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THE TIN CHURCH AT REAR CROSS
THE TIN CHURCH AT REAR CROSS by Aiden Feerick B.A., M.A.G.I. There are only a handful of tin churches in Ireland and each one of them is significant to their local congregation as well as being architecturally and technically important. The Catholic Church in Rear Cross Co Tipperary is still in use today and has…
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THE DROMANA GATE
THE DROMANA GATE by Aiden Feerick B.A., M.A.G.I. Three miles south of Cappoquin in Co Waterford is one of the most unusual gate lodges in Ireland. It is the impressive entrance to the Dromana Demesne, Dromana House and Villierstown beyond. It has been photographed since the earliest days of the camera and has attracted thousands…
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FAMILY PHOTOS – WHERE ARE THEY?
FAMILY PHOTOS – WHERE ARE THEY? by Vincent M Brogan M.A.G.I. Vincent holding Shap, Peter & Jack Brogan My grandmother Mary McCullagh died in 1972, and my grandfather in 1960. She was known locally as Minnie Watt, the Watt nickname distinguishing her family from the many other McCullagh families in that part of Co. Tyrone.…
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THE ISLANDS OF LERIN AND SAINT PATRICK
THE ISLANDS OF LERIN AND SAINT PATRICK by Aiden Feerick B.A., M.A.G.I. Last summer, I visited the Ile Saint Honorat or Monks Island, one of the Lerins Islands in the south of France. In the cloister of the Cistercian Church there is a memorial to Saint Patrick with an inscription in French and Irish which…
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The National Archives of Ireland has updated its opening hours
The National Archives of Ireland has updated its opening hours While a lunchtime closure between 1-2pm had been in place since the post-Pandemic reopening, the Reading Room of the National Archives will now remain open over lunchtime on Mondays. This is a most welcome move that will allow researchers to continue their work without having…
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NEPTUNUS OCEANI REX
NEPTUNUS OCEANI REX by Steven C. Smyrl, M.A.G.I., F.S.G., F.I.G.R.S. Some years ago my step-mum gave me some papers from among my late father’s effects, stuff he had been holding on to for years. Among the bundle of papers were my grandparents’ passports dating from the 1950s, recording where they were stationed when my grandfather,…
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THE STONE-CUTTERS OF GLENCULLEN AND SOUTH DUBLIN
THE STONE-CUTTERS OF GLENCULLEN AND SOUTH DUBLIN by Sandy O’Byrne, B.A., M.A.G.I. It began with the entry in the Calendar of Wills connected with research into a south Dublin/north Wicklow family. Something stirred in memory of lines from Samuel Beckett to connect Glencullen and stone-cutting. In his youth, the great man had walked the stoney…
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