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Keeping the Old May Day Tradition
The month of April is quickly coming to an end, and Wednesday is May Day. Decorating a May Bush is an old tradition that our founder Danny Dowling (1927-2021) enjoyed. For a few years he acted as the judge of a May Bush competition in New Ross.
It is a simple process and children particularly enjoy it. If you carry on the tradition, wherever you are in the world, please send a photo. Please see some of our previous posts if you need a little inspiration….1 May 2022 and 22 April 2021. The photos below are from 2023.
Happy May Day!
Glenmore History Update
Thanks to the tireless work of Pat and Orla Dowling, we are happy to report that another box of our founder Danny Dowling’s (1927-2021) notebooks have been located. We are beginning the process of transcribing and recording the information on the Glenmore History webpage. Today, DD Notebook 29 containing the inscriptions Danny recorded in the 1960’s of the headstones in Kilcolumb graveyard has been added to our Roots page. You can access the inscriptions by clicking here.
The earliest date of death recorded is 1711 and the most recent is 1929. The inscriptions feature common local names including Aylward and Mullally and some unusual names for Glenmore such as Myler and Archdeacon. Danny noted some of the headstones were common quarry slabs with homemade inscriptions and some were from O’Keefes stone masons. Simple prayers are reflected as well as “Do Thou Her Soul From Sins Deliver Who Art The Only Pardon Giver. Amen.”
Over the past month we have also been adding to information and obituaries contained in the Glenmore Family pages.
Dr Kathleen Moore Walsh
South Kilkenny Historical Society
Dates for your diary! The programme of events from January to July 2024 for the South Kilkenny Historical Society has been released.
LECTURE PROGRAMME
[1] Friday, 19th January–Speaker: Brian White
“Waterford Diviner Experiments in Ireland, 1891 and 1899,” This talk will include the input of Mr Jones, Mullinabro in the experiments.
[2] Friday, 23rd February–Speakers: Dr Ruth Duffy and Dr Alison Garden
“Acts of Union: Mixed Marriage in Modern Ireland”
[3] Friday, 22nd March–Speaker: John Dorney
“The Army Mutiny of 1924”
[4] Friday, 26th April–Speaker: Mary Ann Vaughan
“Kilkenny’s Titanic Survivor”
Lectures will take place in Mullinavat Parish Hall, commencing at 8 p.m.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM for the SKHS will be held on Friday, February 9th, 2024
COACH TRIP
The annual coach trip will be held on Saturday, June 1st, 2024 to Lismore, Co. Waterford.
FRAOCHAN SUNDAY
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
Any and all queries to Eddie Synnott, Chairman, 086 8124349 or edsynnott@yahoo.co.uk
The photo of RMS Titanic was taken by Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart (1843-1923) as it left Southhampton on 10 April 1912. Photo is in the Public Domain via and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Announcements
As August draws to a close we have a couple of public service announcements for local readers.
Glenmore Scrap Metal Drive
The Glenmore Community Development Committee has held two fundraisers to establish a much needed and wanted community based cafe and shop in Glenmore Village. Last winter a play was held in the Community Centre and in the spring a table quiz was held in the Glen Bar. Currently the Committee have arranged a scrap metal collection with all proceeds going to support the project.
The drop off point is at Richard Fitzgerald’s of the historic Half-Way House, Aywardstown, Glenmore, Y34 HX67.
Sought items include: unwanted old machinery, scrap steel, wheel hubs, barrels, copper, scrap cars or cast iron. For more information, or if you wish to have an item collected please contact Richie at 086 2494256; Gerry at 087 9349708; or Fidelis at 087 9752556.
Carrick Remembers a Fallen Son on 3 Sept. 2023
The Third Tipperary Brigade Old IRA Commemoration Committee have organised the event to remember Vol. Patrick O’Hanlon (23 Aug. 1906-4 Sept. 1923) at St. Mary’s Cemetary, Carrick-on-Suir at 3 p.m.
