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[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 31 October:

Halloween/Samhain Eve/Oíche Shamhna. Samhain is a festival on the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, with aspects of a Festival of the Dead. It is popularly regarded as ‘The Celtic New Year’. The term derives from the name of a month in the ancient Celtic calendar, in particular the first three nights of this month, with the festival marking the end of the summer season and the end of…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #31 October #Co. Offaly #Coolderry #Halloween #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish Civil War #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Leap Castle #Samhain #Telefís na Gaeilge #TG4 #Today in Irish History

[ivorcasey]

"Elvis and Ireland" by Ivor Casey is now available to buy at The Shop at Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly.

This critically acclaimed and internationally celebrated biography is a social study and historical document of Elvis, his life and influence during a very different time in Ireland and the birth of Irish rock 'n roll culture with quotes, facts and interviews from some of Ireland's greatest names in music.

#Elvis #Elvis and Ireland #Ivor Casey #Irish Ireland #Clonmacnoise #Seven Churches #Co. Offaly

[ur-mag]

Heartbreaking tributes paid to ‘true gent’ killed in horror motorbike crash in Co Offaly | In Trend Today

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[irisharchaeology]

Doorway at Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly. The building dates from circa AD 1167-70

#ireland #medieval #doorway

[irish-dress-history]

Photos of 16th-17th century Irish clothing

Extant garments in the National Museum of Ireland

Notes: The garments in this post are all bog finds which means their current color may not be their original color. Although some of these items were found with human remains, no photos of human remains are included in this post.

Killery Cóta Mór (great coat) and brogues:

photos by hayling billy used under non-commercial, share alike license

The Killery outfit comes from an adult male bog body found in Killerry parish, Co. Sligo in 1824. It includes a cóta mór, triús, a brat, and shoes which are on display in the museum, and a sheepskin biorraid (conical hat) which fell apart shortly after it was found (Briggs and Turner 1986).

Killery triús (trews):

photo by hayling billy

Killery outfit with and without brat:

The outfit is generally dated to the 17th c. (Dunlevy 1989). It matches Luke Gernon's 1620 description of Irish men's winter apparel:

"in winter he weares a frise cote. The trowse is along stocke of frise, close to his thighes, and drawne on almost to his waste, but very scant, and the pryde of it is, to weare it so in suspence, that the beholder may still suspecte it to be falling from his arse. It is cutt with a pouche before, which is drawne together with a string."

Additional photos of the outfit: cóta front, hem, buttons, and brat.

Shinrone gown:

photo by hayling billy

The Shinrone gown was found in a bog in 1843 in Co. Tipperary near Shinrone, Co. Offaly. Unlike the Killery outfit, there were no human remains or other items found with it (Briggs and Turner 1986). The ends of the sleeves and possibly also the bottom of the skirt are missing. The sleeves would have had wrist cuffs or ties that allowed them to be fastened around the wearer's wrists. It probably also had loops or rings along the U-shaped center-front opening for lacing. It is typically dated late 16th-early 17th c, based on its similarity to a circa 1575 illustration by Lucas DeHeere and to the dresses described by Luke Gernon in 1620 (Dunlevy 1989, McGann 2000). It could be older however, because Laurent Vital described dresses with this type of sleeve in 1518.

Copyrighted, better quality photos: left front, right front, back Additional details: side-front, front waistline

Tipperary Cóta Mór:

photos from Dunlevy 1989 and hayling billy

Another Cóta Mór. This one is from Co. Tipperary, exact find spot and date unknown. Like the Shinrone gown, it was not found with human remains or other items (Ó Floinn 1995). It is probably also from the 17th century (Dunlevy 1989).

Additional photos: front, side, front buttons, front detail, side

Brat and hats:

photo by hayling billy

I haven't been able to find any clear photos of the label on this display, but based on the excellent condition and the presence of the leather tie, I think this is the Meenybradden woman's brat.

Closeup of the tie:

The Meenybradden woman is a bog body found in Meenybradden bog, Co. Donegal in 1978. The brat was wrapped around her as a shroud and secured with the leather tie (Delaney and Ó Floinn 1995). No other garments or artifacts were found with her, although she may have been wearing a linen garment such as a léine when she was buried. Linen tends to not survive in bogs. The Meenybradden woman has a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 1130-1310, but some archaeologist have suggested humic contamination from the peat may be throwing off the dating. Her brat is identical in cut to others from the 16th-17th centuries (Delaney and Ó Floinn 1995).

Meenybradden brat laid flat. (photo from Delaney and Ó Floinn 1995)

Wool hats:

Hats from Boolabaun, Co. Tipperary made of wool felt which has been cut and sewn to form the shape. They have togs of unspun wool worked into them giving them the appearance of faux fur. Dunlevy suggests a 15th-16th c date for them (Dunlevy 1989, McClintock 1943).

Wool cloak:

photo by hayling billy

The museum label says it's from Glenmalin bog, Malinmore, Co. Donegal, but I think this may be a mistake. According to Ó Floinn (1995), the artifact with accession number 1946:416 from Malinmore, Co. Donegal is a bale of linen. Ó Floinn's table also gives accession number 1946:416* for a group of clothing from Owenduff, Co. Mayo which includes a gown, a jacket, and a cloak. If the cloak in the photo is actually the one from Owenduff, it is probably from the 17th c (Dunlevy 1989). Alternatively, someone might have misidentified a wool cloak as a bale of linen. The museum label dates this as late Medieval to post-Medieval.

*Either Ó Floinn made a typo or this is a mistake in the museum records. Museums are not supposed to give the same accession number to 2 different artifacts. In the NMI's defense, 1946 was probably a messy year for everyone.

Bibliography:

Briggs, C. S. and Turner, R. C. (1986). Appendix: a gazetteer of bog burials from Britain and Ireland. In I. Stead, J. B. Bourke and D. Brothwell (eds) Lindow Man: the Body in the Bog (p. 181–95). British Museum Publications Ltd.

Delaney, M. and Ó Floinn, R. (1995). A Bog Body from Meenybradden Bog, County Donegal, Ireland. In R. C. Turner and R. G. Scaife (eds) Bog Bodies: New Discoveries and New Perspectives (p. 123–32). British Museum Press.

Dunlevy, Mairead (1989). Dress in Ireland. B. T. Batsford LTD, London.

Gernon, Luke (1620). A Discourse of Ireland. https://celt.ucc.ie/published/E620001/

McClintock, H. F. (1943). Old Irish and Highland Dress. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.

McGann, K. (2000). What the Irish Wore/The Shinrone Gown — An Irish Dress from the Elizabethan Age. Reconstructing History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080217032749/http:/www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/shinrone.html

O’Floinn, R. (1995). Recent research into Irish bog bodies. In R. C. Turner and R. G. Scaife (eds) Bog Bodies: New Discoveries and New Perspectives (p. 137–45). British Museum Press.

Vital, Laurent (1518). Archduke Ferdinand's visit to Kinsale in Ireland, an extract from Le Premier Voyage de Charles-Quint en Espagne, de 1517 à 1518. translated by Dorothy Convery and edited by me. https://irish-dress-history.tumblr.com/post/721163132699131904/laurent-vitals-1518-description-of-ireland

#16th century #17th century #irish dress #dress history #gaelic ireland #historical men's fashion #historical women's fashion #bog finds #irish history #historical dress #brog #bratanna #irish mantle #headwear #triús #cóta mór

[saintsenara]

Not from the ask list but the characters in ur fics as Irish counties and why?

anon, this has absolutely sent me. i have genuinely never seen something more up my alley.

let's start with characters we can pull from the series for ireland's six superior counties, shall we...

antrim = oliver wood

a county full of lads who've never met a spivvy tracksuit they don't think is the height of fashion, and who have a vastly inflated sense of their success at sports.

armagh = tom riddle

armagh has a [deservedly] bloody reputation. he could settle down in the murder triangle. he'd like that.

down = draco malfoy

people who live in co. down really like thinking they're better than the rest of us just because it's easy for them to get to belfast [lads, how's that something to boast about?], so they have to be the series' whiniest flop.

fermanagh = rubeus hagrid

fermanagh is full of docile lads who build things, in my experience.

londonderry = ron weasley

canonically gorgeous, gorgeous girlies live in this fine county - by which i mean, of course, that i do. we deserve to be represented by the series' most gorgeous girly. and a ginger sweetheart with six siblings [so you know which side of the sectarian divide his parents are on...] would go down a storm with our mams.

tyrone = harry potter

my brother once had his nose broken in a pub in strabane, which doesn't sound particularly interesting until you realise that my brother is a priest. by which i mean - a county filled with people who are reckless, quick-tempered, and always ready to throw hands? it can only be represented by one man...

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and then the rest...

carlow = quirinus quirrell

the most interesting thing there is a big rock.

cavan = percy weasley

everyone i've ever met from cavan has been really boring and really tight. so there's that.

clare = ginny weasley

because it's gorgeous, in a not like other girls way.

cork = albus dumbledore

look at this canon line and tell me dumbledore's not a cork man... "In fact, being — forgive me — rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.” 

donegal = sybill trelawney

always away with the fairies up there... and always drunk too.

dublin = walburga black

everyone you've ever met who lives in dublin is genuinely shocked to discover that the rest of the world exists beyond the m50. it's not not giving "has never set foot in muggle london and would die before she did".

galway = arthur and molly weasley

galway is the home of the nation's sophisticated [and, apparently, sexually adventurous] culchies - which fits two people from clearly quite distinguished backgrounds who nonetheless live the way they do...

kerry = gilderoy lockhart

you will never see american tourists get scammed more glamorously than in kerry.

kildare = regulus black

considerably less interesting than - and devoid of identity in comparison to - its neighbour, dublin.

kilkenny = charlie weasley

all they do is have red hair and hurl.

laois = daphne greengrass

on account of her irrelevance.

leitrim = sally-ann perks

on account of her irrelevance.

limerick = bellatrix lestrange

limerick used to be known as "stab city". she'd fit right in.

longford = mungundus fletcher

gombeen men abound.

louth = myrtle warren

because they [by which i mean the two people i know who were born there...] are always fucking moaning.

mayo = remus lupin

perpetually mopey, unless they reckon they're great at something.

meath = cormac mclaggen

they wish they were as class as the lads in dublin.

monaghan = cuthbert binns

genuinely couldn't locate it on a map.

offaly = grawp

i mean, who fucking knows? the entire place is a bog.

roscommon = aberforth dumbledore

you can guess why...

sligo = fred and george weasley

wheeler dealers, the lot of them.

tipperary = fleur delacour

the home of gorgeous, gorgeous girlies with striking accents.

waterford = dobby

they love a good strike.

westmeath = hermione granger

not somewhere you'd expect you'd choose to live if you were a bit of a know-it-all. and yet.

wexford = neville longbottom

they love to bang on about the soil.

wicklow = marge dursley

she drives a range rover and looks down on anyone who farms, change my mind.

[other answers from this ask game]

#asks answered #very normal fic writer asks #northern ireland posting #republic of ireland posting #why have i done this

[domhnallgleesonhaven]

Cute Domhnall at “Noreen” premiere in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, 2010

#domhnall gleeson #noreen #premiere #tullamore #county offaly #ireland #brian gleeson #brendan gleeson #directing

[arcanehobo]

A gate at Kinnity Castle, Co. Offaly, Ireland.

#ireland #offaly #castlecore #castle #autumncore #autumn

[samlyne]

Birr Castle Gardens in Co. Offaly, Ireland

#green #birr #tunnel #Caisleán Bhiorra #europe

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 23 September:

1586 – At the Battle of Ardnaree in Co Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the leaders of the Burkes. 1922 – Anti-Treaty fighter Michael Neville, is taken from work in Dublin and found shot dead at Killester Cemetery…

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[miles-xanthous]

Kinnitty Castle in Co. Offaly, Ireland, is reportedly the home of many ghosts, the most popular of which is the Phantom Monk of Kinnitty

#irlande #Irland #ghost #travel #Architecture

[ur-mag]

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[hannahssimblr]

15 OC Questions!

Nobody tagged me! I’ll admit it, but i want to do this anyway because it seems fun & a great way to explore a character. 

Evie Kilbride

Are you named after anyone?

Yeah kind of. Evelyn is a family name, and my mam is a bit obsessed with carrying on the tradition. I’ve a second cousin who is also Evelyn, and my great aunt on my mam’s side was Evelyn too. I’m the only one who has it shortened to Evie though. 

When was the last time you cried?

A week ago maybe? Everything makes me cry, I feel like I’m a huge baby. 

Do you have kids?

What? No... freaky. 

Do you use sarcasm?

All the time, I feel like my humour is kind of based on it.

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Their confidence. How they like, carry themselves into a room and how others react to their presence. I’m really drawn to that, like, how good it must feel to be noticeable. 

What’s your eye colour?

They’re green!

Scary movies or happy endings?

If you asked me a year or two ago I’d have said happy endings, but now? Scary movies. I’d love to say happy endings but they feel ingenuine to me, like girls like me don’t really get to have them, not in real life. If there was an option for an ambiguous ending I’d choose that. Something I’m slowly learning is that things don’t ever work out the same way that they do in films. 

Any special talents?

I suppose like, art? Drawing? But It doesn’t feel as special as it used to. 

Where were you born?

Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The dead midlands, voted most depressing county in Ireland. Pure bogland. 

What are your hobbies?

Um, hanging out with friends, watching movies, going out to bars, drawing... I used to run and swim, but not so much lately. 

Have you any pets?

Yes! My parents have a cat. She was potentially someone else's cat that they just started feeding so now she lives in their house. They named her whiskers, after the cat food brand. Extremely boring choice. 

What sports do you play/have played?

I used to play tennis after school, but I quit that when i was like 16. I’ve always swum and was on a swimming team for years, and I run too. Team sports were never really my thing but i like to stay fit all the same. 

How tall are you?

5 foot 6. Middle of the road, not short, not tall. 

Favourite subject in school?

Art is the only one I actually cared about. All I ever did was doodle in the margins of my books. 

Dream job?

Asking me about my future is a weird one. I don’t know what I want, I’m just getting through the day at this point. Illustration seems cool, like whether I’d be illustrating books or corporate graphics or a myriad of other things, I guess i’m just waiting for the right career option to present itself 

#sims #sims 4 #ts4 #simlit #character profile

[sorryabout-theblood]

two out of a frankly ridiculous amount of pictures i took from my month spent studying in ireland and northern ireland.

clonmacnoise, leinster, co. offaly, ireland

#photography #ireland #clonmacnoise #travel #travel pics #travel photoset #travel photography #amateur photographer #my photos #my photo #my pix

[thisish20]

This sword was dredged from the river Moy at Coolcronaun, near Foxford in 1963.

It is a Viking type of sword, probably made in Scandinavia around c.925-975 AD and brought to Ireland by a Viking warrior. However, its final owner could have been either a Viking or an Irish warrior. A very similar sword, found in the river Shannon near Banagher, Co. Offaly in 2012, could have belonged to a warrior on one of the ships that Brian Boru frequently sent up the Shannon in the late 10th century. This Mayo sword has suffered a lot of damage and corrosion during a thousand years in the Moy. The crossguard, which protected the user’s hand at the top of the blade is gone and there are also parts missing at the end of the blade. But our investigations tell us it was a well-made sword, with an inscription in the blade and inlaid silver decoration on the pommel (and probably on the missing crossguard). It must originally have belonged to a relatively wealthy and important warrior.   The finder of the Coolcronaun sword, Eamonn O'Connor, was a native of Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. He lived in Foxford and worked with the OPW on the Moy Drainage Scheme when he found the sword in 1963. Later, he moved back to Kerry to work on the Maigue Scheme.  

#sword #ireland

[kindofamenace]

Birr Castle Gardens in Co. Offaly, Ireland

#green #birr #tunnel #Caisleán Bhiorra #europe