Heading to Rossnowlagh in a few hours for the Ó Cléirigh Summer School 2024. There won't be an #otd posts for a few days. There may be some more scenery like this though.
16 Apr 1620: John Colgan, of Inishowen #Donegal future great hagiographer of the #Irish saints enters the Franciscan community at St Anthony's College, Louvain (JMcC, - his 1658 memorial card from @ucdarchives
17 Mar: In medieval and early modern Europe it was the pilgrimage to St. Patrick’s Purgatory or Lough Derg in #Donegal that was the really famous about #Ireland.
#FolkloreSunday: A story from Co. #Donegal tells of a family with 10 children who were slowly starving in a lean winter. While the parents debated one night what they could do to scrabble together some food for their offspring, they heard the noise of lowing. Outside, in the dire storm, they found a red-speckled cow that they brought into the byre. The next day the cow gave birth to a female calf and began to give forth milk abundantly. Worrying over whose animal had wandered onto their land, the family asked around the region, but no cow was reported missing. The cow stayed with them for years, having a calf each year and filling the buckets with sweet milk. One day the man, exasperated at finding the cow munching in a field of new oats and forgetting to be grateful for his good fortune, raised his staff to her. Gathering all her little herd together, the cow disappeared and was never seen again.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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RT @PIE_Animals
… as well as cows: #Vedic pr̥śni- ‘speckled’ and as a substantive pr̥śni- f. ‘cow’ (and also the name of the mother of the #Maruts), #MiddleIrish erc ‘speckled, dark red’ (*perk̑-ó-) and as a substantive erc ‘a spotted or red-eared cow’.
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On this day in 1831, Patrick O'Connor died aged 22. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Finner old graveyard, Inishmacsaint, Co. Donegal, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/ocon1831
On this day in 1728, Johon Gill married Ann Jameson at Cloncha (Clonca), Co. Donegal. The parish register has been lost but transcripts survive in the Journals: https://bit.ly/giljam1728
26 Oct 1566: d. An Calbhach Ó Domhnaill of a fit while out riding #otd He'd been reinstalled as Lord of Tír Conaill by Lord Deputy Sidney in Sept 1565.
Hello everybody, here's a way into the new week for you. Wishing you bright moments and views. To me it happened today morning that I nearly got lost in the bad worldwide news, but I was lucky, a neighbour came over and we had a lovely chat and tea/coffee. Also, my dog was in a cuddle mood. Real life is so good, so.. real. 🧡☘️
3 people dead in separate incidents on the roads in Ireland in 24 hours, while Gardaí, the Courts and other authorities shrug. Time to get real. #Kerry#Donegal#Tallaght