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    Out Of Place Animals

    Yikes - Deadly Indian snake found by child in rural Irish garden. https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/0920/1166383-snake-find-offaly/?fbclid=IwAR3-n8IpJyy46Hk-sa9_C9777iLi0fae8iZsRk06P5BB6PE873-w57Wbwjo
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    Bronze Age Discoveries & Findings

    Bronze age cremations discovered in Donegal. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-54015998?fbclid=IwAR34hItwZXoYI3Ien41HSy32I2MNqJtweJmGIGois9Tm6hlTY-9QrhDNSKQ
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    Neolithic Finds

    Recent stone tool finds by a lake in Ireland.
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    Search For Red Hugh O’Donnell's Burial / Remains

    Quite detailed article https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/archaeologists-claim-to-have-found-red-hughs-remains-in-spain-400-years-after-his-death-1001800.html
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    Search For Red Hugh O’Donnell's Burial / Remains

    An update. Bones found. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/dig-for-remains-of-red-hugh-o-donnell-finds-skull-and-coffins-1.4263048?mode=amp&fbclid=IwAR2j_FD5tYzkliQE40n51vXCt0N7NqJtpX9mdaFUKUnUaS8ipElGpO8BE3k
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    Search For Red Hugh O’Donnell's Burial / Remains

    Interesting article on ongoing archaeological dig seeking the remains of Red Hugh O Donnell and Christopher Columbus...
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    Mystery Booms From The Sky (Skyquakes)

    https://www.midlands103.com/news/midlands-news/mysterious-sound-in-the-skies-over-the-midlands-reported/ Report from Ireland this week.
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    The Police Pagan Association

    Teuchtar
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    Great Acts Of Stupidity

    Two idiots sentenced for drunk sailing and generally acting the maggot. https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0130/1112024-sailing-boat-charge/
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    UK Dialects Research

    Yes, in Ireland 'gallivanting' means going off on time wasting and unnecessary journeys.
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    UK Dialects Research

    Interesting article on local words and dialects. https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/familiar-with-frantittles-or-spindleshanks-researchers-in-the-uk-want-to-hear-from-you-962797.html
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    Mumming In Newfoundland

    There are people in Argentina who sound straight out of the Midlands of Ireland. Their ancestors emigrated to farm sheep in the 1880s and their descendants still have Irish surnames and accents from Counties Westmeath and Longford.
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    Mumming In Newfoundland

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-words-we-use-1.232057?mode=amp https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-wren-tradition-and-other-visiting-customs-in-Sh%C3%BAilleabh%C3%A1in/aaa700094957afcb5e5ccefea26506bf7b867b03...
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    Mumming In Newfoundland

    If you google 'Wexford Newfoundland Mumming' you will get loads of reports on the cultural connections between south east Ireland and Newfoundland.
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    Weird Creature Filmed By Fishermen In Thailand

    Does not seem like an animal, just floating
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    The Parting Glass, Good Night And Joy Be With You All, All the Money That Ever I Had

    The High Kings are a newish trad group. Been around for ten years or so. My brother is mad about them but I find them a bit soulless and commercial.
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    Historical: OOP Lion, Or Bear?

    1909 Boy encounters 'lion or bear' at Rosmead An odd ''sensation" took place at Rosmead, Delvin in August 1909, when a young boy named Glennon, who was picking potatoes in a field, was "suddenly terror stricken by seeing what appeared to be a lion standing five or six yards from him. The animal...
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    Historical: OOP Lion, Or Bear?

    Sorry, I attached a pic of the article but it has not uploaded. I will transcribe it.
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    Historical: OOP Lion, Or Bear?

    Report from my local paper regarding a sighting, in 1909, by a young boy of a 'lion', paper which the paper claimed was a bear!
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    The Parting Glass, Good Night And Joy Be With You All, All the Money That Ever I Had

    One of the best versions was by folk singer Liam Clancy, and it was sung at his funeral.
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    Out Of Place Animals

    All's well that ends well https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/escaped-cork-wallaby-returns-home-safe-and-well-938578.html
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    Attacks By Seagulls

    Seagull Steals Dog https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/seagull-steals-dog-from-english-garden-938520.html
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    Out Of Place Animals

    Mystery solved. Escaped from a sanctuary. https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/owner-of-wallaby-on-the-loose-appeals-for-information-after-bizarre-video-goes-viral-38328452.html
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    Out Of Place Animals

    Try going to www.breakingnews.ie, you might be able to run video on the news page.
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    Out Of Place Animals

    Wallaby filmed bouncing along country road in Cork. https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/watch-kangaroo-spotted-roaming-free-in-cork-938188.html
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    Creepy Door Handle In Wales

    It could very well have been that murderer, he killed several girls and young women in hostels across Europe. I read a book about him and it was the scariest serial killer tale I have ever read, purely because he was so anonymous and operated under the radar. Can't recall his name, he was...
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    Irish Archaeological Finds & Theories

    https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-bog-butter-study-4541342-Mar2019/
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    Orgasmatron (Head Massager Device)

    Slugs and snails won't cross copper. So if it was the internal wire (not the cable) they would not cross. Collect copper piping to to make a square around your veggies. Leave no gaps of bridges, they will get in. It works!
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    Science Finds Truth In Fermanagh Graveyard Cure Folklore!

    A more detailed, but understandable, scientific report on same topic. https://m.phys.org/news/2018-12-bacteria-ancient-irish-soil-halts.html?fbclid=IwAR1ZR4lrGAnIBa9y7w1WcMCrlPtzp989wI15Ftj4FKEA9NdlEJgzc2frq4c
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    Science Finds Truth In Fermanagh Graveyard Cure Folklore!

    An ancient folk remedy from County Fermanagh could help scientists in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. According to local belief, the soil from a churchyard in Boho can cure infections. A microbiologist who took samples to see if there was any scientific basis for the cure has made an...
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    Skeleton Found With Severed Foot

    I was wondering maybe gangrene or such and the foot amputated but the person died anyway. There was an excavation a few years back in Roscommon where skeletons were found with large rocks in their mouths.
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    Skeleton Found With Severed Foot

    https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/dig-finds-severed-foot-with-skeleton-in-co-roscommon-894309.html
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    UfO Over Dublin Christmas Day

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/watch-ufo-spotted-irishman-over-13777082.amp
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    Meditating Monk Killed By Leopard

    A meditating Buddhist monk has been killed by a leopard in a protected forest for the big cats, Indian police said. It is the fifth such attack in the area this month. Rahul Walke Bodhi was seated beneath a tree in Ramdegi forest in western India for morning prayers on Tuesday when the leopard...
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    Marriage To 300 Yr Old "Ghost" Pirate Over!

    https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-woman-married-ghost-300-year-old-pirate-says-split-162579?fbclid=IwAR0Wd2Kd1nXAAcqvVKeI-YlqT5yzSX8WR3fSG-4gYrVS-J1OyvA-YXYFsfQ
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    OOP: One-Eyed Raccoon Captured In Co. Cork

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/pic-the-one-eyed-raccoon-causing-mischief-in-cork-town-has-finally-been-captured-885088.html?fbclid=IwAR1RL1aun0WajxMhH53FxOACpEbmYWu1eamsW6p8JP70EeSw4pVUbVQZMQk
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