#Co. Waterford

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 10 April:

1346 – Following the death of Ralph de Ufford, Roger Darcy is appointed justiciar. 1650 – Cromwell’s New Model Army is victorious at Macroom, Co Cork. 1662 – A charter of Charles II replaces Cromwell’s charter of Derry. 1726 – Birth of William Brownlow, parliamentarian and Volunteer. 1816 – Birth of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, nationalist, in Monaghan. 1838 – Fr. Theobald Mathew, with the support of…

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[track2hack]

my bit collection is getting out of hand but I refuse to sell any of them in case I need them 20 years in the future HOWEVER I may consider selling my french links because Eddie hates them and only goes well in lozenges BUT I’m a little bit hoarding gremlin and selling my collection physically hurts me

#I have so far: #x2 french link bevels #x1 loose ring waterford #x1 baucher waterford #x1 copper roller d ring #x1 transangle lozenge d ring #x1 french link full cheek #x1 french link baucher #x1 gold eggbutt thing I can’t rmbr w lozenge #AND of course x1 bitless bridle #I REALLY want to get a rubber happy mouth for another option bcos Ed’s bit cost me $250 cos it’s neue schule 🥴

[wyrmalien]

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#song about the mountains in co waterford <3 #asks

[irisharchaeology]

Through a medieval window....Crook church, Co Waterford. This site is closely associated with the Knights Templars

#Ireland #medieval #knights templar #cross

[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

[irish-dress-history]

I’m wondering if you have any examples of Irish clothing from the early 1600s (around 1610-1615)? I haven’t been able to find much from this era so I’d appreciate any sources or museum collections that you could recommend.

Starting this out with the caveat that if you're looking for the same level of detail and precision that we have for English dress history in this period, you are going to be disappointed. The types of English primary sources we have for this period (well-dated detailed paintings, well-preserved rich-people clothing, wills, printed books, etc) just don't exist for Ireland. There also seems to be much less research interest in 16th-17th c. Irish dress history, so there isn't nearly as much for secondary sources (books, articles etc.).

You don't mention if you are interested in a specific region in Ireland. Ireland in the early 17th c. was a pretty heterogeneous place. People in Dublin and Waterford wore English-influenced styles. According to British-appointed solicitor-general Sir John Davies, by 1606 a few of the wealthier people in Connacht had started wearing English dress, but many others were still wearing Irish clothing. Ulster was a mix of Irish who were wearing Irish dress and incoming English and lowland Scots settlers.

All of the extant Irish clothing I know of from the early 17th c. comes from either bogs or archaeological excavations. It looks like you've already seen my post on extant garments at the NMI. The NMI also has a couple of felt hats that might be early 17th c. This one is from Knockfola, Co. Donegal. It originally had a decorative cord or band where the pale line is:

There are also another cóta mór and brat, found on a bog body from Leigh, Co. Tipperary, which I don't think the NMI has on display. I did not bother to include them in my post, because they are so similar to the ones from Killery, Co. Sligo, but the fact that these have been found in multiple places suggests that they were common, widely-used garments.

The other major garment-find from this period is the Dungiven outfit which is in the Ulster Museum. a short video The bright blue thread was added by a modern conservator; it's not original. (Side note: The identification of this outfit has gotten unfortunately politicized. Tartan trews were worn by both the Irish and the Scots during the 17th century (McClintock 1943, Dunlevy 1989). The presence of tartan should not be used to draw conclusions about the ethnicity of the wearer.) The primary publication for this outfit:

Henshall, Audrey, Seaby, Wilfred A., Lucas, A. T., Smith, A. G., and Connor, A. (1961). The Dungiven Costume. Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 24/25, 119-142. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20627382

The one other reasonably-well preserved outfit that has published on is from a child burial from Emlagh, Co. Kerry, now at University College Cork. Shee and O'Kelly give it a late 17th c date, but they largely base this date on the presence of a rather generic-looking comb. IMO the outfit could easily be early 17th c.

The Emlagh gown, photographed on a living 8-year-old child who was wearing a sweater and skirt underneath. (The 1960s was a different time.)

The bodice has a wrap-front closure with a back and button-up sleeves similar in cut to the Killery cóta mór. The skirt is a pleated rectangle with the pleats sewn in vertically, somewhat like the Shinrone gown. Publication:

Shee, E. and O'Kelly, M. (1966). A Clothed Burial from Emlagh, near Dingle. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 71(213), 81-91.

There are also, frustratingly, a bunch of fragmentary clothing finds at the NMI which might be 17th c, but no one seems to care enough to do publications on them, and NMI Archaeology still does not have their collection on-line, so they are useless to us.

The typical Irish shoe for this period is known as a brogue (also called a Lucas type 5 by archaeologists). broguesandshoes.com has photos, a pattern, and construction information.

Unfortunately, the illustrations from Speed's map are the only images I know of from this specific period.

If you want details on what materials were used, I recommend Susan Flavin's dissertation. It's about the 16th c. economy, but things didn't change that much between 1599 and 1601. free download here

If you don't mind wading through early modern English and a bit of period-typical prejudice, I recommend reading A Discourse of Ireland, by Luke Gernon written in 1620. His description of Irish clothing starts halfway down p. 356.

Finally, if you can find them, Dress in Ireland by Mairead Dunlevy (1st ed. 1989) and Old Irish and Highland Dress by H. F. McClintock (1st ed. 1943, 2nd ed. 1950) are the best books I know of for this period.

#asks #17th century #irish dress #irish history #dress history #brog

[the-cryptic-dive]

The Goatman

The Goatman is a half-goat, half-man hybrid cryptid known to haunt a bridge and its surrounding woods in Maryland, United States. The goatman’s background is identical to any other cryptid in that there are many different iterations of it. One of the more common versions is that the goatman was originally a black goat farmer from the 1800s that was hung from the bridge he now haunts. Another is that he was formerly a scientist at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, where he experimented on goats but mutated into an insane half-goat mutant during a freak accident. Either way, a man dealt with goats closely near the general Beltsville area. 

The Goatman’s physical description also has some variation, but in all versions, the Goatman can be somewhat related to the mythological satyr, who has the lower half of a goat and the upper half of a human. Though, the Goatman is said to be a giant at over 7 feet tall and demonic in appearance. The Goatman is also said to be aggressive and territorial, attacking both animals and humans. 

Some people link the Goatman to the Waterford Sheepman, a creature said to terrorize Waterford, PA, in the 1970s. The Sheepman is allegedly a giant humanoid sheep standing at least 7 feet tall and having massive horns, similar to the Goatman. The Sheepman apparently lurked around farm fields in the town of Waterford, stalking both animals and humans. The Goatman was also linked to a beast seen in 2012 known as the Pope Lick Monster. There are various reports of this creature seen under a bridge in the town it haunted, as well as an abandoned trestle. Similar to the Goatman, this beast is rumored to have been a goat farmer who sold his soul to the Devil for either immortality or dark magic abilities. 

The most recent alleged sighting of the Goatman is from 2015, when several people claimed to have “photographic evidence” of the beast, sparking new hunts and investigations. Though, I could not find this evidence.

The bridge that the Goatman is said to haunt in the Maryland woods has been claimed by the co-hosts of Buzzfeed Unsolved, Ryan and Shane. This bridge is now informally called the Goatman’s Bridge and Ryan and Shane’s Bridge.

#north american cryptid #north america #cryptid #supernatural #paranormal #cryptozoology

[dropboxofcuriosities]

Bébé Cox de Tramore, Co. Waterford, vers 1899.

#chien #1899 #bebe #deguisement

[dystopiandramaqueen]

"One of the biggest casting challenges of the show presented itself when it came time to find the actor who would play Nick, Commander Waterford's driver, June's engmatic lover, and a potential Eye of Gilead.

Despite the showrunner's plans for the character, his presence in the pilot episode was limited to only a few lines.

Thomas recalls "For anybody who had that question, we said, "Look, we haven't felt like this since the infamous Breaking Bad. This is something special. This will be something great. You need to trust us."

And that led to actors getting on the phone with Bruce and talking it through, because they were making a commitment based on maybe one or two lines in the script...and Max Minghella saw through all of that and came in and read, in a climate where he doesn't have to come in and read if he doesn't want to."

It was a commitment that was easy to make for Minghella. "The truth is that before I even read the pilot script, it was sent to me with real support from people I worked with who...really believed it was something I should be part of. And then when I read it... it was genuinely just in a different league to anything I'd read in quite some time."

"For me, the most interesting thing about playing Nick is the element of spy on spy on spy," he says. '"That ambiguity in the book is compelling, and then even more so in the TV show, where we have to live with these characters for a very long time. I don't want to give all my cards away that quickly, so I thought it was a less-is-more situation.

"Nick in the book is very much a cipher," explains Kira Snyder, co-executive producer and writer of the episode where we learn more about Nick's history. "Nick is part of the political structure, he's part of the power apparatus...but how did he get there? Part of the fun of that episode was to kind of peel back the mystery of this young man and see where he came from, how he got recruited, and how his idealism was turned against him, how it was curdled by the corrupt system of Gilead. How he keeps trying to find something to believe in, some way to make things work, make things good. Which is what we see with his becoming an Eye; he doesn't have alot of ways to strike back at the Commander, but through his role as part of the secret police informer network he has the ability to try to keep a check on the man."

-The Art and Making of The Handmaid's Tale

#nick blaine #osblaine #nick x june #the art and making of the handmaid's tale #come thru bruce #we're counting on you #breaking bad was a story of a normal man #who grew in his power #to become a kingpin #changing and overtaking the game #here by the light of the full moon #i call in this debt #make it big #make it like the ending of s4 #you got this

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – In the climate of sectarian tension created partly by the Mathew-Maude controversy,…

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[irish-chap]

Ideal outfit

Mr. F.H. Keane, 3rd son, cap off. 

3rd September 1902

Family of Sir John Keane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland

National Library of Ireland 

[g-raynard]

Milking time, Co. Waterford, 1990

“I photographed this man as he approached his two cows at evening milking time. He frequently allowed his cows to graze on the lush grass by the roadside, in Ireland this free grass was often referred to as ‘The Long Acre’.”

~Richard Fitzgerald

[mirtapersonal]

Plen air artist encountered on the Dunmore East Cliff Walk, co Waterford

#dunmore east cliff walk #dunmore east #Phort Láirge #cliffs #ireland #travel #hiking

[theirishaesthete]

Hidden Histories

The origin and histories of some old Irish houses are veiled in mystery, and likely to remain so, since so much information about our architectural heritage has been lost. One such property is a place called Rath House in Co Waterford. The word rath appears very often in this country’s place names. It derives from the Irish Ráth, which means a circular enclosure or ring fort, suggesting this was…

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#Architectural History #County Waterford #Heritage at Risk #Historic Interiors #Irish Country House #Rath House

[18thfoot]

"18th June 1855- Crimea. Captain Thomas Esmonde performed the first of the actions that would earn him a Victoria Cross.

On 18th June 1855, after he had participated in the assault on the Redan at Sebastopol, he repeatedly assisted in rescuing wounded men from exposed positions.

Two days later, he was in command of a covering party when he rushed forward to a spot where a fireball had lodged. He then quickly extinguished the fireball before it could betray the location of his men, thus saving them from the murderous fire which was immediately opened up where the fireball had fallen. Esmonde was born in Pembrokestown, Co. Waterford on 25th May 1829 and died on 14th January 1873, in Bruges, Belgium. He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Irish.

#18thfoot #royalirishregiment #crimea #sebastopol #victoriacross

[jorgancrath]

Ayyy Co. Waterford represent!! And with the Squishmallows too! Saoibh is now my favourite

#late late toy show