The Shape of Killannin Parish
by Hilary Kiely Sir William Wilde, in his 1867 travelogue, Lough Corrib, Its Shores and Islands describes the parish of Killanin in this way: The …
Month: October 2021
Patrick (Pádraig) Pearse in Rossmuck, Connemara
A glimpse into 1916 Leader Padraig Pearse’s relationship with the Connemara Gaeltacht by Hilary Kiely Residing in the collection of Padraig Pearse’s papers in the …
The Serpent in the Churchyard
The Serpent in the Churchyard by Hilary Kiely Exploring some local folklore around Lough Corrib and a corpse-eating eel. Here is an interesting tale, recorded …
An Tobar Cuana/ St. Cuana’s Well, Collinamuck
by Hilary Kiely According to William Wilde’s Lough Corrib – It’s Shores and Islands, St. Cuana, or Coona, was born at the end of the sixth …