Weather And Effects On Events In Irish History
By Walter Lawler (Abbeyleix Library) Red Hugh O’Donnell’s escape 1591 Earlier I gave a brief history of Irish winters that were particularly memorable with regards to cold and snowfall. …
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The Irish Winter Through History
Since a very young age I’ve always been fascinated with meteorology. As a child I messed around with thermometers, rain gauges and weather vanes, breaking some of the former and …
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Kevin O’Higgins and the Knockbeg connection
During the first lockdown this year I was doing some tidying when I came across the 1991 Knockbeg Annual. I had boarded in Knockbeg College (in County Laois, 2 miles …
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