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| Doneraile is also the home of a famous "Hedge Witch" named ], who is sometimes referred to by locals as the Wizard of Doneraile. Bev is originally from the ] and as a child ran errands for ]. Gardner is often credited as the founder of ]. Bev Richardson's home in Doneraile is located near the site of Castle Pook.<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=9113 Ireland: Where saints, sorcerers and witchcraft are real</ref> | Doneraile is also the home of a famous "Hedge Witch" named ], who is sometimes referred to by locals as the Wizard of Doneraile. Bev is originally from the ] and as a child ran errands for ]. Gardner is often credited as the founder of ]. Bev Richardson's home in Doneraile is located near the site of Castle Pook.<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=9113 Ireland: Where saints, sorcerers and witchcraft are real</ref> | ||
| The town is renouned as the town where the first successful agricultural co-operative and creamery was established in 1889 by ], and is also famed as the pastorate of the great Irish literate ] where he was parish priest from 1895 until his death in 1913 and who was also politically active in the tenant land purchase movement. |
The town is renouned as the town where the first successful agricultural co-operative and creamery was established in 1889 by ], and is also famed as the pastorate of the great Irish literate ] where he was parish priest from 1895 until his death in 1913 and who was also politically active in the tenant land purchase movement. | ||
| During the early part of May 1853, a countryman ploughing in the neighbourhood of the town of Doneraile, in the county of Cork, turned up a large quantity of silver coins, amounting to more than foty-six ounces in weight, which were purchased by a Silversmith in Cork. They consisted of English shillings and sixpences of Elizabeth, with a few groats, threepences and half-groats of the same queen; also a few groats of her predecessors, Mary, and Philip and Mary both having the bust of Mary; English shillings and sixpences of James 1, upon the union with Scotland and exclusively of the rose, thistle, and fleur-de-lis mint marks; with a large number of the quarter-dollars and smaller money of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Nearly all the coins were in the finest state of preservation, and appeared to have been but little used or in circulation.(1) | |||
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Doneraile (Irish: Dún ar Aill) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located off the N20 road between Limerick / Cork and Mitchelstown. It is about 12km north of Mallow town.
The steeplechase originated in 1752 as a result of a race between the church steeples of the town and neighbouring Buttevant town.
Doneraile is also the home of a famous "Hedge Witch" named Bev Richardson, who is sometimes referred to by locals as the Wizard of Doneraile. Bev is originally from the Isle of Mann and as a child ran errands for Gerald Gardner. Gardner is often credited as the founder of Wicca. Bev Richardson's home in Doneraile is located near the site of Castle Pook.
The town is renouned as the town where the first successful agricultural co-operative and creamery was established in 1889 by Horace Plunkett, and is also famed as the pastorate of the great Irish literate Canon P.A. Sheehan where he was parish priest from 1895 until his death in 1913 and who was also politically active in the tenant land purchase movement.
During the early part of May 1853, a countryman ploughing in the neighbourhood of the town of Doneraile, in the county of Cork, turned up a large quantity of silver coins, amounting to more than foty-six ounces in weight, which were purchased by a Silversmith in Cork. They consisted of English shillings and sixpences of Elizabeth, with a few groats, threepences and half-groats of the same queen; also a few groats of her predecessors, Mary, and Philip and Mary both having the bust of Mary; English shillings and sixpences of James 1, upon the union with Scotland and exclusively of the rose, thistle, and fleur-de-lis mint marks; with a large number of the quarter-dollars and smaller money of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Nearly all the coins were in the finest state of preservation, and appeared to have been but little used or in circulation.(1)
See also
References
- http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=9113 Ireland: Where saints, sorcerers and witchcraft are real
External links
- Doneraile parish
- Neill O'Donnell's Doneraile page
- Bev Richardson's Castle Pook page
- A poem by Patrick O'Kelly about Doneraile
- Doneraile Golf Club
- Carker House
- Coin Hoard Article
52°13′N 8°35′W / 52.217°N 8.583°W / 52.217; -8.583
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