Whispering Stones

Whispering Stones

By Bernice CookeHistory
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Whispering Stones episodes

  • Episode Four Lawrencetown Village

    A beautiful village located in East Galway.

    Full of interesting and spectacular structures.

    Look out for the follies, and Volunteer Arch and of course the wonderful heritage app created by the community in Lawrencetown.

    https://www.lawrencetown.com/

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    8 min
  • Episode Three The Historical Town of Eyrecourt

    This week I took a spin over to Eyrecourt in County Galway. Once a bustling town of Industry now a quiet detail of its past.

    Developed into a market town by the Eyre Family who were given confiscated land during Cromwell's Reign.

    A patent from the Crown meant the Colonel John Eyre could erect a Castle on the Estate comprising of 30,000 acres.

    The following links will show you what the Castle looked like and of course the beautiful Stairs.

    https://landedestates.ie/property/872

    https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/32721534782399996/

    https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/32721534782400002/

    Now it stands a crumbling ruin with the Staircase in crates in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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    6 min
  • Episode Two Clontuskert Augustinian Friary

    Join me as we head to a location not too far from my doorstep.

    Clontuskert Augustinian Friary.

    Located of the beaten tourist path, on the road from Portumna to Ballinasloe in a place called Abbey park four miles south of Ballinasloe.

    Well worth a visit for the beautiful carvings over the Doorway, the cloisters and the height of the gables, we can only imagine what it would have been like to have lived here.

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    Chat to you next week!

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    5 min
  • The Beauty of Clonfert Cathedral

    Clonfert Cathedral is located on the banks of the River Shannon, 9km from the town of Banagher in County Offaly.

    It is of the tourist beaten track but well worth a visit.

    Do allow yourself time, pack a picnic and dress for the Irish Weather.

    Remember it is a place of worship and the graveyard although historic is still in use.

    Original Painting available here https://bernicecookeartist.com/products/st-brendans-cathedral-clonfert-co-galway-ireland-pen-and-watercolor-original-painting


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    6 min

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The buildings that we don't know about, the History that didn't feature in our School books. Irish history, local history, the people, the places, the stories.Whispering their stories as we walk…