#sligo — Public Fediverse posts

On this day in 1706, William Crawford (Crafford) of Farranacardy died. The Journals show the inscription on his gravestone at Sligo Abbey and blazon the coats of arms that were carved on it: https://tinyurl.com/craf1706

Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com

#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Sligo

Last night I learnt that #Calvinist #Scotland banned #Christmas in the #17thcentury.

Both my parents were #Irish #Presbyterians of Scottish descent. They celebrated #Xmas.

So tiday I asked my aged mother about anti-Xmas. Her family did Xmas, but the Presbyterian Church in #Sligo didn't. She says it was only in the 1940s that my grandfather persuaded the Sligo Presbyterians to hold a service on #ChristmasDay.

I escaped #Presbyterianism >40yrs ago. But I'm still learning how weird it is.

I made this photograph of an #alignment of #Megalithic monuments, a stone circle, a passage tomb, and the grave of Queen #Maeve atop #Knocknarea seen from #Carrowmore, #Sligo, IE, on April 25, 2007 using old technology, a Canon PowerShot A710 IS. Today, I used #gimp 3 to convert it to black and white using different settings than last time I posted it.

A story about Queen Maeve is at: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T301012/index.html

#dolmen #faerytale #megalith #monument #carrowmore #sligo #Ireland

Sunrise | Solstice

On top of the hills on the right of the picture are the Carrowkeel Neolithic tombs. Older than the pyramids, some of the passage graves illuminate at the summer solstice, unlike Newgrange which is aligned to the winter solstice. I love the fact that 5000+ years ago our ancestors were so attuned to the turning of the cycle of the year. Looking forward to the grand stretch in the evenings now…

#photography #landscape #sligo #ireland #carrowkeel #sunrise #neolithic #megalithic