... in just eighteen minutes off the Old Head of Kinsale in Ireland in 1915 by a German submarine resulted in the loss of 1,198 lives, but ... (now renamed Cobh). The Flying Fish docked to a hero’s welcome, but few realised the valiant role of the Wanderer, which returned to ...
Valerie Caine - Jul 10 2014 - 6:49pm - 0 comments
... of Saint Brigid of Kildare. She travelled from her native Ireland to Cornwall in about 460 AD. We walked in the grounds and touched the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 11 2013 - 5:39pm
... folk-belief in fairies of the kind existing in Wales, Ireland and Scotland we find a widespread belief in the existence of the dead, ... more congenial or more inspiring for writing down of one’s deeper intuitions about the Fairy faith, then Carnac, under the shadow of the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 17 2015 - 10:47pm - 0 comments
... rivers all with an abundance of wildlife. It has Scotland’s most southerly point, the Mull of Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gal), from which can be seen clear views of the nations of Ireland and Isle of Man. The part of Dumfries and Galloway that is Galloway ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 22 2015 - 8:41pm - 0 comments
... of Alba (Scotland), Breizh (Brittany), Cymru (Wales) Éire (Ireland), Kernow (Cornwall) and Mannin (Isle of Man). Bernard talks about ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 18 2020 - 5:15pm - 0 comments
... Brimming with enchantment, whimsy and sly humor, Stephen's work does far more than many fairy tale compilations. In "Traditional Irish ... imagery, and references to the bays and rivers and isles of Ireland. Moreover, unlike much of literature considered adolescent fare, he ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 28 2013 - 7:30pm
... two large focal monuments on Cairnbane West outside Kells in Ireland’s County Meath. The carving of concentric circles and lines is at the back of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 19 2020 - 12:45pm
... and cruiseferries between Brittany, France and Britain, Ireland, and Spain, and between Britain and Spain. However, Roscoff has much ... from the Breton Celtic language with ros goff, meaning Goff's Point in English. In Cornish and Breton (both being a brythonic celtic ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 6 2021 - 4:58pm
... tenth century. It is said that Buriana came to Cornwall from Ireland in the 6th century AD and she was said to preach from a chapel on the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2013 - 12:32am
St. Andrew's Day (Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Aindrea) is Scotland's official national day. Who was St Andrew and why is he Scotland's Patron ... The spread of Christianity to Scotland mainly came from Ireland in the fifth century. The national flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 31 2016 - 4:17pm - 0 comments