Jan 25, 2025
Castle Hill, Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
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Castle Hill, Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
I guess we all root for Jim 🥰
Olivia Robertson - Rite of Rebirth - The Fellowship of Isis / Cesara Pub. - 1987
25 Songs of Christmas
Join me in a musical advent calendar of some of my all-time favorite holiday songs.
Going to post two versions of "The Wexford Carol" today, starting with the typical arrangement as performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, and Natalie MacMaster.
But there's also this version with a faster tempo that the Revels recorded that I really like.
TITLE: The Wexford Carol
ARTIST: Traditional Irish folk melody, transcribed by W. H. Grattan Flood
RELEASED: 15th or 16th century
FUN FACT:
Eilis: I'd forgotten. Miss Kelly: You'd forgotten? What a thing! That- Eilis: I'd forgotten what this town is like.
Saoirse Ronan in
Hornby, Nick, and Colm Tóibín. Brooklyn. Netflix, Mongrel Media, 2015, https://www.netflix.com/browse/m/genre/9889?jbv=80037688. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.
Three years ago today my brother and I realized a life long dream of traveling to Ireland and seeing the castles our ancestors occupied centuries ago. It’s hard to describe how amazing it was visiting Enniscorthy and Ferns Castles in Co. Wexford. The weather was also as perfect making it feel like that day was meant to be. Can’t wait to go back! 🇮🇪 . . @enniscorthycastle @fernsvillage @medievalfernsexperience ➖ #celtichammerclub #ireland #countywexford #irishcastles #fernscastle #enniscorthycastle #ferns #enniscorthy #travel #travelgram #brothers #irishancestry #irishancestors #irishhistory (at County Wexford, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chzs5MErcu4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion | The Battle of Vinegar Hill (Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor).
#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion | The Battle of Vinegar Hill (Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor).
English troops defeat Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill, effectively putting an end to the 1798 rebellion. With the rebels scattered in the north, attention shifted once again to those still ‘out’ in Wexford, and the army laid plans to attack their camp at Vinegar Hill. On 21st June, General Gerard Lake attempted to surround Vinegar Hill with some 20,000 men, in four columns of soldiers,…
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All Ornament should Consist of Enrichment
All Ornament should Consist of Enrichment
In October 1962 Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council, summoned in order to initiate aggiornamento (or modernisation) within the Roman Catholic Church. One of the council’s decisions concerned the manner in which religious services were held. During mass, for example, the clergy were to use the local vernacular instead of Latin and the celebrant was to face members of the…
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