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July 27, 2019February 6, 2020 RonanLeave a comment

The Tragedy of Tralibane Bridge

If you closely read O’Neill’s work, Tralibane bridge turns out to be personally very important to him, as a place and a tune.

HistoryCork
October 6, 2018January 3, 2020 RonanLeave a comment

The Boys From The East

Nineteenth Century Yokohama

I have been struck recently by a number of remarkable historical connections between Japan and West Cork (and even Bantry in particular). Of course, O’Neill visited Yokohama in his early Read More …

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September 2, 2018December 21, 2018 RonanLeave a comment

Chief O’Neill Traditional Music Festival in Bantry

O’Neill released a major work of historical and contemporary research on the topic of Irish music in 1913 titled Irish Minstrels and Musicians. Not only did it advance the serious Read More …

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June 23, 2018 RonanLeave a comment

Bantry Bay Revisited

Return to Bantry Bay. Just as Francis O’Neill returned in very different circumstances from when he left at 16— in his mid-fifties as a newly retired Chicago Chief of Police. Read More …

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May 16, 2018 RonanLeave a comment

Ronan O’Kelly’s Ireland

As we move into summer and hopefully better weather, time to think about what to do on the holidays. A music festival is always a good option and, as I Read More …

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September 17, 2017 RonanLeave a comment

The Mist Covered Mountain

Many of the tunes O’Neill collected made reference in their names to the fairy folklore of Ireland: The Fairy Queen, King of the Fairies, The Fairy Boy etc. In Victorian Read More …

UncategorizedCork
January 3, 2017 RonanLeave a comment

Queenstown or Cobh

Cobh, or Queenstown as it was known until 1920, is where Francis O’Neill left Ireland as a teenager destined to travel around the world. The picture above dates from about Read More …

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December 24, 2016 RonanLeave a comment

The Mardyke

The broad Lee river flowing through Cork city is prone to flooding. At the point near University College Cork and The Presentation Brothers Secondary College (where Francis O’Neill might well have Read More …

UncategorizedCork
December 15, 2016 RonanLeave a comment

Father Matthew

One of the primary icons of Cork city, Father Matthew’s statue on Patrick’s street would have been newly erected in honour of the local son and temperance reformer when Francis Read More …

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December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 RonanLeave a comment

The New Post Office

The nineteenth century Irish postal service was one of the best in the world. At the time, Ireland was a good laboratory for introducing new technologies such as the telegraph Read More …

UncategorizedCork

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