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    • Terence MacSwiney Artifacts
      • Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s Hunger Strike 12th of August 1920 – 25th October 1920
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Terence MacSwiney Dish Ring
      • Shard of Wood
  • The Museum
    • Object of the month
      • The Famine Pot
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Grenade and Home-made Bomb
      • Irish Democratic Labour Federation Badge
      • Aghabullogue Hurley – Cork’s First All Ireland Title.
      • Rush Light Holder from Kilkea Castle
      • Rusheen Pike
      • Manchester Martyr’s Table
      • Princess Mary Gift Box
      • Cork Total Abstinence Medal
      • Bullet from Upton Ambush
      • St. Patrick’s Gift Box
      • Cell No.6, Cork Military Detention Barracks
      • Racehorse shoe owned by Abraham Morris
      • Piece of Fr. Dominic’s Tunic
      • Cromwellian Cannon Ball
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Shard of Wood
      • Prize Winning Pin Cushion
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Chinese Embroidered Hat
      • Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School
    • Articles
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      • The Warrens of Warrenscourt
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Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017

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KILMURRY HIDDEN GEMS TOUR NOTES   ‘The man who knows his own half-acre knows the world’ Irish Proverb     Grotto – 11.05am The grotto was built in 1954 for the The Marion Year, a year of special devotion to the Blessed Virgin.  The site chosen is that of Sceach an tSagairt which means The Priest’s Bush.  Tradition has it that a number of priests or monks attached to the medieval church in the old graveyard went on the run during penal times.  They hid out on Cnoc an Tobair but were captured there and were hanged from a tree
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The Warrens of Warrenscourt

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The Warrens of Warrenscourt, County Cork: A look at a family’s social and political beliefs Aidan O’Sullivan     INTRODUCTION Ireland was a country that for many centuries was a land in turmoil. It was a land which for two to three centuries was almost constantly at war. This was in no small part due to the actions of the English monarchy, which sought to exert its influence over its neighbour. It was the time of the plantations both north and south and the inevitable conflict this brought as planters tried to settle the land and the native Irish tried
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    • Lissarda Ambush Centenary Exhibition 1920-2020
  • Terence MacSwiney
    • The Annual Terence MacSwiney Weekend
    • Tomás McCurtain and Terence McSwiney – The County Cork Connection
    • Terence MacSwiney Artifacts
      • Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s Hunger Strike 12th of August 1920 – 25th October 1920
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Terence MacSwiney Dish Ring
      • Shard of Wood
  • The Museum
    • Object of the month
      • The Famine Pot
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Grenade and Home-made Bomb
      • Irish Democratic Labour Federation Badge
      • Aghabullogue Hurley – Cork’s First All Ireland Title.
      • Rush Light Holder from Kilkea Castle
      • Rusheen Pike
      • Manchester Martyr’s Table
      • Princess Mary Gift Box
      • Cork Total Abstinence Medal
      • Bullet from Upton Ambush
      • St. Patrick’s Gift Box
      • Cell No.6, Cork Military Detention Barracks
      • Racehorse shoe owned by Abraham Morris
      • Piece of Fr. Dominic’s Tunic
      • Cromwellian Cannon Ball
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Shard of Wood
      • Prize Winning Pin Cushion
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Chinese Embroidered Hat
      • Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School
    • Articles
      • Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017
      • The Warrens of Warrenscourt
      • Ireland XO
  • Museum Books
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Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017

21/08/2017 | Comments Off on Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017

KILMURRY HIDDEN GEMS TOUR NOTES   ‘The man who knows his own half-acre knows the world’ Irish Proverb     Grotto – 11.05am The grotto was built in 1954 for the The Marion Year, a year of special devotion to the Blessed Virgin.  The site chosen is that of Sceach an tSagairt which means The Priest’s Bush.  Tradition has it that a number of priests or monks attached to the medieval church in the old graveyard went on the run during penal times.  They hid out on Cnoc an Tobair but were captured there and were hanged from a tree
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The Warrens of Warrenscourt

21/02/2017 | Comments Off on The Warrens of Warrenscourt

The Warrens of Warrenscourt, County Cork: A look at a family’s social and political beliefs Aidan O’Sullivan     INTRODUCTION Ireland was a country that for many centuries was a land in turmoil. It was a land which for two to three centuries was almost constantly at war. This was in no small part due to the actions of the English monarchy, which sought to exert its influence over its neighbour. It was the time of the plantations both north and south and the inevitable conflict this brought as planters tried to settle the land and the native Irish tried
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