‘Townie’ on the Farm

by | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life

Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’   What is often forgotten today is that up until the 1950s, there was a vast difference in lifestyle between Irish farming communities and those that lived in the towns and cities of Ireland. In this episode, town dweller...

Tyrone House

by | Mar 10, 2017 | The Big House

  Georgian mansion, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway     An interesting short film documentary by the pupils of Scoil Mhuire Clarinbridge on ‘Tyrone House’ at Kilcolgan. The building was a fine Georgian mansion built in 1779 by the St. Georges, a prominent Anglo-Irish...