History & Folklore - West Cork People

The pig in folklore

Eugene Daly October, 2022

The pig was always highly praised by the Irish for its succulent meat, and in legend it was the favourite meat of gods and heroes at their feasts in the otherworld. The pig was also respected for its bravery and ferocity in defending itself against attack, and so was seen […]

A story of houses of West Cork and County Cork in the year 1911

WCP Staff October, 2022

In a new historical series starting in November, Holger Smyth of Inanna Rare Books will introduce us each month to a West Cork house detailed in a rare publication by Reverend Richard J. Hodges and W.T. Pike, a massive volume of historical photographs and stories about the big houses and […]

Surely the time for monarchies is over?

WCP Staff October, 2022

Like so many other things that have been postponed; premiership matches, flights into Heathrow and even postal and train strikes in England, I’m afraid my follow-up article of the civil war in Russia also has been hit by the death of Queen Elizabeth, the monarch of Great Britain, (and postponed […]

‘Stories of the Revolution’ book and online archive launched

WCP Staff October, 2022

A treasure trove of oral history about the 1916-23 revolutionary period, most of which is previously unrecorded, is now available worldwide thanks to the team at Skibbereen Heritage Centre and the support of Cork County Council. The ‘Stories of the Revolution’ project involved 823 children from 48 schools all around […]

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Tools that tease (Part 2)

WCP Staff September, 2022

A further look at some of the tools and outputs tested that could provide some insights if you have or plan to do a DNA test. Chromosome Painter Further to last month’s article, Ancestry are providing a new chromosome browser that shows how they are allocating your DNA origins (as […]

Carrigaphooca memorials mark a brutal and bitter conflict amongst former comrades

WCP Staff September, 2022

There are many monuments commemorating events from the 1919-1923 period dotted along the N22. Midway between Macroom and Ballyvourney you will find two memorials at Carrigaphooca; a Celtic cross commemorating seven Free State soldiers who died in a mine explosion on September 15,1922 stands just feet away from a plaque […]

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