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Field of shattered dreams

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    At least they were marked, unlike the children’s graveyard in an industrial school or cess pit of a mothers and child home
  • beachcomber australia said:
    About 150m South West from Kenmare Stone Circle there is "Killeen Burial Ground (disused)" marked on the 25" map. I wonder if this is the place ?

    "... Dotted across the countryside around us, and throughout Ireland, are the loneliest places on earth. These are the cillíní – the children’s graveyards. A cill (kill) is a monk’s cell or church site, cillín (killeen) is the diminutive and cillíní (killeenee) is the plural: small churches. Ironically, the cillíní despite their names were usually non-church sites. They were burial grounds reserved for unbaptised children (those who died before they could be baptised or were perhaps born out of wedlock), pregnant women (because they were carrying unbaptised children), unrepentant murderers, suicides, shipwreck victims and strangers – anyone, in short, who was not ‘saved’ or whose baptismal status was ambiguous or unknown. They were used into the twentieth century. ... ..."
    From - roaringwaterjournal.com/2013/10/27/unknown-souls/
  • O Mac said:
    The days when limbo wasn't just a dance.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia I hope that is the place. It's good to think of the little graveyard being so close to a stone circle.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    beachcomber australia This likely the correct place, on the bank of the River Finnihy (note spelling) as Killeen is derived from Cellini as you said.
    “It appears that it has taken many years for Ireland to be no longer ashamed of Cillín, possibly facilitated and assisted by the passing of time since 1994 when the Catholic Church lifted the prohibition on unbaptised being buried in consecrated ground

    The Schools Collection of the National Folklore Collection has many references to ‘Cillín’ and ‘Killeen’ which hopefully I will study in the coming weeks. The Irish Examiner noted in 2014 of some Cillíní being brought back and recognised by the community. It is reported that there are 1,444 Cillíní on the island of Ireland – my expectation would have been a significantly greater number”

    readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/remembering-the-cillini-t...

Kicking the bucket in Mullagh

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    🎶 There's a hole in the bucket ...
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAvMIhvqfk
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At least some of the people in the background look to be in costume, dressed up like the 1890s. One couple in a horse-drawn car at left are holding up a sign between them.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    An IrishCentral article says:
    The fair day is held annually on the second Sunday in September. It is an attempt to recreate the traditional fair day that was held here from 1828. In 1837, Mullagh had a market and fair for the sale of cattle and pigs, oats, butter and flax several times a year. By 1870 the fair was held on the last Friday of every month. The traditional fair was one of the best and biggest in the north east
    ...
    The Mullagh Development Committee re-established the Fair Day in 1997
     but not when the original fair ended.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    duchas confirms the last Friday of the month, and suggests it was originally held at the Gates of Mullagh, a crossroads west of the town.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    On facebook, I see images of The Mullagh Carnival, in Co. Clare, a different spot altogether from the Gates of Mullagh. The countryside in Mullagh, County Clare looks like a better fit.

The Croke of Croke Park's birthplace

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons