Wests_Awake
County: Galway
Posts: 153

You've read the 'Road to McCarthy' haven't you ;)

Con Cavan (Cavan) - Posts: 894 - 17/09/2008 11:29:24    101523

The Soufriere Hills volcano is still erupting now though on a much lesser scale to the big one in '95 which buried the capital and forced two thirds of the islanders to flee. There is still an exclusion zone on the island as far as I know but it is still inhabited.

Wests_Awake (Galway) - Posts: 877 - 17/09/2008 11:30:32    101524

Great stuff lads!
Thanks for the posts.

The ol history corner is doing alright with ten pages now, it'll soon catch on 'The Non GAA thread'.

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 17/09/2008 11:55:36    101572

Con Cavan
County: Cavan
Posts: 113
Wests_Awake
You've read the 'Road to McCarthy' haven't you ;)

I have indeed. It's where my interest on Montserrat came from. I've read his other book as well - McCarthy's Bar.

Must be nearly 4 years since he died of cancer. RIP Pete McCarthy.

Wests_Awake (Galway) - Posts: 877 - 17/09/2008 12:17:09    101609

Lads i heard another story about where the term Culchie comes from.

Was said that it came about from country people pesant workers having to go to the back door of the house "cul an Ti" which morphed to culchie.

Also it heard there it origionated from the place name cuilshema.

Anyone here else know any stories bout where it origionated.

Hag_and_Cheese (Tipperary) - Posts: 6103 - 17/09/2008 12:44:59    101643

o connell st in dublin was known as sackville st during the 1916 rising.before that it was called drogheda st.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 17/09/2008 13:42:19    101696

Dublinmeath, Snap .... I cant stand these four either. They have taken over our T.V. and radio stations for too long. Now i could add another Joe to the list, a certain Joe B.

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 17/09/2008 15:02:57    101772

well hag n cheese, iv 1 for ya how come dubs dont call us culchies but northies and people who live in towns up here call country folk "munchies"!!

wise_guy (Tyrone) - Posts: 1584 - 17/09/2008 15:43:01    101828

There is a townland on the outskirts of Lucan called 'Passifyoucan'.
The area was a crossroads of the ancient East-West route just off the Esker Riada between Dublin and Galway and the medieval North-South route between Armagh and Kilkenny.
It got the name Passifyoucan because the area was a 'black-spot' for Highwaymen/Raparees/Tories who held up wealthy travellers along the lonley spot!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 24/09/2008 16:00:33    106801

Is that where all the young lads go drinking? Passusacan!

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 24/09/2008 23:36:03    107182

RMD,

Boom Boom!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 25/09/2008 09:52:38    107285

C'mon lads, anybody got something?

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 06/10/2008 11:24:50    114098

It is said that as St Colmcille was leaving Derry for the last time he turned and looked back at where the city stands now. Apparently his footprints can be seen to this day along the Foyle near the old Thornhill School site somewhere.

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 06/10/2008 15:55:10    114353

Hey Snuf love your posts humorous to say the least. Just a quick one, if in WA you might know that Fremantle has but one e, also J.B. O'Reilly was an escapee from Fremantle prison and returned from America to help the remaining Fenians. When on the ship the ship hoisted the stars and stripes when persued so it could not be fired on. Not complaining but would never hear the last of it from the pub owner of J.B. O'Reillys bar in Perth WA where I live, they serve the best Guiness in Australia and like your goodself is a fellow Dub.

godhelpus (Antrim) - Posts: 29 - 07/10/2008 04:37:23    114625

lads heard there is a statue of padraig pearse in buenos aires? is there any truth in that?

also any recommendations for good irish history books?

jaffacake (Meath) - Posts: 720 - 07/10/2008 11:37:05    114752

jaffacake
County: Meath
Posts: 51

114752 lads heard there is a statue of padraig pearse in buenos aires? is there any truth in that?

there was, tried to track it down earlier in the year, to no avail, have a woman on the case though will be back to ya

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 07/10/2008 18:51:10    115121

jaffacake read michael collins the bestselling biography by tim pat coogan.speaking about the big fella as most people would know he was assassinated on august 22 1922.but exactly a year to the day before he was shot on august 22 1921 he attented the wedding of tom barry.there was a photograph taken of the wedding outside the hotel.there is about 50 people in the picture.collins is the only one that lowers his head because he was suspicious that the photographer was a police informer.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 07/10/2008 21:28:36    115171

Great stuff lads.

Very interested to hear more on the statue of Pearse in Argentina. I await the information eagerly! Well done!

I read in a magazine lately that the ancient word for hurling was 'baire'!!....Now we all know that 'cul baire' is goalkeeper but how the word 'keeper' came to be the old word for hurling I must investigate!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 08/10/2008 20:12:08    115726

ANYONE ANY INFO ON THE MEMORIAL TO JAMES GALLAGHER IN ARKRANES, ICELAND

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 08/10/2008 21:00:41    115758

Sackville st., If i'm not right, is there not a street called sackville st. in dublin now?

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 08/10/2008 21:04:37    115760