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Melissa Keigher & Mike Lennon delve into the history of the Byrne (Beirne) family of Ballydaly after an inscription on a broken headstone revealed a tragic past. We begin a series on the wells of the parish with a look at the roadside structure in Cloonmurray. Jody Moylan looks at the history of Baslick’s medieval church and cemetery. With her second contribution this month, Melissa Keigher tells the tale of the accidental poisoning in 1900 of Michael Tiernan of Cargins. Our new ‘picture diary’ makes its debut, while our concluding article is the reproduction of a Duchas Folklore Collection entry from Killina, on the old crafts of the locality. We hope you enjoy the read!

THS treasurer Therese Hanley interviews her mother, Maeve, for a special festive interview about her childhood Christmases from the 1930s. Joe Donoghue Jnr looks back on the life of his great granduncle Ned Keegan, whose fine carpentry work can still be found in the locality. Melissa Keigher’s story on the Doyle family of Tulsk village is a fascinating account of local family history at the turn of the twentieth century. Jody Moylan remembers the life of a forgotten native, Mary Gorges, a published writer who was born into Cargins House in 1835 Mike McCarthy's interpretation of a local myth concludes our Christmas edition and adds to the extensive mythology linked to Rathcroghan and Tulsk.

In this month’s edition Noel Sheerin considers the many titles, documents and photos that are already accumulating in our archives at the Cruachain Ai visitor centre, while Mike Lennon casts his eye over the history of Clashaganny National School. Darragh Kelly reports from the recent farm walk that took place in Rathcroghan, and Jody Moylan introduces us to the Droughts of Cargins House; the last of the Protestant Ascendancy to reside at the old estate behind Tulsk village. Rounding off October’s edition Cathal McCormack and John Higgins combined to work on our cover story of the Tulsk cemetery project, and the story of some of the interesting mausoleums that can be found within.

In this, our very first edition our cover story, by Cathal McCormack, looks at the Cloonyquinn origins of the famous French family, while Mary Kelly takes a deep dive into the Dúchas Folklore Collection, of 1935, and its many contributions from the schools of the parish. Deirdre Jones spoke to former Tulsk Garda Martin Hogan about his 1960s experience of working in the village, and Mike Lennon takes a detailed look at early education with his article on the hedge schools of the parish. The final article, by Jody Moylan, is on the four-paned stained-glass window of AE Child at the Church of St Eithne and Fidelma. First things first however, and we begin with a detailed description of our logo! We hope you enjoy the read!