#Co Carlow

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1916 – Easter Rising | Margaret Keogh was shot and killed by British soldiers while rushing to attend to patients and the wounded at the South Dublin Union (now the site of St James’s Hospital).

Among the first victims of the Easter Rising was a nurse rushing to attend to patients and the wounded. Margaret Keogh (Kehoe), from Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow. Margaret was working as a nurse in the South Dublin Union (now the site of St James’s Hospital). Six republican riflemen, who had been firing from a top floor on the British soldiers, vacated their position and there was a lull in the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Co Carlow #Dublin South Union #Eamonn Ceannt #Irish Volunteer Dan McCarthy #Kehoe #Leighlinbridge #Lt Captain Myles Keogh #Margaret Keogh #Nurse Margaret Keogh

[irisharchaeology]

Through a medieval window…..St Mullins, Co Carlow

#ireland #window #medeival

[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

[msclaritea]

John McGuinness (politician) - Wikiwand

John James McGuinness (born 15 March 1955) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency since the 1997 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in April 2016. He served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2011 to 2016 and as a Minister of State from 2007 to 2009.

Personal life

McGuinness was born in Kilkenny and educated in Kilkenny Christian Brothers Secondary School. He holds a Diploma in Business Management. He is married to Margaret Redmond and they have three sons and one daughter. His eldest son Andrew is a Fianna Fáil County Councillor on Kilkenny County Council and served as Mayor from 2014 to 2015.

Political career

He first entered local politics in 1979 when he won a seat on Kilkenny Borough Council and was a subsequent mayor of the city from 1996 to 1997. He was the third generation of his family to serve on this council. From 1991 until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2003, he was also member of Kilkenny County Council, where his father, Michael McGuinness, was the longest-serving councillor (1959–99).

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 1997 general election. He was vice-chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the 29th Dáil and a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committees for European Affairs, Enterprise and Small Business, Justice, and Women's Rights in the 28th Dáil.

In July 2007, he was appointed by the government on the nomination of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Trade and Commerce. He was re-appointed by the government on the nomination of Taoiseach Brian Cowen to the same position on 13 May 2008. On 22 April 2009, as part of cost-cutting measures due to the Irish financial crisis, the Cowen reduced the number of Ministers of State from 20 to 15. McGuinness was among the seven junior ministers who were not reappointed.

McGuinness then revealed a testy relationship with his senior minister Mary Coughlan, and considerable disagreement with policy in the department. On 24 April 2009, he criticised Coughlan and Cowen for their lack of leadership being given to the country. He said: "She's not equipped to deal with the complex issues of dealing with enterprise and business within the department. And neither is the department". McGuinness later rejected suggestions he campaigned to undermine Coughlan, when it was revealed that he had hired external PR advice in an effort to enhance his own profile as a Minister of State within the department.

In 2010, a political memoir that he co-wrote with Naoise Nunn, called The House Always Wins, was published by Gill & Macmillan.

In the 31st Dáil, McGuinness served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. He was the Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Small Business and Regulatory Framework from April 2011 to March 2016.

He declared that he would vote No in the 2015 referendum to allow same-sex marriage.

In the 32nd Dáil, McGuinness served as Chair of the Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach Committee.

He chairs the Ireland-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Association.

NO, THE FUCK HE ISN'T. Cillian Murphy, Public School boy, married into one of THE most powerful families in Ireland. Given all of the news coming from that country, plus all of the Irish projects being pushed, here in the U.S., it's not a coincidence Murphy is in the running for an Oscar. See, it's not FOR him. It's for the family legacy.

#John James McGuinness #One of the most powerful politicians in Ireland #Cillian Murphy #New York Times #Oscars 2024 #Academy of Motion Pictures #Cult of Scientology #Taiwan and Ireland #Oppenheimer #Fianna Fáil #President Joe Biden

[primordialsoundmeditation]

Clashganny Lock, River Barrow, Co. Carlow.

Love Ireland

[divinum-pacis]

2021: A woman collects an envelope of ashes at Carlow Cathedral in Co Carlow, Ireland. The Catholic church has urged people to celebrate Ash Wednesday at home

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

#religion #christianity #catholicism #ash wednesday #ireland #divinum-pacis

[thesehauntedhills]

Irish people have been left baffled after ghosthunters spotted a mysterious figure at a Georgian house built almost 300 years ago.

The team took a visit to Ducketts Grove, Co Carlow on Tuesday to examine the eerie building.

And the group said they have recieved a "phenomenal response" from the public after snapping a picture of what appears to be a person lurking in the window of the house.

People believe the image is a spirit of a male.

The investigators believe the house is a supernatural hotspot - previously capturing some haunting images and disembodied voices at the site.

Duckett's Grove is a former great house, originally built in 1745 for the Duckett family.

According to the team, it r estate together, she fell from her horse and was killed.

In her grief, the woman's mother placed a Piseóg upon the Duckett family and their property. This was a curse intended to bring misfortune and eventual ruin.

The group said they were "astonished" when a member of the public, who joined them on their visit, snapped the picture of the ghostly figure.

Describing the night, group member Richard Morrison said: "We travelled here to carry out a Paranormal Investigation with 12 members of the public. We were given permission by Carlow County Council.

"On the night we revealed our new device (Phasmatron-GD-2000) which was custom built for us by a Physics Engineer. This device played a major part in the investigation.

"The Phasmatron-GD-2000, measures electromagnetic energy, and if there is a sudden spike in levels it will activate a light and alarm. This device is completely new to the Paranormal Field."

Richard told how the chilling picture left the group absolutely "flabbergasted" when they seen it only seconds after it was taken.

He said: "Whilst we were walking around the side of Ducketts Grove, the Phasmatron-GD-2000 which had been pointed at the building had activated.

"This then had narrowed down the area for us to focus our equipment on. The picture attached was taken by the member of public who joined us on the night.

"We were all flabbergasted when we reviewed the picture after she had taken it."

#these haunted hills #ghostcore #ghost and hauntings #haunted #ghost and spirits #real ghost photos #haunting #ghost

[mutant-distraction]

Fog rolling in at Ballymoon Castle Co Carlow Ireland

https://www.pexels.com/photo/ballymoon-castle-14745112/

[tfc2211]

The Lost Tribe of Wicklow - Christy Moore [Lily] The Well Below The Valley - Planxty [The Well Below the Valley] Follow Me Up To Carlow (written by Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin) - Screaming Orphans [Taproom] Ghost Riders In The Sky (written by Stan Jones) - Screaming Orphans [Lonely Boy] March Into Trouble - Horslips [The Book of Invasions] Trouble (With a Capital T) - Horslips [The Book of Invasions] King of the Fairies - Horslips [Dancehall Sweethearts] 1969 - The Tossers [Smash The Windows] Trip to Jerusalem (written by Christy Moore) - Pól MacAdaim [Forsaken Land] Another Day - Pól MacAdaim [My Name Is Troy Davis] I'd Rather Be Dancing (written by Wally Page) - The Amadans [Sin é] Running Bear (written by 'The Big Bopper') - Stiff Little Fingers [All The Best] Harp - Stiff Little Fingers [Get a Life] Sleep on a Clothes Line - Rory Gallagher [Tattoo] The Irish Spring - David Rovics [1939] Bás in Éirinn - Black 47 [Bankers & Gangsters] The Night The Showbands Died - Black 47 [Last Call] Advertising - George Carlin Amazing Offer - Horslips [Short Stories / Tall Tales] Stacey Lawlor - Clan Of Celts [Beggars, Celts And Madmen] Lord Randall's Bastard Son - The Walker Roaders [The Walker Roaders] Seo Yun - The Walker Roaders [The Walker Roaders] The Voyage of the Sirius - John Spillane [The Man Who Came In From The Dark] Arkle (written by Dominic Behan) - Seamus Kennedy [Party Pieces] Concrete Road - Seamus Kennedy [Live!] Cushialitee - Paddy Nash and The Happy Enchiladas [When We Were Brave] Tom Williams - Flying Column [Favourite Irish Rebel Ballads] Home By Bearna - Christy Moore [Whatever Tickles Your Fancy] Farmer Michael Hayes - Christy Moore [Folk Tale] The Galway Farmer - Davey Arthur & Co [Celtic Side Saddle] Euston Station - Davey Arthur & Co [Celtic Side Saddle] Henry Joy - Goitse [Úr] The Queen of Argyll - Goitse [Úr] The Hare in the Heather - The Wolfe Tones [Belt Of The Celts] The Tinvane - Coscán [Dinnsenchas (Lore of Places)] A Warning to Conquerors/ Dublin 1913 - Colm O'Brien [Thomas MacDonagh: Poet and Patriot] The Poems of a Good Man · Martin Butler & John Owens [Thomas MacDonagh: Poet and Patriot] The Snows - Pól Mac Adaim [Forsaken land] Crabs In The Skillet - Horslips [Drive The Cold Winter Away] I Roved Out - Clear the Battlefield [Set Me Free] The Rights of Man - Clear the Battlefield [Set Me Free] Allende - Christy Moore [Live at Vicar Street] Chestnut - The Walls [HI-LO] Grian Gheal Lonrach - The Walls [Ceol 10 Súil Siar] Big Blue Whale - Gypsy Rebel Rabble [The Under Over Album] I'm Moving On - Taste [Taste] If I Don't Sing I'll Cry - Taste [On the Boards] Mama Nature Said - Thin Lizzy [Vagabonds of the Western World] The Hero And The Madman - Thin Lizzy [Vagabonds of the Western World] Vagabond of the Western World- Thin Lizzy [Vagabonds of the Western World]

#Music Compilation #Saint Patrick's Day #Christy Moore #Thin Lizzy #Rory Gallagher #Taste #Stiff Little Fingers #The Walls #Horslips #Screaming Orphans #The Tossers #Planxty

[mirtapersonal]

hiking on mt Leinster (Stua Laighean), which stands on the border between co Carlow and co Wexford, which is marked by a dry stone wall seen in the last photo

#Stua Laighean #mount leinster #hiking #ireland #photo #carlow #wexford

[fruitcage]

The Spirits of Huntington Castle, Co. Carlow, Ireland, 1976

#ireland #irish history #huntington castle #haunted castles #county carlow #clonegal #70s #1976 #17th century architecture #haunted #ghosts #paranormal #gif #my gifs #is ghostcore a thing? it probably is #spooky #creepy #halloween

[stairnaheireann]

Brehon Laws and the Establishment of Copyrights

Copyright law actually began with the Brehon Laws of Ancient Ireland over 1000 years before it appeared in English legislation. It started and ended in a bitter and brutal dispute over royalties. The dispute arose in 563 AD between two of the top contributors in the monastic schools of Ireland: Saint Colmcille and Saint Finian, each claiming to be the original author of a manuscript called ‘St…

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#Battle of the Books #Benbulben #Brehon Law #Co Carlow #Co Derry #Co. Donegal #Copyrights #Gartan #History #Iona #Ireland #Irish History #Psalter #Saint Colmcille #Scotland #St Finian #St Jerome’s Psalter #St Patrick #Uí Néill Clan

[pastelartadmiral]

Original soft pastel piece by me. Based on a reference I took at St. Mullens in Co. Carlow Ireland at high tide after a kayaking session. Done on reclaimed dark blue pastel mat, 10x10inch, with soft pastel softpastel #pastelart #pastelpainting #painting #pastelartwork #instaart #impressionist #unisonpastels #sennelier #pastelmat #artist #пастель #lukisan #gemälde #сухаяпастель #fineart #pastelsociety #originalartwork #originalpainting #irishart #create30challenge #artcollector #landscapepainter #seascape #seascapeart #seascapepainting #oceanart #marineartist #coastalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci76Q30oxow/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pastelart #pastelpainting #painting #pastelartwork #instaart #impressionist #unisonpastels #sennelier #pastelmat #artist #пастель #lukisan #gemälde #сухаяпастель #fineart #pastelsociety #originalartwork #originalpainting #irishart #create30challenge #artcollector #landscapepainter #seascape #seascapeart #seascapepainting #oceanart #marineartist #coastalart

[pascaline-horan-art]

#contemporary art #nature #landscape #eco art #social practice

[18thfoot]

30th December 1917 - Mediterranean Sea.

HMT Aragon was sunk by a U Boat off the coast of Egypt. Aragon and another transport ship, the Nile, left Marseille in December 1917. Aboard Aragon were about 2,500 personnel to reinforce those units based in Egypt. The two ships anchored at Windy Bay, Malta on 23rd December where they remained for four or five days before continuing on to Alexandria. For the last leg of the journey they were escorted by HMS Attack and two Japanese Navy Destroyers. Off the coast of Egypt, the Nile continued to Port Said with the two Japanese ships. The Aragon was ordered to anchor in Alexandria roads while HMS Attack swept the channel into the harbour for mines. While Attack was away, Aragon received an order from an armed Trawler HMT Points Castle to follow her into port. As they entered the channel, Attack reappeared and ordered the Captain of the Aragon back out to sea.

It was now about 11 am and both Aragon and HMS Attack were at sea about 10 miles from Alexandria when the troopship was hit by a torpedo fired by UC-34, a German submarine commanded by an Austrian, Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller.

The Aragon began to list badly, preventing some of her lifeboats being launched. Despite their protests, the 160 members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment were ordered on the first lifeboat to be launched. HMS Attack and Points Castle began rescuing men from the sea and transferring men from the ship by line. During this operation UC 34 launched another torpedo hitting HMS Attack amidships. Oil from her bunkers flooded onto the sea smothering the men in the water. Aragon sank about 20 minutes after being hit. HMS Attack broke in two pieces, sinking within 7 minutes. As well as her crew of 70, she had between 300 and 400 personnel from Aragon aboard. In all 10 men of HMS Attack died in the disaster while some 600 of those aboard the Aragon died, including her Captain, Frank Bateman, 19 of her crew and 6 members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Nine of the soldiers aboard were men of 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.

They were;

8675 Lance Corporal Thomas Culleton, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow

5604 Lance Corporal Alan Turner, Carrick-On-Suir, Co. Tipperary

3173 Private Arthur Broderick, St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey

11879 Private Jeremiah Fitzgerald, Waterford

9743 Private William Quigley, Dublin

1997 Private Patrick Morgan, Dublin

9868 Private Albert Thompson, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

5362 Private William Batchelor, Tunbridge Wells

10479 Private Andrew McLaughlin, Greenock, Scotland

#18thfoot #royalirishregiment #greatwar #worldwar1 #ww1 #egypt

Photo shows the sinking of the Troop ship Aragon on 30th December 1917 from the Imperial War Museum.

[ilvinoeoltre]

O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale Dry Hopped IPA (Carlow Brewing Co.)

#ale #carlowbrewing #degustazione #ilvinoeoltre #ipa #irishpaleale #oharas #oharasirishpaleale