Sire from 1870, Bull ‘The Celebrated Young Harkaway’, three years old son of Old Harkaway, Cladagh, Drimoleague, West Cork.

Courtesy Southern StarCentenary Edition 1989.

Last train out of Macroom, Co. Cork, 1953.

Courtesy Southern Star Centenary Publication 1989.

Colm Creedon has written a history of the line now out of print, available in Cork City Reference Library.

The strongest man in the World, Danno Mahony, Dereenlomane, Ballydehob, West Cork.

Courtesy Southern Star Centenary Publication.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Derreennalomane,+Co.+Cork/@51.5863811,-9.5281993,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48459f1017e6ba6b:0x2600c7a7bb4c0372

https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/danno-omahony-world-wrestling-champion-from-dreenlomane-ballydehob-in-skibbereen-west-cork-july-1936/

Hi father was at least 6 foot 4 inches and the local champion at throwing the 56 lb weight. His American born wife Miss Burke was a cousin of the Burke (Yankees) of Cookeen, Durrus. On his death his coffin was shouldered from Ballydehob to Schull.

https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/baryte-mines/

Correspondence between Doctor John O’Donovan and Timothy O’Donovan, Magistrate from 1818, O’Donovan’s Cove, Durrus, West Cork, mentioning his grandfather educated at Toulouse, France, in 1754, lands held in trust mid 17th century by Protestant ‘Nominees’ who behaved with honour, recent history concerning Jerry ‘en Dana’ McCarthy and the McCarthys of Glanda, Dunmanway, denies claim of Rev. Morgan O’Donovan, of Douglas, Cork,  to be head of the Clan.

Some time around this Timothy’s son who appears to be a bit if a rake made a fool of himself at a public meeting in Cork proclaiming his right to be head of the Clan.  A lady from of one of the other branches challenged hi, he was forded to retract and left in disgrace.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit

From Grave Collection, Royal Irish Academy.

https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/walls-and-gate-remnant-of-estate-of-timothy-odonovan-esquire-odonovans-cove-kealties-durrus-west-cork/

Ross Castle, Killarney

At the end of each year we like to look back at our most-read posts and do a re-cap for our readers. Last year you liked what we wrote about islands, nostalgia, festivals, and the beauty of the Mizen Peninsula.

Did you drive past the Woman in White?

Despite all the hours we put into researching topics and sourcing images, this year it was a spur-of-the-moment post done for the sheer fun of it that came the closest we’ve ever come to a viral hit. Yes – that post on the Leap Scarecrows. The little village of Leap went all out and you could just sense the enjoyment that the scarecrow-makers had dreaming up their concoctions.

The One-Armed Michael Davitt

We love writing about history and some of your favourites fell under this heading. Robert wrote about Michael Davitt after a visit to his museum in…