Betty Corrigall
From First Known When Lost Betty Corrigall lived on the island of Hoy in Orkney in the 18th century. When she was in her late twenties, she was abandoned by her…
Category: unusual places
“Sun Dancing: A Medieval Vision – Seven Centuries on Skellig Michael” by Geoffrey Moorhouse
I have yet to actually set foot on either Skellig. Geoffrey Moorhouse, in the preface to his Sun Dancing, describes being captivated by its appearance while on a family holiday in…
Holy Well, Wilderness Gorge, Clonmel
Walking through Wilderness Gorge in Clonmel – a somewhat less dramatic landscape than the name suggests – I came across this sign: It had been a good few weeks since I had…
Joseph Needham, history of technology and the Ahenny High Crosses
Living in South Tipperary, the proximity of the a plethora of high crosses naturally piques ones interest. Some are well known, such as the Ahenny Crosses, some such as that…
The third who always walks beside you
Who is the third who always walks beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together. But when I look ahead up the white road There is…
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyaltov Pass Incident, Donnie Eichar
I first came across the Dyaltov Pass incident some time ago on Wikipedia, probably by following a link on the Wiki page “List of unusual deaths” The incident saw the…
Gordon Hempton, One Square Inch of Silence, and the Philosophy of Silence
It is good to see Gordon Hempton and the One Square Inch of Silence project getting some coverage. Hempton’s book is much the best of the series of search-for-silence books which…
Séamus Sweeney 