Ballynatray House,

Ballynatray Demesne, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland

In about 8h we will wake up in Youghal, eat out porridges or other special mixtures of choice and head to the beach to start @ironmanireland 2022 ! Postponed for 2 years is finally here and brought this amazing weather ☀️ (a bit of improvement from 2019 biblical floods lol😂😂🤷‍♂️) Can't wait to experience amazing crowds and punish legs on windmill hill - twice! But don't expect any sort of records :) with 20-50h of training per month over lady few months - I will be lucky to be third overall ;)😂😂🤣🤣🥉 If you bored you can track my struggle here: Tracking Sebastian Slotwinski in the IRONMAN® Ireland, Cork. Check it out! https://rtrt.me/ulink/IRMA/IRM-IRELAND-2022/tracker/RSG5M678/focus Or just download Ironman Tracking app Ok, see ya tomorrow on the podium 💪 #triathlon #tri #triathlete #youghal #ironman #ironmancork2022 #im #swimbikerun #training #mymottiv #dominatelife #fitdad #fitgamer #fit40 #trainingforlife #fit #fitmotivation #fitnessmotivation #doit #hellyeah (at Youghal) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChNixu_L37R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Somewhere in Waterford #gardencenter #youghal #ireland #east #coast #2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CfkWlPhKpqj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Pictures that make you want to cry

I don’t know why I ever thought you could draw a direct line from one lace to another (exhaustion) when I know for a fact that most needle lace traditions copying each is innuendo and heavily implied but almost never straightforwardly proven… it takes loops around like the lace itself.

#OTD in Irish History | 20 October:

1612 – Birth of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork, in Youghal, Co Cork. He was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and was a Cavalier. 1674 – Birth of James Logan, Colonial statesman and scholar in Lurgan, Co Armagh. 1775 – Two hundred passengers are lost in the shipwrecks of the brigs Trevor Totty and Nonpareil. Among the casualties are The…

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In Templemichael Youghal in field near graveyard under an ash tree. People used give rounds on Michaelmas day and hang rags on tree.

- The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 45.

The Satchwell case in Youghal is very interesting and very active atm! Deffo an Irish case you could try cover?

Yes, that’s on the list! I wait until the case has a conclusion before covering it but I’ve been following it!

Youghal Lace

A needle lace inspired by Italian needle lace and developed in Youghal, Ireland. Youghal Lace was perhaps the most successful of the 19th century Irish needlaces. Youghal is considered a true lace as it is created with a sewing needle and thread only. It is a flat needlepoint lace with no cordon nets. It uses ladder like buttonhole stitches around each motif and edges decorated with a "Venetian Stitch" or knotted border.

Second Lieutenant Eric Hodges was the third son of the Reverend Richard Hodges, Rector of St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, Co. Cork. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers, underage, in August 1914. Hodges was selected for a Cadetship in Sandhurst, and was subsequently commissioned in the Royal Irish Regiment. He died of wounds received at Bazentin le Petit, aged 18 years.

#18thfoot #royalirishregiment #greatwar #worldwar1 #ww1 #westernfront #somme Picture credit; https://ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/16920

Echoes of our Past | February 3rd 1923

Librarian Richard Forrest takes a look at news highlights published in The Echo 100 years ago this week.

Attack at Dunkettle During the night there was an attack on the military guard at Dunkettle Station, three miles east of the city. It was beaten off without much difficulty. During the skirmish a bullet entered the signal cabin through a window and damaged some instruments. The wires on the line to Youghal were also cut during the night and, as a result, the down trains this morning were delayed for about three hours.

Cork District Sessions

This morning, before Mr. D.B. Sullivan B.L. Denis Leary, 4 James Street, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Parnell Place last night. The disorderly conduct was that he made use of bad language outside a public house door. Defendant said he had come out of hospital only that day and that his head “was not very good”. Cornelius Cooney, an ex-soldier, was charged by Patrolman Moore with having been drunk and incapable on Half Moon Street at 1 a.m. this morning. Cooney said he had been wounded in the head and that whenever he took a pint or two he staggered. Defendant was lying on the footpath asleep. Both defendants paid fines at once and were discharged.

A Deserving Charity

A appeal will be held next Sunday for St. Mary Magdalen’s charity and a charity sermon will be preached at the North Cathedral by the Rev. J. Aherne. This charity is worthy of the best support of the citizens. Collections will be held in all churches. It is to be hoped that a generous response will be forthcoming. There are over a hundred penitents to be maintained and funds are very scarce. Many subscriptions will be needed if it is to continue its magnificent work.

 Joint Hospitals Board

Three tenders were received for the supply of a motor van. The lowest was that of W.J. Thompson, Mallow for £179 and this was accepted. The others were £188 and £201. A letter was read from the County Technical Committee asking the Board that when it makes appointments in cases where Irish is essential to accept the certificate awarded by them. The application was accepted. On the motion of Mr. O’Connell T.C., seconded by Mr. Golden (Rural District Council), the salary of Miss O’Doherty was increased by £15 a year.

Cork I.D.A. Meeting

Arising out of communication with the Marine Investigation Department, the Secretary informed the meeting that the butter on board the ss. Duchess branded “Lismore Castle Brand” was tested by experts and found to be Irish. As its origin was in dispute the Secretary had communicated with Paxman & Co., Lismore and received the following response, “We received your letter of the 24th and in reply beg to inform you that the 24 keels of butter which were shipped from Liverpool on board the ss. Duchess were Irish butter packed by ourselves. They were in storage in Bootle Cold Stores and we are getting them back for our Irish trade. We have no agent in Liverpool”. In view of the fact that Paxman’s were obliged to ship their butter to Liverpool for cold storage purposes, it was decided to get in touch with the company again and recommend the facilities offered in Cork by the Cork Pure Ice Warehousing and Cold Storage Co.

News from Around the World

112 bodies have been recovered so far from the Heinitz Pit near Beuthen, Germany after a violent explosion last Wednesday. It is feared there are still 28 bodies in the mine. Three earthquake tremors have been recorded near Ottawa. The epicentre being 6.5 kilometres away. The third was the most severe and occurred around midnight. There was some excitement in the South African Union House of Assembly caused by the close voting on the Women’s Enfranchisement Bill. It was defeated by 56 votes to 55. Some blame a woman in the gallery for shouting at the Prime Minister. Lord Carnarvon has said at Luxor that the “Ushahtl”, or small image of King Tuttankhamen is probably the finest piece that the sepulchre contains. A dredger turned turtle in the river Humber shortly after leaving the dock at Hull yesterday morning resulting in the loss of six lives.

An Arcadian Cork Ballroom

On a glorious night of light and melody during the week it was my good fortune to breathe the Arcadian atmosphere of a Cork ballroom. The laughter, the beauty, the inspiration. The sylphs who hither and thither floated. All were there. Colour and beauty of form abounded, and the world called Earth seemed far away. The soft, close-clinging garments that wrapped those swaying, slow moving figures attracted only by the beauty of their wearer. The brilliance that shone on hair and throat and delicately draped arm drew only admiration unalloyed. Beneath those bright lights, within the magic region of that sweet music, only one thought was shared, only one aspiration actuated - beauty, happiness. No queryings there concerning wealth or birth. No contemplation upon rank, station, affluence or influence. One objective guided. One inspiration sufficed. Unity of effort completed the perfect whole: “Let joy be unconfined”, and joy was the portion of all.

St. Finbarrs vs. St. Marys

The clash between St. Finbarr’s and St. Mary’s in the Poor Children’s Excursion Fund last Sunday was a strenuous contest throughout. The first half was altogether in the champion’s favour but the second balanced out. St. Mary’s is now a combination of St. Mary’s and Fair Hill players and they finally pulled together in that half though their scoring line let them down rather badly. With more practice and polish the amalgamation will take some beating. The full-time whistle left the Barrs winners by a comfortable margin. W. Aherne, Cork County Board, acted as referee and gave general satisfaction.

monday, 29th of august, 2022: jeez, it’s been a while hasn’t it? well, so much has occurred during the past week, so i’ll try and recall it to the best of my ability; pardon me for my mistakes: i’ll start with our trip to youghal beach in cork where most of the photos overhead are from. it was last wednesday, the 24th, and we made the hour-long drive down and spent a decent day there. it was odd being the only black/poc family there, but seeing the ocean completely washed away all my anxiety. i spent most of time listening to music, walking along the shoreline, and taking pictures. on the way to the aforementioned location, i started reading nausea (which i will continue after a short pause) and made decent progress. i’m really enjoying the book! the protagonist, monsieur antoine, was relatable to the point of simultaneous repugnance and wonder. i kept finding myself making annotations every three pages. towards the end of the trip, we got ice cream (though i didn’t finish mine; i never really can) and headed back home, with sand in between my toes, accumulating in the crevices of my shoes and the floor of the car. on thursday, i got my hair braided the typical tawny, honey blonde i’ve been getting done for the past year, and even though i was planning on changing things up this time around, i sort of dig it :3 on friday, my sister went to her induction at the school i’m currently attending (there’s only a one year difference between us in age but two years in school), and my mother spontaneously asked me, around ten minutes after i just woke up, if i wanted to go with her to cork and deciding i had nothing better to do, i said yes. the preparation towards the drive is a quick blur of annoyance, hurrying and frustration, but eventually we were in the car and ready to go. i obviously brought my book (nausea), a notebook and pen, my phone, and earphones instead of headphones. when my mother got to her destination (much to my chagrin, she later came back, realising the [redacted] wasn’t on that day), and left me in the car. i spent my time drawing (rendition of st. andrew by ribera, and body study of the fallen angel by cabanel; i had the paintings on my phone), got a couple odd stares (i got three during the trip; from a girl maybe 3 or 2 years younger than me, a grown lady — hers was particularly hostile, maybe racist (?), and an old man standing outside an antique shop), and made some more progress through nausea. when my mother came (and delivered the news about the date and location mixup), she agreed to go to kinsale with me. i had been experiencing a lot of poetic reverie, lyrical clarity and just pure, unmitigated elatedness during the trip, as a result of the cold, freeing air and the vistas of thriving nature, but this where the day starts going downhill. since i don’t want to go to into detail, i brief you on the main events: i convinced my mother to get me seven new books (never let me go by ishiguro, the naked lunch by burroughs, one hundred years of solitude by marquez, the koran, the pearl by steinbeck, diary of a madman and other short stories by gogol, and the aeneid by virgil)! this was the only upside :[ the lady gave us a huge discount because i’m a junior cert student. prior to all this, i got a little confounded, trying to find the bookshop even though i’d been there before, and i had to ask a couple people (only 2; one was visitor and the other provided me with the answer i needed). i had to wait for ages for my mum on two separate occasions, both containing a bank, and on our way back home, my mother got a bit too close to cyclist and he cussed at her vehemently, like pure, unadulterated vitriol in the span of three seconds. my mum kept defending herself in the car to me, and it really dampened my mood; i felt sorry for both my mother and the cyclist. the former has been dealing with a lot of discrimination at work, some of it i suspect is racism, honestly. it doesn’t help that she’s loud, narrow minded at times, and stressed most of the time too. one thing i wish for the most in the world is that ..

Huh… never mind, I guess…? As I said aemilia aers [punto in aria/aemilia aers naming conventions discussed in a previous post] and Burano have a ton of overlap [brought back for realsies within a couple decades of each other though from my understanding geometric lace never completely went away] so maybe I was right the first time. Okay but if they had access to multiple Italian pieces why doesn’t it list which ones…? Did no one WRITE THAT DOWN?

Oh the lace gods you desire my suffering

Anyway don’t get into needle lace research unless you’re okay with something like this happening to you at least once a month.

#OTD – In the Liturgical calendar, today is the Feast Day of Blessed Dominic Collins.

An Irish martyr and Jesuit brother, Dominic joined the Jesuits in Santiago de Compostela and was sent back to Ireland in 1601. But he was captured and put to death in Youghal, Co Cork for his faith. When the Desmond Rebellion was put down in Munster, in 1583, Dominic Collins of Youghal became a professional soldier in the Catholic armies of Europe. Ten years later he joined the Jesuits in…

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