 CARNAUN
NATIONAL SCHOOL Published by "Flying Fortress Athenry 1943" tells the facts about one of the "best kept secrets" of WW11. It is the extraordinary story of some top ranking US Army Generals who crashlanded in Athenry during the war, were repatriated with their fellow soldiers and went on to have a huge impact on the outcome of the war. Not to be missed - This book was launched by the United States Ambassador in Ireland Mr. James C Kenny on the 06.12.2003 in Mellowes College Athenry - the site of the crashlanding 60 years ago. Turoe and Athenry: Ancient Capitals of Ireland by Fr. Tom O'Connor. Edited by Kieran Jordan Summary: Oral tradition was of immense importance to the Celtic people in prehistoric times. When history began to be recorded in written documents about the 7th Century, the work was carried out by scribes of the larger ruling families. What was recorded was totally at odds with the oral tradition. But over the years, since we have a tendency to believe the written word, this is what became accepted as history. This written version of history in archaic documents like the Book of Leinster and the Book of Armagh were thought to be correct at the expense of oral tradition and legendary history in the Dindsenchas documents. And so pseudo-history was born. To account for the differences between the written and oral history a certain mythology was created around early Iron Age history, to the extent that it is now difficult to distinguish between fact and fantasy. However, oral history has lived on and has been passed from father to son for generations around the fire. In addition, archaeological evidence has also survived the passage of time. Both the oral tradition and archaeological evidence in Galway confound the ‘truth’ of Irish Iron Age history. Because of changing lifestyle and changing agricultural practices in the 20th Century, both the oral traditions and archaeological evidence of Galway are in danger of being lost, giving victory to pseudo-history. This book revitalises the oral traditions, reconstructs archaeological evidence and delves into archaic documents for scraps of unaltered written evidence for the existence of Celtic Centres of Power in Galway. The conclusions are quite clear and shatter the accepted ‘truth’ of Iron Age Irish history suggesting a total re-evaluation of the origins and history of Celtic Ireland. It is not the intention of the book to detract from the present understanding of Irish history, although by its nature this is inevitable. It is intended to give recognition to the people and places that were important in Iron Age Ireland and to the people who carried the oral traditions over the centuries so that they could be resurrected almost 2000 years later. Organic Gardening Calendar 2004
- This beautifully illustrated calendar with original paintings by
local artist Bruno de Paoli, this extra ordinarily beautiful calendar published
by Cáit Curran has lots of Organic Gardening hints and advice. Look
our for this collectors item in the shops now! An excellent Christmas Gift
for all gardening enthusiasts.
SCOIL NÁISIÚNTA CARNÁIN  BAILE
ÁTHA 'N RÍ |