Legacy Arms Irish Hand and a Half SwordReview by Dan Dacombe, Manitoba, CANADASteel Weight Point of Balance Price Range 5160 Spring Steel 2.5lbs 4.5" from guard US$299 I placed my order for this sword in January of 2007. I had done a small amount of research into Legacy Arms, and ...
"Within the well are several trouts, each about half a pound weight. They have been there " as long as the oldest inhabitants can recollect," and, strange to tell, they are said not to have grown an ounce within that period. These fish are held in the highest veneration by the people...
were unsuccessful. At first the Cooleens got the upper hand since half of their adversaries were still in their tents having a good time with their whiskey. Gradually the Mulville/Lawlor faction got organized and about 1,500 of them counter-attacked. They drove the invaders back ...
The editor of The Republic was a Darrell Edmund Figgis, an Irish writer, Sinn Féin activist and independent parliamentarian in the Irish Free State. The Red Hand Magazine The Red Hand Magazine was published in 1920 with only four editions every been printed. The Red Hand Magazine was publish...
When attempting to lift the great stone, a steel chain suddenly snapped, cutting the hand of one of the labourers and, significantly, allowing blood to soak into the ground. Although legends still abound in the locality of the ‘man who was buried three times’ and of a fantastic treasure...
"SIR,—Yours of the 7th November, '86, to hand. In reference to Newtown, there are two castles there, as also a chapel in the which, as per tombstone therein, are deposited the remains of Robert and Maggy, children of Captain Robert Parke, and it is dated at 1677. McParlan says ...
On the other hand, the Fomorians’ gods were ones of darkness, chaos, death, and all power that seemed destructive to nature. The Fomorians had nothing to do with the legendary tale of The Children of Lir, but their story in myth is intertwined with the tribe of Danu. Swans in the ...
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The editor of The Republic was a Darrell Edmund Figgis, an Irish writer, Sinn Féin activist and independent parliamentarian in the Irish Free State. The Red Hand Magazine The Red Hand Magazine was published in 1920 with only four editions every been printed. The Red Hand Magazine was publish...
The bronze age sword mentioned above has an interesting story. Following a battle at New Ross during the 1798 uprising against British rule a 2500 year old bronze sword was found in the hand of a dead rebel. It is leaf-shaped and had been modified only by the addition of a crude leather...