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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion | Battle of Tuberneering.
Irish rebels continue to have success against English troops. At the Battle of Tuberneering, Co Wexford, under the command of Fr John Murphy, rebels ambush in a narrow defile troops of the 4th Royal Dragoon Guards, militia and yeomanry auxiliaries, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Walpole. Walpole and 100 men were killed, the rest, throwing away their weapons and uniforms, fled. The…
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#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
The tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard ‘Helen Blake’ Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico that had gone aground at the treacherous islands. One of the Mexico crew – a Portuguese sailor – died of exposure on the Keeragh Islands on 21 February 1914, as relatives of the marooned men stood on the shore awaiting news, unaware that the bodies of some of the…
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#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
The tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard ‘Helen Blake’ Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico that had gone aground at the treacherous islands. One of the Mexico crew – a Portuguese sailor – died of exposure on the Keeragh Islands on 21 February 1914, as relatives of the marooned men stood on the shore awaiting news, unaware that the bodies of some of the…
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#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
#OTD in 1914 – Fethard Lifeboat Disaster | the tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard on Sea Helen Blake Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico.
The tragedy saw nine crewmen of the Fethard ‘Helen Blake’ Lifeboat lose their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the Mexico that had gone aground at the treacherous islands. One of the Mexico crew – a Portuguese sailor – died of exposure on the Keeragh Islands on 21 February 1914, as relatives of the marooned men stood on the shore awaiting news, unaware that the bodies of some of the…
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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Tuberneering. Irish rebels continue to have success against English troops. At the Battle of Tuberneering, Co Wexford, under the command of Fr John Murphy, rebels ambush in a narrow defile troops of the 4th Royal Dragoon Guards, militia and yeomanry auxiliaries, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Walpole.
A Grave Situation
The Irish sleacht, a predominantly Ulster form of leacht, comes from the Latin loanword lectus, meaning bed. As such it comes as no surprise that sleacht refers to a grave, grave-mound, or monument.
Its anglicisation Slaught, Slatt or Slaght is often seen in placenames, notably Slaghtneill and Slaghtmanus, Co. Derry; Slaght, Co. Wexford and Slaght, Co. Kerry. In Slaght, Co. Antrim, there is no longer any trace or record of a burial monument.
However hilarious, it should not be confused with sléacht, which means “slaying”.
Notable Irish Toponymy
Baile Chaic: town of excrement (Ballyhack, Wexford) Baile Hacamar: town dungstand (Ballyhackamore, Down) Bod an Deamhain: demon’s penis (Bubadoon, Donegal) An Dá Chích: the two breasts (The Paps of Anu, Kerry) Dún Bleisce: fort of the harlots (Doon, Limerick) Magairlí an Deamhain: demon’s testicles (Devilsmother, Galway) Más Ramhar: fat butt (Mausrawer, Kerry) Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile: ridge shaped like a pig's back between two expanses of briny water (Muckanaghederdauhaulia, Galway) Tóin re Gaoith: butt to the wind (Tandragee, Armagh) An Tóin Rua: red butt (Tonroe, Mayo and Galway)
A Grave Situation
The Irish sleacht, a predominantly Ulster form of leacht, comes from the Latin loanword lectus, meaning bed. As such it comes as no surprise that sleacht refers to a grave, grave-mound, or monument.
Its anglicisation Slaught, Slatt or Slaght is often seen in placenames, notably Slaghtneill and Slaghtmanus, Co. Derry; Slaght, Co. Wexford and Slaght, Co. Kerry. In Slaght, Co. Antrim, there is no longer any trace or record of a burial monument.
However hilarious, it should not be confused with sléacht, which means “slaying”.
