Church Records 1 This is a sample from the list of Adherents and Members of the Ormond Quay Presbyterian Congregation, Dublin taken during the 1880s. It ...
Road Bowls Road bowls was a popular sport in Co. Armagh. The players threw heavy wood or iron bowls down narrow country roads. As they photograph ...
Church Records 2 The maintenance of church records was an important job undertaken by the local clergy. This baptismal register of South Parish, Cork, ...
Lent It was the custom for Catholics to take palms to Mass on Palm Sunday for blessing by the parish priest. If palms were not available, ...
Lough Derg St. Patrick’s Purgatory, a holy island in Lough Derg, Co. Donegal is still an important location for Catholics. It is visited for up to ...
Mourning Dress The death of a close relative led most ladies to wear this type of dark mourning dress for many weeks after the event.
Mourning Brooch and Beads Women in mourning also wore special jewellery to reflect their sadness. The beads were dark in colour and the brooch could hold either ...
Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, was an important festival. Big meals were eaten before the ...
Halloween Halloween was an important festival as it was traditionally regarded as the last day before the start of winter. One custom was the ...
New Year’s Eve In many parts of Ireland the custom was to prepare a big supper for New Year’s Eve as it was believed that the new year would continue ...
