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Get Your Ghoul On!

October 3, 2019February 26, 2021Leave a comment

With summer a distant memory, and the harvest period having drawn to a close, Hallowe’en (All Hallows Eve) or Oíche Shamhna was considered a turning point in the traditional calendar year. Cattle were brought from summer pastures to fields closer to the family homestead, and corn, apples, turnips and potatoes were all harvested and stored … Continue reading Get Your Ghoul On!

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Letter from the Lord Mayor of Limerick to Harry Boland, 15 February 1922. Click for more!

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