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- The ‘Second Reformation’ and Catholic-Protestant relations in pre-Famine Ireland’ with a case study of the Crotty Schism in Birr. By Ciarán...
On 24 October 1822, the newly-appointed Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, William Magee (1766-1831) delivered a sermon (a charge) in St Patrick’s Cathedral, calling for a greater and more zealous endeavour to evangelise among the Irish Catholics. While Protestant evangelicals and […]
- The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine, 19th Foot, 1793–1837, and his stay in Tullamore in the 1820s.
There are a few surviving published diaries of soldiers who served in the British army in Ireland from the 1700s to the 1900s.[1] One such is that of colour sergeant Calladine whose account of his time stationed in the Midlands in 1822 (at pp 108-109) is of interest as to how soldiers were […]
- Place names in the parish of Kilbride, Tullamore, County Offaly: no.1 in a new series
Do you want to know more about your townland? In this article you will discover the origin name, meaning and history of some of the townlands in the parish of Kilbride, Tullamore. The civil parishes of Kilbride and Durrow are closely aligned with the boundaries of the Catholic parish of Tullamore […]
- The Bell of Bell Hill, Offaly: St Patrick, Ciarán of Saighir, Cooke of Birr and more. By John Dolan
Bell Hill is a small townland close to the village of Clareen, Co. Offaly. The Bell Hill itself is situated on high ground with good views in all directions. A large bush sits on the hill and is known locally as the Bell Bush. There are a few other locations in Ireland called Bell Hill. … […]