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Each story keeps the passage it was read from. Open one to read it as the scan has it, and, where the companion has written its own telling, that too. The passages are read off photographs of the page by machine, so a word here and there comes out wrong; they are kept as the reading produced them, so you can check any of them against the scan.
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Lease of Inisheer to William MacNamara of Doolin, 1754
Inisheer · townland · Galway · 1754
In 1754, John Digby demised (leased) the island of Inisheer to William MacNamara of Doolin, establishing a landlord-tenant relationship over one of the Aran Islands in the mid-eighteenth century.
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A.D. 1754. John Digby demised the island of Inisheer to William MacNamara of Doolin, county
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 23
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Somewhere close to Inisheer, in 1754, John Digby leased this island to William MacNamara of Doolin. That single line in the record is all that survives — a landlord granting the land, a man from across the water taking it on.
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Solitary bittern on the Galway side of Aran
Inishmore · electoral division · Galway
The solitary bittern, known in Irish as the Boonaun-Laynagh, frequented the low-lying ground on the Galway side of the island. Hares and rabbits were also very plentiful there.
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popular belief being that they spring from the driftwood* Their flesh supplies a rich lamp oil, and their feathers fetch a high price in the London markets. The capture ef these birds is a dangerous occupation for the cragsmen, who descend from the cliffs by means of a rope to the haunts of the puffin, and having spent the night in the dangerous occupation, ensnaring and killing them as they sleep on the rocky ledges, they are hauled up in the morning, having realized ten or twelve shillings during the night. In the summer of 1816, two unfortunate fellows engaged in this frightful occupation missed their footing, and falling, were dashed to pieces on the rocks below. The solitary bittern, called in Irish the Boonaun-Laynagh, frequents the low-lying ground on the Galway side of the island, and hares and rabbits are very plentiful also. On the barren sheets of rocks the peasants (denominated lazy and idle, by lazy and idle writers and speakers) have with tireless toil walled in and made numberless gardens in which potatoes mealy and dry are grown. The meteorological aspirations of the Aran peasant are for rain, diametrically the opposite of what their brethren on the mainland desire. A dry summer gives to Aran a parched and burnt-up hue, when the cattle faint and die if not removed to the mainland. Tanks, such as they have in Ceylon, are sadly wanting * Denis Florence McCarthy's Poems, p. 87 note.
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 5
As the companion tells it
On Inishmore, the cragsmen descended the cliffs by rope to the haunts of the puffin. They spent the night ensnaring and killing the birds as they slept on the rocky ledges, and were hauled up in the morning, having realised ten or twelve shillings for the night's work. The puffin's flesh supplied a rich lamp oil, and the feathers fetched a high price in the London markets. In the summer of 1816, two unfortunate fellows engaged in this frightful occupation missed their footing, and falling, were dashed to pieces on the rocks below. The solitary bittern, called in Irish the Boonaun-Laynagh, frequented the low-lying ground on the Galway side of the island. Hares and rabbits were very plentiful there also. On the barren sheets of rock, the peasants, denominated lazy and idle by what the book calls lazy and idle writers and speakers, had with tireless toil walled in and made numberless gardens in which potatoes mealy and dry were grown. The Aran peasant's hope was for rain, the opposite of what their brethren on the mainland desired. A dry summer gave Aran a parched and burnt-up hue, when the cattle fainted and died if not removed to the mainland.
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Dame Alice Kettler witchcraft trial in Kilkenny
Kilkenny · city · Kilkenny · 1324
In 1324, Dame Alice Kettler was tried for witchcraft in Kilkenny. The evidence referenced ashen sticks as dreadful instruments in matters of witchcraft, upon which witches were said to ride through the night air.
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The Ash is "the Venus of the forest" On ashen sticks (dreadful in matters of witchcraft, as appears
ASH — ROWAN TREE. 93
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 41
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Fort Mothar Dun and Fort of Conor on Inishmaan
near Illaunane · townland · Galway
On Inishmaan are listed two forts: Fort Mothar Dun and the Fort of Conor, among the monuments of the middle island.
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Fort Mothar Dun. Fort of Conor.
RuinsofChurch — Kill Canonagh Ruins of Church — Tempiil Caireach Derquin.
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 13
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Dubh Chathair (Black Fort) on Inishmore
Doocaher · enclosure · Galway
Dubh Chathair, or the Black Fort, is listed among the monuments of the parish of Killeaney on Inishmore.
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Dubh Chathair or the Black Fort.
Ruins of Church — Tempiil Be-
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 13
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Teampul Caireach Derquin church ruins on Inishmaan
near Illaunane · townland · Galway
Among the church ruins listed on Inishmaan is Teampul Caireach Derquin, alongside Kill Canonagh.
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RuinsofChurch — Kill Canonagh Ruins of Church — Tempiil Caireach Derquin.
Fort Dun
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 13
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Fort Dun Eochla on Inishmore
Oghil Fort · minor feature · Galway
Fort Dun Eochla is listed among the forts on Inishmore in the parish of Killeaney.
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Fort Dun Eochla.
Dubh Chathair or the Black Fort.
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 13
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Connemara mountains and bogs with ancient tree remains
near Connemara · locality · Galway
The mountains and bogs of Connemara were found scattered with the roots and remains of trees, evidence of former forest cover. The author describes them as lying in bare desolation, contrasted with the forested mountains of Baden in Germany.
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" The mountains and bogs of Connemara, with the roots and remains of trees scattered everywhere
84 FORESTS IN BADEN
Internet Archive southislesofaran00burkiala, Chapter 38
As the companion tells it
As you pass through Connemara in Galway, the mountains and bogs lie bare and desolate. But scattered everywhere among them are the roots and remains of trees, evidence that forest once covered this ground. The author contrasted this emptiness with the wooded mountains of Baden in Germany.
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