Conway Mill Trust

A common practice of the Celts was to use human sacrifice.  However, with the coming of Christianity the practice was discontinued partly due to lessons inscribed on the High Crosses.  One such cross by Moone Abbey (Co Kildare) tells the story of Abraham on which an angel is seen behind Abraham telling him not to kill his son but to kill a lamb instead. When St Patrick visited Moone Abbey he apparently was not greeted properly and placed a curse saying that no man born in Moone would ever become a king or bishop.  And no one ever has.

According to geologist Jonathan Wilkins, Connemara is slowly slipping into the sea due to the rising sea level that has encroached into the land around Galway Bay.

According to the Donegal Democrat, in 2012 the latest fashion “house” to clothe the Pope was not Pravda, Chanel or Versace but Daniel O’Donnel’s mother, Julia, who decided to knit the Pope socks when she read of the harsh winter that was expected. She used the best Donegal wool and made the Pope several pairs. Several weeks later she received a package from the Pontiff with a pair of rosary beads, a thank you note and a signed memento.