tale
A Story of Old Dublin
A Turnpike
Some of you may have heard about the ‘Turnpike Roads’ that ran through Ireland until the middle of the nineteenth and they were always accompanied by a toll-bar, something similar to the modern toll-bars on the various motorways that fan out over Ireland. At one toll-bar on the western side of Dublin there was a ‘Keeper’ who lifted the tolls and was known to all…
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Paddy the Piper
Portrait of an Irish CharacterThis is a genuine portrait of an Irish piper, for the face of the man, and the instrument on which he is playing, are both characteristic of our Nation, genuine Irish. In the well-proportioned oval face you can recognise his years of wisdom, good sense, and gentleness, which is a common trait found among the ordinary people of Ireland, in town or countryside. As for…
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The Wake
From outside the cottage the muffled conversation from the people in the kitchen sounded more like the humming of a swarm of bees. When it became more agitated and voices tried to talk over each other, it sounded more like the annoying cackling of geese in the farmyard. There would, of course, be the occasional pause and it would re-start with whispers, lowered voices that would be interspersed…
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The Fireside Stories of Ireland
The Fireside Stories of Ireland
The Fireside Stories of Ireland
by
Patrick Kennedy
Published in 1870.
The Author:
Patrick Kennedy was born in 1801 in a place called Kilmyshal, which lay near the County Wexford town of Bunclody. Although his family were peasant stock, they were a financially well-off family of peasant stock. At the age of eighteen years his schooling was interrupted when he was asked to fill…
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Pinebank Publishing Launched This is the first blog of my new web-site. It is here to assist me in selling my own books and to encourage other new authors of any age or genre to self publish, market, sell, and give help where needed. The first project of this new web-site is the sale of Third Edition £6.99 see "Shop" page for details
The World’s Changes By an unknown Irish Poet. The Solemn Shadow that bears in his hands The conquering Scythe and the Glass of Sands,
The Irish Fairy Folk
The Irish Fairy Folk their origins and existence.
Their Origins and Existence
ORIGINS
There is great luxuriance about Irish mythology, filled with Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, Spirits and fantastic creatures of all sorts. This is particularly conspicuous when it comes to the history and characteristics of the ‘Fairy Folk’, more commonly known in Ireland as ‘The Good People.’ As with most mythological characters the origins of these people are…
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Winter's Death
Winter’s Death
A Poem of our time
As thus the snows arise; and foul, and fierce, All winter drives along the darkened air; In his own loose revolving fields, the swain Disaster’d stands; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale,…
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An Irish Dance Master
An Irish Dance Master
An Old Tale of Ireland’s Past There was a time in Ireland when the speech and manners of the Irish man were simple, rural, and kindly. They did not, in the least resemble the manners and speech that fill the lives of modern-day Irishmen. But, in those old times, dancing was cultivated as one of life’s chief amusements and the ‘dancing-master’ was a vital part of a community, if it was to enjoy…
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