Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 49)
The Grange book article, Ó hÓgáin, was written by Hazel Ní Ógáin Sweeney. The article was introduced by the Book Committee. The Ó hÓgáin family of Grange lived on the Galloway Estate, in the house subsequently to become the home of Michael Lombard and his family. Davy Hogan and his family lived there when he was employed as a groom. Davy was a horseman of some renown. A number of Davy’s and Mary’s (nee Tyrell) children were born in Grange and attended Grange National School.
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 46)
Memories of Grange and People This week's book article was written by Pat Clancy, New Line, Lower Grange. Pat compiled his article from the written memoirs of his uncle, John G Clancy (1914-1994). At the outset of his article, Pat wrote as follows: In 1982, my uncle, John G (Jack) Clancy, who resided at Doneraile, County Cork, for many years, penned memories of his youth spent in Grange. He was affectionately known to the Clancy family and others, as Jack. Jack died on 6th J
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 45)
Fond Memories of Grange Last week (week 44) we featured the book article, The Bulfin Family, written by Tom Bulfin of Crean. The introduction included a testimonial to the book, written by John Bulfin, a first cousin of Tom. This week's (week 45) book article, Fond Memories of Grange, was written by Tom (Thomas) Bulfin of Camass, brother of John above. Tom Bulfin, now retired principal national school teacher, is truly a magnificent wordsmith. This is very evident from a read
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 43)
Bishop John Joseph Hogan The book article about Bishop John Joseph Hogan, son of Caherguillamore, Grange, was written by his great-grandniece, Olive Hogan O'Connor of Rahin, Grange. The article is a lengthy one, charting the extraordinary life of John Joseph Hogan from his birth in May 1829 until his death in Kansas City, USA, in 1913. The extensive and meticulous research conducted by Olive becomes apparent from early in her article, making for a most engaging account of the
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 42)
Creameries Austin Cregan, retired creamery manager, wrote an engaging and informative article about creameries for the Grange book. Austin charted the history and evolution of the creamery from the 'Travelling Creamery' to the co-operative movement which saw the establishment of rural creameries throughout Ireland that many readers will remember. By the advent of this century, the rural creamery had ceased to operate, and creamery buildings disappeared from the landscape or w
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 41)
Tullybrackey Church An article on Tullybrackey Church, written by James Canon Costello, Parish Priest of Bruff, which previously appeared in The Dawn was reproduced, with permission, in the Grange Parish Book. A number of people mentioned, who were alive when the article was written, have since passed to their eternal rewards. The Tullybrackey Church site lies within the parish of Grange. As the article was quite short, the full version follows hereunder: Publications like Th
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 36)
Folklore Collection 1988-1989 The Lough Gur & District Historical Society Journal, No 7 (1991) was a “Special Folklore Edition”. As Michael J Quinlan, Editor, Lough Gur & District Historical Society, explained in his editorial to the Special Edition, the edition contained extracts from the work of 32 contributors, taken from taped material from 98 contributors which the 1988 folklore project yielded. Many Grange people were among the 98 contributors. The tales by some of thos
Article from the Grange Parish Book suggested for reading this week (week 7)
As we approach the Winter Solstice, which will occur on Friday, 21st December, we thought it would be appropriate to suggest the article titled The Grange Stone Circle for reading. The history of this ancient stone circle could not be adequately told without reference to both the summer and winter solstices. Sadly, the author of the article, Tim Casey, passed away suddenly in May 2018 - Rest In Peace, Tim. The stone circle is located on the Casey farm, and Tim welcomed many v
Qatar Crisis - Grange in the thick of it!
The current Qatar/Middle East crisis - a Grange perspective! https://michealdebarra.com/2017/06/08/qatar-crisis-mbs-trying-to-sort-it-out/ #Grange #Qatar #Crisis #MiddleEast
'Orbs' at Grange Stone Circle
Three images taken by Mike Barry at the Grange Stone Circle exhibit a phenomenon known as 'orbs'. They are small circular bright 'objects' that appear at random in photographs, and were taken on the evening of 22 December, 2014.
Variously, orbs, or 'energy orbs' as they are sometimes referred to, are attributed to the supernatural or to the laws of physics - make up your own mind. For his part, Mike rejects the 'dust particle' explanation theory on account of the weather an
