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27/11/2024

Ard Raithin, Gaillimh, 1968

Michael (Mick) Martin and his dog outside his thatched cottage home in Ardrahan, County Galway, Ireland in 1968.
We wonder if any of our followers can name the gentleman and maybe even his faithful dog and would the cottage still be standing today?

Ardrahan (Irish: Ard Raithin, meaning 'high ringfort') is a village in County Galway, Ireland.

Richard de Burgo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today. The churchyard wall contains the remains of a round tower, which suggests that a monastic community may have existed on the site before the castle was built.

The most noteworthy attraction in Ardrahan is Tulira Castle, once owned by playwright and independence activist Edward Martyn. Tulira Castle was for a long time owned by Galway County Council, but was bought in 2015 by CarTrawler owner Niall Turley for €5.8 million.

The church at Labane, Ardrahan, which was the parish church of Joe Roche, has several stained glass windows by Alfred E. Child, Ethel Rhind and Michael Healy.

The Ardrahan Grassland is a Special Area of Conservation located to the west of the village.

Ardrahan railway station opened on 15 September 1869, was closed to passenger traffic on 5 April 1976 and finally closed on 11 June 1983. A new railway station has opened as part of phase one of the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor between Ennis and Athenry.

There are three schools in Ardrahan: Labane N.S, Ballyglass N.S. & Kiltiernan NS

Ardrahan GAA, the local hurling club, won its first Galway Senior Hurling Club Championship title in 1894 and since then has won it on 11 occasions, having contested 18 county finals in its history. It is second on the role of honour to Castlegar who have won 17 titles.

Ardrahan also has a Camogie club. In 2006, and again in 2019, the U14 girls won the Féile Final and went on to represent Galway in Cork. In 2006, they got to the All-Ireland Semi-Final.

Ardrahan is mentioned in William Hope Hodgson's book The House on the Borderland as the nearest greater village to a small village called Kraighten, near which the author's diary has been found. Ardrahan also features in the rousing ballad The West's Awake, most famously rendered by Joe McDonagh in the immediate aftermath of Galway's All Ireland Hurling Championship victory of 1980.

POST UPDATE...
We believe the gentleman in the photo is the late Michael (Mick) Martin. Sadly it seems that the cottage is no more. We believe Mick had two daughters, one daughter has also sadly passed on in this time (RIP) with the other daughter now living in the UK. Our best wishes to her.

Many thanks to Orla Curtin and Rose Glynn Mellody for her help with finding out this information.

27/11/2024

Starting January 2025 in Kilkenny, our new thatching training course with Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board - KCETB is designed for individuals wishing to pursue a career as a thatcher in Ireland.

See https://ow.ly/Hhtf50UfXoX for details

27/11/2024

A not a cave in sight! Neolithic house, 3800 BC. Horton House, reconstruction of a stone age dwelling at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire.

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Music every Sunday evening from 7.30pm. All welcome. 🎶🎸🎻🪕🎵🎵

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Arquitectura da Organización da Produción (Almacenamento): Cabaz no Museo Etnográfico da Casa do Patrón (Codesedo – Doade – Lalín – Pontevedra)

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Helford Village in Cornwall

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24/01/2024

BNSS Talk: The Ancient Technology Centre at Cranborne, Dorset
Speaker: Antony Whitlock
Date: Saturday 27th January 2024, 2:15 for 2:30pm start
This talk both In-House and Online.

This talk will describe the challenges of building and maintaining archaeological replicas including navigating the compromises made in order to be visitor friendly and more accessible. It is based on the work the Ancient Technology Centre does at Stonehenge. It will also look at opportunities to actively experiment with different roofing styles as it is not known for certain what the buildings would have looked like.

Non-Members:
If you wish to join on Zoom then please email: [email protected]
before noon on the day before the talk. The link will be emailed to you.
Thank you

If you are interested in attending this talk in person there is no need to book.
Venue: BNSS, 39 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3NS. Free Parking.

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