Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a 200+ year old building?? Contact [email protected] to book a spot to hear more from local #Fermanagh designer Cathy McGovern on how she has brought the past into the present in her historic home!
Monday 5 July @ 7.30pm!!
"Believe in miracles & cures & healing wells" S Heaney
-187 NI holy wells (2,996 below border)!
-1/3 NI wells have no name!
-12 in regular use (Dr Celeste Ray @univofthesouth)
-@ArchaeoRachel@profkdlilley part of new Hidden Heritage of Holy Wells (HHHW)! https://t.co/BFcLhBr3Wa
Friends, I'm taking a quick look into linguistic origins of poteen/póitín. Lots of reference to the vessel, diminutive póitín 'a small pot', but earlier (Sanas Cormaic 11th century) 'a drink or draught' @eDIL_Dictionary ? Latin 'potio' (drink) cognate with M.E. Potion? Thoughts?
#HeritageOnOurDoorstep makes us think of what’s local. Everywhere is connected to somewhere, and maps of places invite us to take journeys in space as well as time. For a small town, Carrickfergus on Belfast Lough is particularly rich in its historic maps, dating back 500 years.
@FermanaghRCN@placenamesni@Heri_Hub@ECMFCM@fermanaghomagh@ulsterahs @heritagelottery Looked at the Holy Wells County by County map this morning, and I know of more from Fermanagh (thinking of St Ronan’s Aghalurcher ... and Armagh (St Monenna beside the nunnery in Slieve Gullion)!
Health & medicine is today's #HeritageNI#FestivalofArchaeology theme. The Survey Group found evidence of iodine production on Chapel Island. An important substance for sterilisation in hospitals. Find out more about iodine and kelp production here https://t.co/6U4SBWWYAn