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Cows in Irish tradition and the Cattle Raid of Cooley

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Roisin

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This appeared in the North Clare Local in July. 

Posted in Folklore/History Tagged bulls, Cattle Raid of Cooley, featured, folklore, Irish myth, North Clare Local, Queen Medb, Tain Bo Chuailgne

The Burning of Bridget Cleary, Part II

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Roisin

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This appeared in the North Clare Local in June. Part I can be found here. 

Posted in Folklore/History Tagged Bridget Cleary, changeling, fairy belief, folklore, murder, North Clare Local, superstition

The Burning of Bridget Cleary, Part I

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Roisin

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This appeared in North Clare Local in May. 

Posted in Folklore/History Tagged Bridget Cleary, changeling, fairies, featured, murder, North Clare Local, superstition, Tipperary, Victorian Ireland

Ireland’s most sinister superstition: The changeling

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Roisin

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This appeared in The North Clare Local in April. 

Posted in Folklore/History Tagged changeling, fairies, featured, folklore, North Clare Local, superstition, weird

Back to Hogwarts: Rereading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Roisin

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I cannot believe I’ve finished this series. The previous six reviews can be found here.  There will be extreme spoilers in this post. 

Posted in Books Tagged back to Hogwarts, books, death, featured, final book, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Rereading Harry Potter, spoilers

On the Bookshelf: July 2014

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roisin

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Bit late with this month’s book reviews, but never fear! 

Posted in Books Tagged Blitz, books, England, Ira Levin, Jonas Jonasson, Josef Mengele, July, Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, Nazis, On the bookshelf, postmodern, Sweden, The Boys From Brazil, The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

Back to Hogwarts: Rereading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Roisin

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Reviews of books 1,2,3,4 and 5 can be found here. 

Posted in Books Tagged back to Hogwarts, books, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, opinion, Rereading Harry Potter, review

Back to Hogwarts: Rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Roisin

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You can find the previous four books here.

Posted in Books Tagged back to Hogwarts, books, featured, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, opinion, Rereading Harry Potter, review, The Order of The Phoenix

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