Mourning Jewellery Mourning jewellery came into fashion in the mid 19th century. On the death of a husband or father women wore black clothes and various ...
Charms and Cures In rural parts of Ireland there was a strong belief in ‘alternative medicine’. Certain individuals were believed to have special gifts ...
Harvest Home In rural Ulster, families held ‘harvest home’ suppers. This was a special meal, like Christmas, to celebrate the successful end to the ...
Eel Supper Today eels are regarded as a delicacy but 100 years ago they were commonly eaten by rural people living close to Lough Neagh and along ...
Stampy Party By the late 19th century some of the old Irish traditions were beginning to die out. This photograph taken around 1907 in Co. Limerick ...
General Information from Bronze Age Period There is some evidence that, for the people of the Bronze Age, their world was charged with magic and symbolic meaning.
During this ...
Spread of Christianity Christianity had come to Ireland as early as the mid 4th century. St Patrick set out on his mission about 432AD and was working in ...
Ceremonies The crowning or inauguration of kings in Ireland took place in the open air at the traditional place for the ceremony. The O’Neill clan ...
General Comment about Religion The reformed religion and its Protestant doctrines were not accepted by most people in Ireland. Cramner had introduced the Book of ...
Death and Burial Customs Burials and cremations were both used in this period. Many graves had only one remains but some have many corpses often in a crouched ...
