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Cure for Throat Ailments

Posted in Did You Know? on Jun 12th, 2016

A stocking filled with hot potatoes and apples will cure throat ailments.

Bad Luck Actions

Posted in Did You Know? on Jun 11th, 2016

It was considered bad luck to place shoes on a table or chair, place a bed facing the door, bring lilac into the house, cut your fingernails on Sunday, give a knife as a gift and you must wear a shamrock or green ribbon only on St Patrick’s Day.

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Why Cut A Step Into An Irish Bog

Posted in Did You Know? on Jun 9th, 2016

In Gartan, Co Donegal, it is considered bad luck not to cut a step into the bog when cutting turf. This is because St. Colmcille put a curse on anyone who did not when he tripped and fell on the uneven bog land when being chased by his enemies.

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Break Dawn Dancing

Posted in Did You Know? on May 17th, 2016

“Break dawn” was a forerunner of tap dancing, a combination of African shuffle and Irish jig.

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Scooriachting

Posted in Did You Know? on May 16th, 2016

Visiting friends and neighbors was called “scooriachting.”

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Gearagh, Macroom, Co Cork

Posted in Did You Know? on May 14th, 2016

The Gearagh, near Macroom, Co Cork, is one of four inland forest deltas in the world and is described as the most ecologically intact. It was controversially flooded in the 1950’s to make way for hydroelectric dams at Macroom. Thousands of ancient oak and yew trees from what is described as Western Europe’s last post-glacial […]

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St. Patrick – Patron Saint of Nigeria

Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 14th, 2016

St Patrick is the patron saint of Nigeria although he never visited there. The St Patrick Missionary Society was the first to bring Christianity there.

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Sir Walter Raleigh – Landowner

Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 12th, 2016

Sir Walter Raleigh owned thousands of acres in Co Cork, including the town of Youghal.

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Oldest Church in Ireland

Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 10th, 2016

The Collegiate Church of St Mary is said to be the oldest church in Ireland where here has been continuous worship since the 13th Century.

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Loftus House – Most Haunted House In Ireland

Posted in Did You Know? on Mar 24th, 2016

Loftus House, Hook Peninsula, Co Wexford, has been named the most haunted house in Ireland by Irish Ghost Hunters who experienced major temperature drops and electromagnetic field spikes. The investigators said that the team is scientific, and they don’t work with psychics or mediums. They use their own equipment and try to debunk everything before […]

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