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The OPW, three light bulbs and a National monument
One may be forgiven for feeling trenched in utter astonishment after finding a statement concerning the National monument no. 140, Grianán of Aileach, mentioned in a press release responding to accusa… more →
Guarding Grianán Aileach
The OPW, three light bulbs and a National monument
unknownswilly wrote 6 months ago: One may be forgiven for feeling trenched in utter astonishment after finding a statement concerning … more →
Holes above the gate
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unknownswilly wrote 6 months ago: When the day comes, and one more but decisive part of our past will crumble under the higher, bigger … more →
A suspect for the hill
unknownswilly wrote 8 months ago: Around two weeks ago I came across an ancient name of a hill in Inishowen situated between Loughs Fo … more →
The past was orange - A note to its discovery
unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: In 1824 Colonel Thomas Frederick Colby, of the Royal Engineers, was put in charge of the general dir … more →
Letter to the editor 1838
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unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: THE ORDNANCE SURVEY – GREENAN. To the Editor of the Dublin University Magazine. ”H … more →
Given the Cinderella
unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: My much appreciated neighbour just brought me some pages from last weeks Inish Times, a local newspa … more →
A short circuit of the feast at Aileach
unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: I could have sworn I walked over the ground today where the banqueting hall of this feast once stood … more →
With many thanks to John
unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: Determined not to hit the brakes under any circumstances in the most treacherous bend on Greenan Hil … more →
About my association with Grianan
unknownswilly wrote 9 months ago: An email I received this morning: ‘Dear Ms Bettina Linke, I am a student in Derry and I am doi … more →
Between Aileach and a hard place
unknownswilly wrote 10 months ago: My letter to the editor was not published but our councillors seem to have finally gotten hold of in … more →
Why indeed
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unknownswilly wrote 10 months ago: Article in last Fridays Derry Journal Why is Grianan of Aileach still being neglected? – MacLo … more →
What would you think if I sang out of tune
unknownswilly wrote 11 months ago: When a new year starts with the realisation that, what was perceived as Grianan of Aileach until now … more →
The Returning of the Light
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Possible contestant for crowning stone at Grianán
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: At the beginning of this year I finally started to walk the rest of the hill and surroundings, away … more →
Sunsets at Grianán
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: Even after closer examination women don’t seem to have played a significant role in the history of G … more →
The forgotten stones of Aileach
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: It is said that “Three hundred years after the deluge,… all holy Ireland was desert, unt … more →
Time Enough to Rot
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: After nearly two months of the meeting between the OPW and local councillors having taken place I fi … more →
Grianán Ailigh by Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: May I proudly present Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh’s painting of Grianán Ailigh. We will exhibit it o … more →
Recycled and other news
unknownswilly wrote 1 year ago: The meeting between councillors and an OPW representative seems finally to haven taken place around … more →
