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#OTD in 1998 – In tribute to emigrants who sailed to the New World on coffin ships, Coillte announces plans for the establishment of the Forest of Dunbrody on the outskirts of New Ross, Co Wexford.
#OTD in 1998 – In tribute to emigrants who sailed to the New World on coffin ships, Coillte announces plans for the establishment of the Forest of Dunbrody on the outskirts of New Ross, Co Wexford.
The story of Ireland is, in many ways, a story of continuous migration. Many disparate groups came to Ireland over the millennia, each one leaving their mark on the character of the island. Early Stone-age settlers came, and were followed by the Iron-age Celts. Viking traders founded the first towns in Ireland. Christian missionaries built the first monasteries. The Normans came from France via…
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The bookshop lives in New Ross, the town that I am from, on a more-derelict-than-not street. Happily between the dentist a few doors down, the doctor's surgery up the road and the barber's next door we get plenty of passing trade. The shop often serves a kind of babysitting service for the spouses of those going to the doctor, dentist or barber.
[transcript: The town was called New Ross and it was famous for having a curse on it. It loomed over the River Barrow with all the luck draining down the hill and into the sluggish water. People, even the proudest townsmen, would joke that the best thing about the place was the road out of it. I couldn’t understand why anyone stayed in the town when there were fields and woods a short walk out of it where you could live a decent life, and I thought all the people must somehow be trapped in it, as I was trapped in it for the whole of that summer.]
from Home, by Frank Ronan. A fantastic book if you can find it!
There's plenty to suggest that the town is still cursed tbh. People have been trying to lift the curse for hundreds of years and by various means; results have been inconclusive. Perhaps nobody wants to admit that New Ross peaked in the 13th century, when we were the busiest port in Ireland, and we've only been looking backward since then.
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Cottage Window - Kennedy Homestead, New Ross, Ireland
#OTD in 1998 – In tribute to emigrants who sailed to the New World on coffin ships, Coillte announces plans for the establishment of the Forest of Dunbrody on the outskirts of New Ross, Co Wexford.
#OTD in 1998 – In tribute to emigrants who sailed to the New World on coffin ships, Coillte announces plans for the establishment of the Forest of Dunbrody on the outskirts of New Ross, Co Wexford.
The story of Ireland is, in many ways, a story of continuous migration. Many disparate groups came to Ireland over the millennia, each one leaving their mark on the character of the island. Early Stone-age settlers came, and were followed by the Iron-age Celts. Viking traders founded the first towns in Ireland. Christian missionaries built the first monasteries. The Normans came from France via…
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#OTD in 1798 – Execution of John Kelly, also known as ‘Kelly of Killane’.
#OTD in 1798 – Execution of John Kelly, also known as ‘Kelly of Killane’.
John Kelly lived in Killanne in the parish of Rathnure and was a leader who fought in the United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798. While Kelly was obviously well-known to rebels and loyalists alike during the short duration of the Wexford rising, almost nothing is known of him outside this time. He was one of the leaders of the rebel victory at the Battle of Three Rocks which led to the capture of…
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#OTD in 1877 – Birth of author and revolutionary, Michael O’Hanrahan, in New Ross, Co Wexford.
#OTD in 1877 – Birth of author and revolutionary, Michael O’Hanrahan, in New Ross, Co Wexford.
His father, Richard Hanrahan, was involved in the 1867 Fenian rising. The family moved to Carlow, where Michael was educated at Carlow Christian Brothers’ School and Carlow College Academy. On leaving school he worked various jobs including a period alongside his father in the cork-cutting business. In 1898 he joined the Gaelic League and in 1899 founded the League’s first Carlow branch and…
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