At one time almost every housewife made her own wine. The only essential additives to wine not requiring to be stored are yeast, sugar and water. The most popular of the homemade wines were made from sloes, blackberries, elderberries, rhubarb, apples, beetroot, nettles, carrots and potatoes. Other homemade brews included […]
History & Folklore
Arthus Miller in 1966. Arthur Miller is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Some of his dramas are household names; ‘Death of a Salesman’, ‘A View from a Bridge’, ‘All my Sons’. His story lines are suspenseful, his themes tackle morally ambiguous scenarios, his characters depict ordinary, relatable people like you […]
Born in Kinsale in October 1805, this year marks the 220th birthday of William Coppin, a famous 19th century shipbuilder with an eerie paranormal connection to the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition. Pauline Murphy shares more on this fascinating story. William Coppin was born into a Kinsale seafaring family on October […]
Extracts from ‘The Genealogy of Eoghanachta O’NEILLs’ (July 2018) courtesy of FTDNA O’Neill Clan Y-DNA project (Dwayne O’Neill, Administrator). The Eóganachta (or Eoghanachta) were an Irish dynasty dominating the Kingdom of Munster, from the sixth to the tenth centuries. While traditionally founded by Conall Corc, they are named after Éogan Mór, son of Ailill Aulom, a semi-mythological king. The […]