Garrycloyne—Gleanings from History
About three miles to the northwest of Blarney Castle and village lies the townland of Garrycloyne. The old 18tth century…
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William Browne – Parish Priest of Blarney 1930 to 1937 – A Brief Account
William Francis Browne was born in May 1876, third youngest of eight children, to Brigid Hegarty and James Browne, a wealthy flour merchant and a Tertiary of St. Dominic who lived in Buxton’s Place off Sundays Well in Cork city.
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Whatever Became of The Blarney Emblem?
Do many people realise that Blarney had/has its own Emblem?
Do many people remember the Blarney Emblem?
How many people actually bought and still have a framed copy of the Emblem?
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Whatever Became of Blarney Tourist Information Point
On Friday June 10th 1988, Blarney was the sixth town in the Cork area to have an official tourist information point which was officially declared open for business by the Minister of State for Tourism, Mr. Denis Lyons T.D.
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Water Pumps of Blarney and District
Many of the more senior readers of the ‘Old Blarney’ Journals or the Muskerry News will have memories of the roadside water pumps located about the district where an essential daily supply of water was collected in enamel buckets and other receptacles for household use.
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Tragic Death of a Young Blarney Man
1942. Europe and the world were in turmoil at the height of World War 2, with almost all nations involved with the exception of a small number which remained neutral. Ireland was one of the neutral ones and the period was declared ‘The Emergency’.
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The Weir and Mill-race of Blarney Woollen Mills
The village of Blarney stands on the River Martin and it was to this place that the Mahony Brothers were attracted in 1823 when they were considering relocating their business from Blackpool in Cork city to Blarney in 1824.
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The Turpin Family & Dawstown House
In Griffiths Valuation, 1854, the Townland of Dawstown, Parish of Garrycloyne, the house is occupied by Edmond Mullane, the lessor being Charles Putland and the house valued at twelve pounds.
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The Tank and The Tender
On Friday, 23rd November 1917, during the Battle of Cambrai, in Fontaine – Notre Dame, which is located about 4 kilometres to the West of Cambrai, a British Mark IV ‘female’ tank of 6 Company, 12th section, B Battalion, was knocked out by German artillery.
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The Story of BDHS
July 12th 2015 heralded the 30th Anniversary of the foundation of The Blarney & District Historical Society.
