As you drive through the beautiful historic town of Wicklow, it is impossible not to be astounded by the staggering size of Wicklow’s Historic Gaol; it’s high thick stonewalls echoing stories of its long and historic past.
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All along the East coast, you will find spectacular examples of Norman Castles that are still to this day imposing and frightening structures.
As the Normans and the Irish mixed, they both adapted and started to adopt parts of each other’s cultural differences.
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The spectacular Medieval Port town of New Ross contains so many wonderful buildings from many eras of its long and distinguished past but one of the most significant historical architectural features of this beautiful Town is The Church of Saint Mary’s.
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He is commonly known as Strongbow and were this name comes from is up for debate but is assumed that somewhere in translation from French to Latin it was a mistake in the pronouncing of Striguil over which he was also a lord, and is now modern-day Chepstow. It is very unlikely that he was called Strongbow at the point of the invasion of Ireland
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Never pick flowers or mushrooms from sites associated with the fairy folk as they may follow you home. Our ancient traditions such as Beltaine and Samhain are all associated with ancestor worship and the appeasing of otherworldly peoples including the fairy folk.
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