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COUNTY KERRY [From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]
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Old spirit of Sliabh Luachra underlies
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The colourful lives of the poets Aodhagán Ó
Rathaille and Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin are dealt with in the
section, `Music in Words'. The author also interviews Bernard
O'Donoghue, Knockduff, Cullen, who is an Oxford don and winner of the
Whitbread prize for poetry. |
Stone Mad For Music' The Sliabh Luachra
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Archaeological and Historical Journals
· Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy http://journals.eecs.qub.ac.uk/RIA/Journals.html
The Academy
was founded in 1786 to promote the study of Science, Polite Literature
and Antiquities. The Proceedings, comprising papers presented to the
Academy, are correspondingly divided into three sections, A, B and C.
Section C deals with archaeology and related subjects. Latest issue:
Volume 99 (1999) · The Journal of Irish Archaeology http://www.nuigalway.ie/jia/
JIA offers a forum for
discussion and debate on all aspects of archaeology with particular
reference to Ireland. A mix of review articles, excavation reports or
specialist reports. Published at irregular intervals since 1983, but now
more or less annual. Latest issue: Volume VIII (1997). ISSN 0268-537X. ·
Archaeology Ireland http://www.wordwellbooks.com/
Quarterly popular magazine
with articles on recent research and excavations, illustrated with
photographs and maps in full colour. Published since 1987. Current
issue: Vol 15 No 2, Issue No 56 (Summer 2001). ISSN 0790-982X. ·
Celtica http://www.celt.dias.ie/publications/celtica/
Journal of the School of
Celtic Studies of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Principal
topics are Early Irish literature, linguistics and placenames. Published
since 1949. Current volume: Vol 22 (1991). · Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Societyhttp://www.ucc.ie/chas/
Like most of the local
journals, the JCHAS has a mixture of archaeology, local history,
biography, genealogy and folklore. Cork is Ireland's largest county, on
the soth coast. Cork city is the second largest city in Ireland.
Published since 1892. Current volume: Vol.104 (1999). ·
Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Deals with the history and
archaeology of County Kerry, at the south-west corner of Ireland.
Published since 1968. Current volume: 28 (1995). ISSN 0085-2503. ·
The Old Limerick Journal
The city of Limerick is
situated at the mouth of the river Shannon, in the south-west. Published
since 1979. Current volume: No 36 (Winter 1999). ·
North Munster Archaeological Journal
As South Munster is covered
by the Cork and Kerry journals, this deals with Limerick, Tipperary, and
Clare, once the territory of the Kings of Thomond. Published since 1936.
Current volume: Vol XXXV (1993-4). ISSN 0332-0820
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Irish/Celtic
Links
Archaeoastronomy programs http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/aa/progs/ Links to International Myths and Legends http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html Irish History on the Web http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/irehist.html Innéacs * Everson Gunn Teoranta * Index - Celtic fonts, scholarship, stories, poems, computer/language techstuff like "Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script", etc., in Irish and other languages http://www.egt.ie/ The Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html The Encyclopaedia of the Celts http://www.ealaghol.demon.co.uk/celtenc/celt_ind.htm
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Music Sliabh Luachra | |
This district takes in parts of Counties
Kerry, Limerick and north Cork, which lie on an elevated plain north of
the Macgillycuddy Reeks, Derrynasaggart and Boggeragh Mountain chain.
The music of the district shows a return to a faster pace of music which
has an incredible range of musical emotion. There is tremendous life and
joy in the fast moving light melodies yet at the same time many of the
older players such as Con Curtin of Brosna are able to play magnificent
lonely tunes at the drop of a hat. Probably the great distinguishing
trademark of this area is the dominance of the slide and polka. These
rhythms which appreciated such great popularity up until a generation
ago would seem to be suffering a setback in the area most likely due to
the impact of recordings of fiddlers from outside the area. Several
players from this district are nearly household names. they include Pádraig
Ó Caoimh, Denis "The Weaver" Murphy and his sister Julia,
Paddy O'Connell, Donal O'Connell, Jerry McCarthy, Paddy and Johnny
Cronin, both in the U.S.A., Pat Fitzgerald and Buddy Furey
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The Kerry Pony Kerry, Sliabh Luachra, harbour many rarities in species, plants and animals. The famous Kerry violet, The Kerry Blue, dog bred in Castleisland and the Kerry cow. The Kerry pony, in the 1980 presumed extinct. The only Irish native breed was the much larger pale gray or white Connemara. Then John Mulvihill of Ballincleave, Glenbeigh, found a small beautiful pony and began an active breeding programme. Research by Weatherby's Ireland Blood typing Laboratory shows that they are different from the thoroughbreds and Connemara. |
The Kerry pony today is a handsome sturdy animal, standing some 10 - 11.5 hands, weighing 190 - 220 kg. Sure footed, strong, with a thick coat and excellent temperament.
Madelon Greve |