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APAT:
Absolutely loving the stories... I can easily identify some of the characters, every place had them. Drop some pics in if you have them...
duke3016:
I would have to take pictures of the pictures if you get my drift. might try that actually.
duke3016:
A little bit about my village -- plagerised quite a bit -- but hey did you think I knew all this stuff..........................
Nestled in the foothills of the Sliabh Aughty mountains, Bodyke is rich in culture and heritage. It is a village which changed the course of Irish history in the 1880"s when the Bodyke evictions became headline news. The name Bodyke may have come from "Both-Teig" (Teig"s hut), according to T.J. Westropp. The contemporary Irish form is Luban Dige (hence my BSQ name) but this seems to be a modern translation of the English form of the name.
my house is on the left of the picture
The present parish of Bodyke consists of the combined medieval parish of Kilnoe and the southern area of the medieval parish of Tuamgraney. There is uncertainty as to the date of this amalgamation, it possibly occurred in the early eighteenth century.
Kilconnell is situated within the boundaries of the ancient territory of Hy-Ronghaile or Tuath O" Ronghaile which featured prominently in the "Wars of Turlough". There is little doubt that this region served as a war theatre during the conflict between the O"Briens and Richard de Clare in 1315. The place now known as Kilconnell in the townland of Ballinahinch was the scene of at least one Irish-Norman encounter according to the traditions of the area. In 1839 Eugene O"Curry mentioned that "Kilconnell is the name of a pretty oval hill on the top of which is a ruined low circular entrenchment. The place is now under cultivation, but some few years ago when it was being dug up and cleared away, great quantities of human bones were turned up from under the soil, some having been covered by large stones". He continued to relate: "There is a mound between Loughannaloon and Lough Bridget in the same locality, which they say was an attempt formerly made by an English army, who were encamped here, to defend themselves from an Irish army who were encamped at Toomguine, but having been surprised by the enemy they were compelled to fly to their camp where they were pursued and a dreadful battle ensued in which the English were worsted and the greater part of them put to the sword. They were all buried on the top of the adjoining hill now called Kilconnell, and the ditch or mound raised on that occasion retains the name of Claidh na nGall, i.e. the ditch of the English".
In the 1500"s and 1600"s common surnames in the area included Clancy, MacNamara, O"Halloran and Moloney. Many of these Gaelic families lost their lands during the Cromwellian Plantation in the 1650"s. They were replaced by names such as Bourkes and O"Callaghans.
Despite the Penal laws during the 1700"s it seems that religious practice in Bodyke was not unduly effected. Tradition has it that in the early eighteenth century Fr. Daniel MacNamara had a hiding place near Lisbarren Bog. There was a cottage chapel on the hill in Lisbarren overlooking Coolready Lake. The pathway from the chapel to the hiding place is called "Casan an t-Sagairt".
Today, Bodyke is a quiet, peaceful and comfortable village and has an active Community Development Association. The East Clare Golf Club at Coolreagh in Bodyke was officially opened in 1995. In 1998 it played host to a prestigious golfing event, the inaugural West of Ireland Seniors, a tour event on the European Seniors Circuit.
Bodyke is the home parish of novelist, Edna O"Brien and family historian, Dr. Edward MacLysaght.
see I know things..................
APAT:
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I would have to take pictures of the pictures if you get my drift. might try that actually.
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Scanner FTW... or get the young fella to trace them.
lukybugur:
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Scanner FTW...
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+1
I have a couple of Scanners in my garage. If you don"t have one lemme know and I"ll send you one. A top read Ger, keep it coming.
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