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The 12th-century Book of Leinster, celebrated for its genealogy, history, mythology and early placename lore, has undergone painstaking conservation over the past two years and is now the focus of a new exhibition at Trinity College Dublin. The manuscript was written in Old Irish and Middle Irish by Áed Úa Crimthainn, abbot of Terryglass monastery in Co. Tipperary. The Book of Leinster was formerly known as the Lebor na Nuachongbála or Book of Nuachongbáil. Nuachongbáil, a monastic site in Co. Laois now known as Oughaval, is where the manuscript was discovered. Dr Mícheál Hoyne outlined more of its history: “The Book of Leinster was rescued from possible oblivion by the Welsh scholar Edward Lhwyd at the end of the 17th century. At that time, the native schools of history, poetry and law had collapsed and traditional Irish learning was in danger of being forgotten altogether. The manuscript then spent most of the 18th century inaccessible to Irish scholars in an English nobleman’s library. It was finally presented to Trinity College as a gift to the Irish people in 1786.” The Book of Leinster came to Trinity in an unbound state. For some time, the fragile condition of its 400 vellum pages prevented it from being put on public display or consulted by researchers… until now. Find out more 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/book-of-leinster-on-display-at-trinity-following-conservation/
Geraldine McGovern recently shared with us the story of her great-grandfather, Brian McEnroy, who was born c.1854 in the townland of Aghalateeve, near Glenade in north Co. Leitrim. The McEnroys were tenant farmers, and in his 20s, Brian became secretary of the Glenade Land League. Founded in 1879, the Irish National Land League campaigned for fair rents, tenant rights and land ownership reform, aiming to end Ireland’s exploitative landlord system under British rule. Brian was outspoken in his opposition to high rents and the eviction of tenants. On 1 October 1880, a small gathering took place in the nearby townland of Cleighragh. Brian was there, along with fellow Glenade Land League members, as they lined the road taken by Robert Corscadden – a landlord notorious for rack-renting, evictions and land-jobbing – on his way home from saving crops. Two weeks later, on 14 October, a case was heard at the Petty Sessions Court in Kinlough, Co. Leitrim, concerning this demonstration. Brian was one of 23 men charged. The case was taken by the Crown, and the complaint read: “That on the 1st day of October 1880 at Cleighragh in the County of Leitrim, the Defendant did unlawfully assemble with other persons, to the number of One hundred or more for the common purpose of driving Robert Corscadden of Hollymount, Manorhamilton, off his farm of Cleighragh aforesaid, and of preventing him from saving his crop of hay on his said farm aforesaid by their mumbling, turbulent gestures, shouting, groaning, and booing so as to endanger the Public Peace and to cause terror and alarm to her Majesty’s subjects.” Read about the court case that followed here: https://irishheritagenews.ie/trial-of-glenade-land-league-secretary-brian-mcenroy-leitrim-1880-81/
*A guide to Co. Wicklow’s historical school registers, roll books and other school records* https://irishheritagenews.ie/wicklow-historical-school-registers-roll-books-and-other-school-records/
*Whisht!* The Hiberno-English term whisht is used throughout Ireland as an interjection or imperative verb to request silence. Some native Irish speakers pronounce it fuist. Hear it pronounced by an Irish speaker from Cork and find out more about its meaning and origins 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/say-it-in-irish-whisht-fuist/
*New research reveals Lindsay Lohan could have ancestral links to Roscommon* New genealogical research has raised the possibility that actress Lindsay Lohan has ancestral ties to the townland of Moher in Cloonfinlough civil parish, about 5km south of Strokestown in Co. Roscommon. This discovery was made by Galway-born researcher David Lohan, now based in Cork. Find out more 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/lindsay-lohan-could-have-ancestral-links-to-roscommon/
*Irish genealogy news round-up* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cER_5OKMY60
*First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Iron Age site during excavation on Dublin headland* A complete, intact Roman pot – believed to be the “first ever” found in Ireland – has been recovered during excavations on Drumanagh headland, near Loughshinny in north Co. Dublin. The discovery of the complete vessel was recently made during the current season of the Digging Drumanagh project – an ongoing programme of research-led excavations overseen by Fingal County Council. The pot is now being sent to the National Museum of Ireland for conservation and further analysis. Read the full story 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/first-intact-roman-pot-found-in-ireland-drumanagh/
"My own parents quietly disposed of a vinyl album of Irish rebel songs. It was not safe to be Irish in Birmingham. Innocent people had already been lifted by the police: you could be next." Dr Michael Flavin, King’s College London, reflects on the experiences of the Irish following the IRA bombings on British soil in the 1970s. Full story 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/belfast-birmingham-and-beyond-irish-in-britain-during-the-troubles/
This week’s feature in Pics from the Past is an old scorecard for a progressive whist drive, recently discovered by Kelly Warburton while renovating her newly purchased Victorian house. The whist drive advertised on the scorecard was organized by the Cork city branch of the National Teachers’ Association and was scheduled for Sunday, 27 April 1919, in the Hibernian Hall. Full story about its discovery 👇 https://irishheritagenews.ie/a-pic-from-the-past-003/
What’s a bandle? A bandle was a linear unit of measurement used in Ireland, particularly for measuring linen. It measured around 2 feet (24 inches) but could vary from place to place, ranging between 20 and 30 inches. In Clare, the measurement was sometimes made by using seven fingers four times, but more often, a tool was used to perform the measurement. An entry in the Schools’ Folklore Collection (c.1937) describes how old people in Ballinderreen, Co. Galway, kept a stick in their homes called a bandle, which they used to measure flannel. But in some places, there was a communal tool for measuring cloth, as in the case of Noughaval – a village on the southern edge of the Burren lowlands in Co. Clare, where a lone stone pillar (pictured here) stands by the roadside. It is known variously as the market stone, bandle stone, bandle cross and market cross. Read more about the bandle stone and Noughaval’s lost settlement 👉 https://irishheritagenews.ie/bandle-stone-at-noughaval-clare-evidence-of-a-medieval-market-settlement/
