Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, erudite, scholarly, charming, charismatic, ebullient, in fine fettle, the historian supreme and above all else—wily. It was always gold and silver for the Barrystown children. I will lecture at Tir nOg, Wellingtonbridge on Thursday February 13th at 8.30 pm on the Land League in Carrig-on-Bannow and the G. […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, the historian supreme, erudite, charming, charismatic, ebullient, scholarly, informed, exuberant and—wily. The geological experts were claiming in the 1840s that the ore at Barrystown had a high concentration of silver: so they did not have to look far for silver to put in the making of the trophies […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, as wily as ever. The Wexford Conservative reported on July 31st 1839:– “On Monday last the inhabitants of the small village of Carrig, near Bannow, in this county, were thrown into great consternation by the fall of such torrents of rain, that the like was not remembered by […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, ebullient, charming, charismatic, scholarly, enigmatic, obliging, inspiring and above all else—wily and as I always say it is Gold and Silver to the Barrystown children. They do not call the boy from beside the mine pits the historian supreme for nothing. One of my mentors in the University […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, in fine fettle, charming, charismatic, ebullient, scholarly, erudite, historian supreme and above all else—wily. As I tend to say, it is ever a case of gold and silver for the Barrystown Children and they will always prosper. In June 1963 in one of those imaginative exercises in reality […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, ebullient, scholarly, modest, witty and—wily. A historian supreme. Gold and silver for the Barrystown children. In regard to the previous voluminous material on my blog I should like to point out that much of this was written at a time when I did not have the […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, historian supreme, charming, charismatic, ebullient, witty, eloquent and above else—wily. Gold and silver for the Barrystown childre (Anna Maria Hall’s word). I have appended the text of my short speech at Wellingtonbridge at the open meeting night at the end of this blog. At this time of the […]

  The interpretation of God in the Middle Ages and even into early modern history is the very opposite of the God of latter day theology. God was perceived as an infinite magnification of the temporal ruler and deemed to be capricious, awesome and an absolute judge; and in a permanent cosmic conflict with demonic […]

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