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London was renowned for its fog. In the weeks that ensued, however, statistics compiled by medical services found that the fog had killed 4,000 people.[8] Most of the victims were very young or elderly, or had pre-existing respiratory problems. In February 1953, Lieutenant-Colonel Lipton suggested in the House of Commons that the fog had caused 6,000 deaths and that 25,000 more people had claimed sickness benefits in London during that period.[9]

Most of the deaths were caused by respiratory tract infections from hypoxia and as a result of mechanical obstruction of the air passages by pus arising from lung infections caused by the smog. The lung infections were mainly bronchopneumonia or acute purulent bronchitis superimposed upon chronic bronchitis.[10]

More recent research suggests that the number of fatalities was considerably greater, at about 12,000

Great Smog of 1952 Wikipedia article about Great Smog of 1952

G'nite cruel world.

The Irish £10- Tower House.

Someone is finally able to tell the truth.
During the British imposed famine Ireland produced enough food to feed 19.5 million people. The vast majority of the foof went to feed the British factory workers as they in turn had left their farms to work for cold cash in the factoried of the booming Industrial Revolution.
Many more joined the army to enslave much of the rest of the world.

Spotted in Bundoran Republican Memorial Garden

Today's Holiday : Plebeian Games

The Roman leader Flaminius is thought to have instituted the Plebeian Games in 220 BCE. They originally may have been held in the Circus Flaminius, which he built. Later, they may have moved to the Circus Maximus, a huge open arena between the Palatine and Aventine hills. The Games were dedicated to Jupiter, one of whose feast days was November 13, and included horse and chariot races and contests that involved running, boxing, and wrestling. The festival lasted from November 4-17, and its first nine days were devoted to theatrical performances.

Feast of St. Frances Cabrini : December 22; November 13

The first American citizen to be proclaimed a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, Francesca Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) was born in Italy. After serving as a nurse and a teacher in her native country, and seeing the miserable conditions under which so many orphans lived, she became a nun and was appointed superior of the orphanage at Codogno. Known thereafter as Mother Cabrini, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1880 and established a number of other schools and orphanages. Nine years later she and six of her nuns landed in New York, where they had been sent to help the Italian immigrants. She went on to establish orphanages, schools, and hospitals in many American cities, as well as in Europe and South America. She was canonized on July 7, 1946, and her feast day is December 22.
St. Frances Cabrini's feast day is commemorated in many places, but particularly at Mother Cabrini High School in New York City, in whose chapel she is buried. November 13, the day on which she was beatified, is also observed at every establishment of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

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Trapezius problems were serious with madieval archers.

It’s said by some that Homer described his sea as ‘wine dark’ because the Greeks had no word for blue. While the scholars are still debating that issue, studies on cognitive science have shown that the words available in a speaker’s language shape the way in which the speaker’s brain accepts and classifies colour. Quite literally, we see what we expect to see.
In the Irish texts, we’re lucky enough to have a number of poetic references to color that allow us to understand how the people of 9th century Ireland saw it. Many of the extant texts include references to color in context. But the most illuminating example comes from the Saltair na Rann. Contained in this 10th century text is a poem entitled ‘Creation of the Winds with their Colours’
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Not all colors in Ireland are Green: An Exploration of the Descriptions for Color in the Old Irish texts The Brehon Academy % In the Irish texts, we're lucky enough to have a number of poetic references to color that allow us to understand how the people of 9th century Ireland saw it. Many of the extant texts include references to color in context. But the most illuminating example comes from the Saltair na Rann. Contained...

Archaeological Evidence for 1,700-Year-Old Chemical Warfare One of the distinguishing features of the First World War was the widespread use of chemical weapons.

Interesting article: https://www.medievalists.net/2021/02/organic-farming-medieval/

How to Grow Organic Food like Medieval Farmers If nothing else works, you could bring the vermin to justice.

This 17th-Century Warship Pulled From the Icy Baltic Sea Is Almost Perfectly Preserved

A woodcutter's song from the Middle Ages
A tribute to Robin Williamson and His Merry Band, on a song I love so well.
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WOODCUTTER'S SONG.wmv A tribute to Robin Williamson and The Incredible, on a song I love so well. Most pictures about trees(not the forests) were taken in the Jardín Botánico at C...

Waterford Treasures on RTE Nationwide.

On the 25th August 1170 the most important marriage in Irish history took place in Waterford city between the Anglo-Norman knight Strongbow
and the Irish princess Aoife.

This was a marriage changed Ireland and to commemorate this iconic event Waterford Treasures had planned to stage a major theatrical production in August 2020. This innovative was sponsored by Creative Waterford.

Due to Covid restrictions this public event was cancelled and instead we decided to film the production. The production was also filmed for Nationwide on RTE, and will by broadcast on
Monday the 1st February.

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The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife - An 850th Anniversary Celebration Join us as we celebrate the 850th anniversary of the most important marriage in Irish history - the wedding of Richard de Clare (more commonly known as Stron...

Anselm Marshal (died 23rd December 1245 at Chepstow Castle and buried at Tintern Abbey).
Anselm Marshal was the sixth Earl of Pembroke (of the second creation), the youngest and last of the five sons of William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke, to hold that title. His death is notable due to the fact that it marked the extinction of the male line of the Marshall family and was credited to a curse the Bishop of Ferns, Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh put on the family in 1218. This came about over a dispute about two manors which belonged to him in Ireland and which were seized by William Marshal.

10 Medieval Ex*****on Methods That Are The Definition Of Cruel And Unusual

"In Wallace’s case, he was drawn by four different horses that were each tied to one of his limbs. This was usually done to prisoners the king despised most. After the ex*****on, Wallace’s remains were famously scattered around England as a warning to other potential traitors.

Shockingly, this practice was used for about 500 years after Wallace’s infamous ex*****on — until it was finally outlawed in 1803".

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Clovis I

First King of the Franks.
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The Irish marine companies of the Spanish Atlantic Navy, 1603-1639

The Irish Marine Companies of the Spanish Atlantic Navy, 1603-1639 by EDUARDO DE MESA

After their defeat at Kinsale, and after their estates had been confiscated, the Gaelic and Hiberno-Norman lords who had lost the Nine Years’ War found their only support in the Spanish Monarchy.

The arrival of great numbers of their retainers, idle soldiers who had followed their masters into exile, presented the Spanish government with the problem of what to do with them. As many had fought in Ireland, the Council of State decided to employ them in the wars of the Spanish Monarchy. In scholarly work on Irish soldiers in Spanish armies the emphasis has been on their service on land in Flanders and the Iberian Peninsula, where the Ulster families of O’Neill and the O’Donnell have received most of the attention; but this is not the whole story. Although their numbers were relatively small, Irishmen also served in the Spanish Atlantic Navy, the Armada del Mar Océano
The Irish Marine Companies that are the subject of this article were a haven for families from Munster, such as the MacCarthys, the MacSweeneys, and the O’Driscolls, whose lives were bound up with piracy and sea-fishing. The Armada del Mar Océano
gave these Munster families the opportunity to serve the Spanish crown and to be rewarded accordingly.

academia.edu The Irish marine companies of the Spanish Atlantic Navy, 1603-1639

Kinship and social organization in Copper Age Europe. A cross-disciplinary analysis of archaeology, DNA, isotopes, and anthropology from two Bell Beaker cemeteries

Kinship and social organization in Copper Age Europe. A cross-disciplinary analysis of archaeology, DNA, isotopes, and anthropology from two Bell Beaker cemeteries.

academia.edu We present a high-resolution cross-disciplinary analysis of kinship structure and social institutions in two Late Copper Age Bell Beaker culture cemeteries of South Germany containing 24 and 18 burials, of which 34 provided genetic information. By

William Marshal Biography - The life of William Marshal - The Perfect Knight Documentary

William Marshal possibly the greatest knight ever.

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Virtual Vikings – Virtual Event for Families

Tuesday 10th Nov 15:30
Suitable for children 7-12 years old

Virtual Vikings – Family Online Workshop

In collaboration with Midlands Science and the Heritage Office of Westmeath County Council, the Education Department at the National Museum of Ireland will host a special online workshop examining the archaeological evidence of the arrival of the Vikings to Ireland and exploring their impact on the Midlands. This workshop will be hosted live from the Museum and will show Viking material found in Dublin and Viking finds from Ballinderry Crannog, Co. Westmeath, including a sword and gaming board.

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Hidden Ireland: How a shipwreck turned into an abbey

William Marshal set out to pay his first visit to Ireland after his inheritance as Lord of Leinster. However his ship was struck by a storm off the east coast and was close to sinking.

He vowed to God that if he safely reached the shore, he would found an abbey wherever he landed. He managed to get ashore at Bannow Bay in County Wexford, and Marshal kept his vow, granting 3,500 hectares to the Cistercian order to establish an abbey. Hence Tintern was occasionally called ‘Tintern de Voto’ or ‘Tintern of the Vow’.

thejournal.ie As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman looks at three fascinating places to visit this weekend in Wexford, Galway and Meath.

This Viking Probably Set Foot In America 500 Years Before Columbus Even Set Sail

According to both historical accounts and archaeological evidence uncovered in the 1960s, many scholars now believe that Viking explorer Leif Erikson reached North America circa 1000 A.D. — which may have made him the first European to ever set foot in the New World.

But who was Leif Erikson and did he truly reach North America 500 years before Columbus?

allthatsinteresting.com Leif Erikson and his band of Viking explorers allegedly didn't spend much time in North America except to collect some grapes and timber — and fight with natives.

Population genomics of the Viking world Scandinavian ancestry and Viking Age origins Check for updates

The events of the Viking Age altered the political, cultural and demographic map of Europe in ways that are evident to this day. Scandinavian diasporas established trade and settlements that stretched from the American continent to the Asian steppe They exported ideas, technologies, language, beliefs and practices to these lands, developed
new socio-political structures and assimilated cultural influence https://www.academia.edu/44155780/Population_genomics_of_the_Viking_world_Scandinavian_ancestry_and_Viking_Age_origins_Check_for_updates

academia.edu The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about ad 750-1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history 1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across Europe and Greenland (to a

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A Medieval Day at Lismore Castle in 2012 delivered some interesting photos. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10151408914068012&set=a.10151408907273012

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BLT - Best Laugh Today - for TWD (Tomorrow We Die)!

Mythical Ireland

This 1518 Plague Caused Hundreds To Dance Uncontrollably — Until Dozens Collapsed Dead

In the summer of 1518, the dancing plague in the Holy Roman city of Strasbourg saw some 400 people dance uncontrollably for weeks on end — leaving as many as 100 of them dead.

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This map known as a Speed miniature was actually by Pieter Van Den Keere in 1627
The written description of Ireland is taken from the contemporaneous map by Speed thus the name
There is also 4 maps... One of each province.
One wonders how the Welsh might feel about the note on their land by the ever Perfidious Englander.

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

This Day in History

9-Month-Old Mary Stuart Is Crowned "Queen of Scots" (1543)
When King James V of Scotland died in 1542, his two sons had already died in infancy and his only surviving child—a daughter—was just a week old. The infant Mary Queen of Scots was crowned nine months later in an elaborate coronation at Stirling Castle, where she would spend her early years. Laden with regal robes, the tiny sovereign cried throughout the entire ceremony. Soon thereafter, King Henry VIII of England attacked Scotland in an attempt to force what to happen to Mary?

encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com Wikipedia article about Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

Ireland - Act of Settlement Map, 26 Sept

Ireland - Act of Settlement Map, 26 Sept 1653.

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Ironically it is the red saltire on white background of the Geraldines that in 1801 became along with the red cross of St George and the blue saltire of Scotland's St Andrew, that became the Union Flag of The United Kingdom.
Note a flag is only a 'jack' on a jackstaff on a boat, or (more recently) on another form of transport.

These Geraldines! These Geraldines! -not long our air they breathed;
Not long they fed on venison, in Irish water seethed;
Not often had their children been by Irish mothers nursed;
when from their full and genial hearts an Irish feeling burst!
The English monarch strove in vain, by law, and force, and bribe,
To win from Irish thoughts and ways this 'more than Irish' tribe;
For still they clung to fosterage, to breitheamh, cloak and bard:
What king dare say to Geraldine, 'Your Irish wife discard'?

The road systems and some waterways of ancient Ireland.

Map of Roadways in Ancient Ireland