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The castle outside the walls

Ding, dong , dell what a pretty little bell?

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    A half-assed Google search says: The Bell of Fenagh was probably made between 1050 and 1150. The Bell passed down through the centuries by the O’Rodachain’s Coarbs of St. Caillin and then on to the parish priests of Fenagh.It is presently in St Mell’s cathedral Longford.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    St. Mel's was destroyed by a big fire in 2009 - I don't know if the bell is still there.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At the time of the photo, I think the bell was at Foxfield parish church: Streetview.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    In 1892 via Davison & Associates Ltd
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "How it lost its tongue" ... www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649698/4648296/4659014?ChapterID=4... ... St Caillin collected his annual dues for the upkeep of the Monastery, in this bell. The full of it was sufficient for the year. His greedy servant to make it hold more had the tongue pulled out of the bell, but it held no more. St Caillin cursed him and said one of his name would never prosper in the parish of Fenagh. ...

Ireland's answer to Communism

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Led by politician Patrick Belton, the Irish Christian Front (ICF) was active between 1936 and 1937, organizing massive public demonstrations and fundraising to support Francisco Franco's Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Have we come across Mr Belton before? Slightly ringing a bell.
  • Swordscookie said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Belton equalling Bell Tone?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Pubs, Avril Doyle, Collins’s Avenue?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    'if it is necessary to be a fascist to defend Christianity then I am a fascist and so are my colleagues'.
    - Patrick Belton