Profile of Michael O’Donohoe, Castleisland Historian with Co Clare Roots
This month marks the tenth anniversary of Castleisland District Heritage, an initiative that finds its roots in the research of the late school principal, Michael O’Donohoe. As part of National Heritage Week 17-25 August 2024, a selection of Michael’s work will be on display in St Brigid’s Hall, Castleisland at our Celebration Exhibition on Saturday […]
Charles Patrick O’Conor: The Irish Peasant Poet
A curious poem entitled ‘God Save The Queen’ by ‘The Irish Peasant Poet’ appears among the O’Donohoe papers.1 It was published in 1886 and inscribed to William John Evelyn, MP for Deptford, London: Here’s the Queen, boys, God bless her! Ah! Long may she reign O’er hearts that for England Must conquer again! Aye […]
