Bunbury’s Offbeat History of Ireland

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 (cover illustrations: Joe McLaren)

Full title: Ireland’s Forgotten Past: a history of the overlooked & disremembered

Creator / Author: Turtle Bunbury

Item Type / Page count: Book / 223p

When Published: 2020

Publisher / Place of Publication: Thames & Hudson Ltd. / 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7Q

About: In thirty-six short chapters, the author recounts brief episodes from the span of Irish history. Some of these may be familiar, but most will not be widely-known. All, however, are interesting and are presented in an accessible and engaging way by this bestselling writer. A glance at the contents listing below will give some idea of the range of the subjects covered.

ID number(s): 9780500022535 / 9780500296363

Chapters: Introduction — Of Tetrapods and Volcanic Rings — It Starts with a Bear — Neolithic Stargazers — The Bell-Beakers — The Bog Toghers — Roman Hibernia — Pagan Christians & Holy Wells — High Crosses of the Kingdom of Ossory — The Ui Dunlainge Kings of Leinster — Sitric Silkbeard & Queen Gormflaith — The Knights Templar of Ireland — Rohesia’s Castle — Great Scot: Edward the Bruce’s Invasion of Ireland — Prince Lionel Comes to Carlow — Great Pretenders & Warring Roses — The Midland Shires — Sir William Stanley, Public Enemy No. 1 — Rise & Fall: The Maguires of Fermanagh — Cromwell’s Tailor  — The Byerley Turk: A Warhorse on the Boyne — The Lixnaw Project — Joshua Dawson, Spymaster — Lord Rosse & the Hell-Fire Club — The Butcher’s Column — Peg Plunkett, Queen of Vice — The Cherokee Club — Gold Fever in Avoca — Medicinal Springs — The Night of the Big Wind — The Crimean Banquet — The Prince of Wales & the Curragh Wren  — John Henry Foley, Sculptor of an Empire — Bloody Balfour’s Kindly Deeds — Queen Victoria’s Dublin Visit, 1900 — Killer Gas in the Great War — Operation Shamrock — Epilogue: The Power of Remembrance — Bibliography — Acknowledgements — Index.

WW Connection #1: The author attended primary school in Baltinglass.

Extra #1: Profusely illustrated in black and white by Joe McLaren.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

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Extra #4: Link to the Author’s website http://www.turtlebunbury.com

Extra #5: Link to the Publisher’s website www.thamesandhudson.com

Kippure Mountain – geology, resources and social history [Reblog]

About: This is an entry from the blog of South Dublin Libraries Local Studies which was posted on May 20th, 2020. It relates to a thesis, authored by Geraldine Worth, with the title ‘Kippure Mountain – geology, resources and social history. Kippure straddles the border between Dublin and Wicklow, but its highest point is firmly within Wicklow. The blog helpfully provides links to the full text of the thesis.

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To read this thesis please follow the links below.

Part 1 – Kippure Mountain all chapters-p1-p19

Part 2 – Kippure Mountain all chapters-p20-p34

Part 3 – Kippure Mountain all chapters-p35-p63

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Slip Sliding Away

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Full title: An Investigation of Two Peat Slope Failures in the Wicklow Mountains

Creator / Author: N. Boylan and M. Long

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 12pp

Journal Information: Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 110B, No.3, pp. 173-184

When Published: December 2010

Publisher / Place of Publication: Royal Irish Academy / 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.

About: This is a scientific paper which looks at the reasons why mountain bogland is sometimes subject to slippage and landslide. The authors use two locations in North West Wicklow as case studies in an attempt to define the characteristics of peat and the underlying geological conditions that make land slippage likely. The upland locations studied are Kilbride and Silsean (also spelled Shileshawn).

ID number(s): 0791-7945

Extra #1: Includes map, graphs and photographs.

Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #3: Read this article online via JSTOR. [Personal registration / conditions apply]. Alternatively, your local public library may provide free online access to this article.

Lake Blessington, not Blessington Lake

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Full title: Glacial lake Blessington

Creator / Author: Anthony Farrington

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 7p

Journal Information: Irish Geography, Vol. III, No. 4, pp. 216-222

When Published: 1957

Publisher / Place of Publication: Geographical Society of Ireland, Dublin

About: This article describes a lake, notionally called Lake Blessington, which existed during the Ice Age. It would have shared some of the area of the modern Poulaphuca and was estimated to have extended 13 miles long and 3 & 3/4 miles at its widest.

ID number(s): 0075-0778

Extra #1: includes a map.

Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #3: Preview the first page of the article via Taylor & Francis Online

The Ice Age in West Wicklow

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Full title: Some glacial features between Pollaphuca and Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Anthony Farrington and G. F. Mitchell

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 18p

Journal Information: Irish Geography, Vol. VI, No. 5, pp. 543-560

When Published: 1973

Publisher / Place of Publication: Geographical Society of Ireland, Dublin

About: This article looks at how glaciation during the Ice Age shaped the landscape between Poulaphuca and Baltinglass. It examines the various glacial events that occurred and analyses the composition of the rocks in the area.

ID number(s): 0075-0778

Extra #1: includes a map.

Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #3: Preview the first page of the article via Taylor & Francis Online

Very Interesting – Scientifically Speaking

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Full title: Areas of scientific interest in Ireland: national heritage inventory

Creator / Author: An Foras Forbartha

Item Type / Page count: Book / 166p

When Published: July 1981

Publisher / Place of Publication: An Foras Forbartha / St. Martin’s House, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4.

About: An area of scientific interest is a site with natural or semi-natural features of ecology, geology or land-form. This publication lists all such sites by county and ranks them as either of international, national, regional or local importance.

ID number(s): 0906120500 / 9780906120507

Contents [West Wicklow locations only] International Importance: Athdown moraine — National Importance: Lugnaquilla & Glenmalure —Upper Lockstown delta — Regional Importance: Holdenstown Bog — Hollywood Glen — Lowtown Fen — Poulaphuca Reservoir — Rathdangan end moraine — Toor channel — Local Importance: Ballycore rath — Dunlavin marshes — Glen Ding — Lemonstown marshes — Lockstown bridge — Poulaphuca gorge.

Extra #1: includes photographs.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

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A Massive County History

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Full title: Wicklow: history & society – interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county

Creator / Author: Ken Hannigan and William Nolan (editors) & contributors.

Item Type / Page count: Book / 1005p

When Published: 1994

Publisher / Place of Publication: Geography Publications / 24 Kennington Rd., Templeogue, Dublin 6W.

About: The major history of the County of Wicklow, this is the seventh volume in the Irish County History Series which eventually aims to cover all 32 counties. It brings together 25 essays written by experts in their field and covers aspects of Wicklow history and society from prehistorical to modern times.

ID number(s): 0906602300 / 9780906602300

Contents: Wicklow’s prehistoric landscape / Geraldine Stout — Kings, saints and sagas / Alfred P. Smyth — Evidence of Scandinavian settlement in Wicklow / Colmán Etchingham — The unity of Cóemgen and Ciarán: a covenant between Glendalough and Clonmacnois in the tenth to eleventh centuries / A. S. MacShamhráin — Medieval Wicklow -‘A land of war’ / J. F. Lydon — Anglo-Norman settlement in Uí Briúin Chualann, 1169-1350 / Linzi Simpson — Three settlements of Gaelic Wicklow: Rathgall, Ballinacor and Glendalough / Harry Long — Settlers’ utilisation of the natural resources / Rolf Loeber — The Byrnes of Ballymanus / Conor O’Brien — The rebellion of 1798 in County Wicklow / Ruan O’Donnell — Masters of the mountains: the insurgent careers of Joeseph Holt and Michael Dwyer, County Wicklow, 1798-1803 / Thomas Bartlett — Politics and rebellion: Wicklow in the 1790s / L. M. Cullen — The Poor Law in County Wicklow / Eva O’ Cathaoir — Vernacular rural dwellings of the Wicklow Mountains / F. H. A. Aalen — The holy wells of County Wicklow: traditions and legends / Geraldine Lynch — Land and landscape in County Wicklow / William Nolan — Synge and Wicklow / Nicholas Grene — A survey: some Wicklow maps 1500-1888 / Patrick Power — The mining community at Avoca 1780-1880 / Des Cowman — Wicklow before and after the famine / Ken Hannigan — The evolution of forestry in County Wicklow from prehistory to the present / Mary Kelly Quinn — From Grand Jury to County Council: an overview of local administration in Wicklow, 1605-1898 / Brian Donnelly — Parnell and his neighbours / R. F. Foster — A rightful place in the sun: the struggle of the farm and rural labourers in County Wicklow / Ross M. Connolly — ‘The water was the sheriff’: the land beneath the Poulaphuca reservoir / Fiachra Mac Gabhann — A select bibliography of printed books on County Wicklow / Joan Kavanagh.

WW Connection #1: Contains several essays relevant to West Wicklow history and archaeology.

Extra #1: Contains many illustrations, photographs and maps.

Extra #2: Contains a fold-out reproduction of Jacob Nevill’s 1760 map of the county.

Extra #3: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

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Extra #5: Link to the Publisher’s website:  http://www.geographypublications.com/

Geology of West Wicklow

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Full title: Explanatory Memoir to Accompany Sheet 129 of the Maps of the Geological Survey of Ireland, illustrating the District of Baltinglass and Dunlavin, in the County of Wicklow.

Creator / Author: W. F. Mitchell

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 30p

When Published: 1884

C0-Publisher / Place of Publication: Alex. Thom & Co. / 87-89 Abbey Street, Dublin.

C0-Publisher / Place of Publication: Hodges, Figgis & Co. / 104 Grafton Street, Dublin.

C0-Publisher / Place of Publication: Longman & Co. / Paternoster Row, London.

C0-Publisher / Place of Publication: Trubner & Co. / Ludgate Hill, London.

About: A booklet in the series ‘Memoirs of the Geological Survey’. These were produced to expand on the geological information that was contained on the various map sheets that were published much earlier in 1855. The principal areas covered by this particular memoir are Baltinglass, Dunlavin, Donard, Stratford, Rathdangan and Kiltegan. The area is described in the foreword of the booklet as being of ‘exceptional geological interest’.

Contents: General Description – Physical Geography — Formations and groups of rocks entering  into the structure of this district — General Description — Lower Silurian beds — Igneous rocks — Post-Pliocene or drift deposits.

ID number(s): None

Extra #1: Includes illustrations and placename index.

Extra #2: Read this booklet online via the Irish Historical Geological Maps website.

Extra #3: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.