One presumes it was welled when it was canopied. That happened circa and so thereafter Gleninagh North had two canopied wells. Is Gleninagh North the only townland in all of County Clare with, not one, but two canopied wells? Now commonly known as the Pinnacle Well. Flannan being the patron saint of the parish of Inagh. Flannan's day is over - just. It falls on December 18th. The well is in a remote location now in Muckinish.
It was not always thus. Once the well was located along the old bog road between Ennistymon and Inagh. A reptile is a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises. We have one native reptile in Ireland and it is the viviparous lizard Lacerta vivipara.
Earc luachra is the Irish for the creature. A viviparous animal is one which brings forth its young live as opposed to in egg form. The viviparous lizard is the most northerly reptile in the world and can even be found within the Arctic Circle.
It averages 10 to 16 cm in length. It suns itself in order to reach a body temperature of 30 degrees C. It is then able to hunt effectively. Diet is small insects. The lizard's predators include kestrels, stoats and minks.
If the predator grasps the lizard by the tail, the lizard divests itself of the tail piece leaving the aggressor with a stump. The lizard then grows back its tail. In the pre-antibiotic era in Ireland, folk medicine was widely practised across the country.
The medicine was a mix of the natural cures from herbs, plants, minerals and animal substances of nature and the magico-religious. The Schools Collection is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the s. According to propaganda, Saint Patrick is credited with banishing snakes from Ireland.
Tellingly, Patrick himself never made such a claim in his epistles. Snakes never reached Ireland. The snakes in the Patrick legend are a symbol of paganism. Finally, there is actually one other reptile in Ireland. However, it is not native. It is the slow worm Anguis fragilis. It is a legless lizard. Its range is confined to County Clare. The worm was introduced from another jurisdiction by misguided folk a couple of decades ago. As they say in Yorkshire - there's nowt as queer as folk.
Soverino Put a frog in your mouth ; toothache 'cures' from Nineteenth- and Twentieth -century Ireland. Journal of the History of Dentistry Vol 66, No. The Schools Collection. An impermeable chert-rich zone on the limestone slope has caused a small outflow of water. Less than one kilometre to the east of the well, the green road links up with an ancient North Clare route way i.
This route from north Clare into south Galway dates back to the 16th century at least Gosling , Furthermore, holy wells are often site-specific for symbolic reasons. The Burren in Medieval Times. The Book of the Burren. Downey L. Know Your Monuments Holy Wells. Archaeology Ireland. Spring Edition. Dublin — Wordwell Books. Aughinish was originally connected to County Clare. However, that connection was lost in due to the tsunami effect of the enormous Lisbon earthquake.
The Great Lisbon Earthquake may have caused the deaths of up to 50, people. Its shocks were felt as far south as North Africa and as far north-west as the west coast of Ireland. Subsequently, the British built the 0. Martello towers are circular coastal fortifications which the British built along the Irish coastline and the coastline of the south east of England in the early years of the 19th century as they feared a Napoeonic invasion of the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Aughinish's modern history has thus been literally shaped by two great European events - the 18th century Lisbon earthquake and poor Anglo-French relations at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Despite the causeway, Aughinish has an island-like feel to it The population was more than people prior to the Great Hunger of Swinfen , 7. Aughinish's remoteness means that only the most intrepid visitor will seek it out.
A visit is more than worth it as the island is not only rich in history and heritage but it also enjoys a beautiful coastal location. Silage, when fed excessively on Burren winterages, can cause many problems including water pollution and soil damage, as well as contributing to a shift in the local ecology and the encroachment of scrub. This has contributed to the cessation of silage feeding on many winterages and a consequent improvement in water quality, soil and habitat health.
Scrub control Hazel and blackthorn scrub is a natural part of the Burren landscape. Stone wall repair The stone walls of the Burren are probably its most defining cultural feature, while also being crucial in the management of the farms. Access tracks Given that many Burren farmers now have off-farm jobs, and given the rough, extensive nature of Burren farms, the provision of vehicular access tracks to enable farmers to herd livestock more efficiently is a high priority for many farmers.
New gates Gates are important, functional items on Burren farms, enabling better grazing and easier herding. New feeding systems Over the past few decades, most Irish farmers harvest silage every year to feed their livestock over winter. Go to Top. Until Dr Carden began her work these collections of bones had not been fully studied or catalogued.
Her latest discovery arose out of research on the exploitation of reindeer by hunter-gatherers in Ireland, establishing human presence at multiple times during the Upper Palaeolithic period. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, The Burren: Heart of Stone traces the history of the region through prehistoric times exploring rock formations, early farm settlements and ecology.
The film earned multiple awards around the world and was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Irish Film Awards. For 'Heart of Stone', Costello spent a further three years immersed in the Burren landscape, this time venturing underground with world-renowned Clare diver and explorer, Jim Warny.
In ancient times, caves were spiritual places of ritual and sacrifice. Read More Donnelly rules out prioritising unders for vaccines. Sign up to to get the latest news direct to your inbox daily at 1pm. Puzzles hub. Reindeer bone found in north Cork to alter understanding of Irish human history A reindeer bone fragment uncovered in Castlepook Cave near Doneraile in north Cork where a mammoth bone was discovered in The cave was excavated by Naturalist Richard Ussher and a team between Radiocarbon dating of the femur revealed it to be 33, years old.
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