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The Devils Bit
Astrid Hurley There was always a conflicting tale growing up as to where the source of the River Suir actually starts. The Devil's Bit mountain is the most favoured but Borrisnoe is also mentioned. Thanks to Tipperary Tourism for the image I grew up in the shadow and...
Ringville School, overlooking the R Barrow at Ballinlaw
Paul Grant The Poet Patrick Kavanagh once said “The man that knows his own half acre knows the world”. The older we become the more nostalgic we become. The summers were warmer, the grass was greener, life was simpler. We need to be careful not to look back with rose...
Shanoon, Dunmore East
David Carroll Shanoon, Sean Uaimh – “Old Cave” Canon Patrick Power, Place names of the Decies Pedantic people might tell you that Shanoon, the rugged stretch of high cliff that overlooks the harbour at Dunmore East is strictly not within the ‘Three Sisters Family’ of...
The Nore at Thomastown
Joe Dunphy I was born within two throws of a stone from the “sweet valley of the Nore” in Grennan, Thomastown that I believe sums up the Nore in all its best aspects. I refer to its beauty, its value and its centuries of history in the lovely region we are blest to...
Connors Bay, Ballystraw, Co Wexford
Maria White Doyle contributes this article as a contribution to Heritage Week November 2015, the weather had been typically miserable. Heavy rains had eroded the cliffs along the coast, washing the clay and grass from above down to the rocks below but this particular...
Salmon Ponds of New Ross
Heritage Week continues with Myles Courtney, and the Salmon Ponds of New Ross The ebb and flow of a river, its rising and falling tides can instill a sense of ease and relaxation in an observer. Since my retirement, I have had time to be more observant and...