Muskerry Golf Club’s One Hundred and Fifteenth Birthday
Saturday the 4th of May 1907 was the date that two major events were officially opened in Ireland. In Dublin, the Irish International Exhibition was opened with much fanfare [...]
All the Brigids
1901 and 1911 Brigids In honor of St Brigid's Day, 1st Feb 2020, I have listed all the Brigids recorded in both the 1901 and 1911 census in both Blarney [...]
Merry Christmas 2019
https://twitter.com/irelandincolour/status/1205780667251998722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1205780667251998722&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252Firelandincolour%252Fstatus%252F1205780667251998722%26widget%3DTweet This fantastic photograph was recently brought to life by the Old Ireland Twitter account, it is incredible the level of detail visible in the photograph but more than anything [...]
History as long as the bar counter
My curiousity was piqued recently when I saw The Strand bar at Vicarstown Cross, won the award for Best Local Pub in the Irish Pub Awards 2019. https://twitter.com/vfipubs/status/1173599970638946307 It [...]
Muskerry Light Railway
During the week I came across a fascinating video on the Twitter account of Irish Family Detective (thanks to Fiona for allowing me to share here). It is a video [...]
"Thanks Hun, Penneys"
We have all done it, replied to a compliment on an item of clothing we are wearing with “Thanks Hun, Penneys”. It is an accepted way to accept a compliment [...]
School Days
Thursday of last week, 27th June 2019, was without a doubt the best start to the holiday season for primary schools - bright blue skies, high temperatures, a shining sun [...]
#OnThisDay 1911
The United Kingdom Census 1911 of 2 April 1911 was the 12th nationwide census conducted on the islands Great Britain and Ireland. The morning of the 2nd April March 1911, [...]
Top Five Landlords Blarney 1911
Housing and the lack of it is a huge problem in Irish society at the moment; after reading yet another horror story of people being forced to pay very high [...]
Blarney House Summary
The census returns recorded some interesting information on the types of houses that people lived in and also recorded whether there was any type of outbuildings associated with the house. All [...]