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3. The Doagh Famine Village Museum, Doagh Island (Isle), Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal
Doagh Island is a quiet peninsular for wild flowers, sea breezes and relaxing walking AND of course, the Doagh Island Famine ('folk') Museum (below). The ruins of Carrickabraghey (Carrickabraghy) Castle are on the left overlooking the sea (Atlantic ocean!).
In the car park and sets the tone for great few hours of history and craic as illustrated below!
You get far more for your money than a cup of tea and a slice of delicious brown bread at the Doagh Isle visitor centre.
Michael, the man with the 'manner' - for gifted 'hyper gab' - excellent
unbiased historical 'craic' on such diverse subjects as an Irish
wake, Presbyterian meeting house, an Orange hall, Mass rock, the
travelling community (Irish gypsies - the 'travellers'), Republican safe
houses, 'Old Ireland' in an 'uncommercialised' - interdenominational way
i.e. the history, food, cures and the rest of Irish life in an
entertaining humorous way.
Examples of traditional buildings in the west of Ireland.
The wake, complete with 'professional' wailer
on the right of the coffin.
The eviction! If you couldn't pay the rent you were evicted and the house boarded up. If you broke back into the house, it was demolished. A great place to visit, thoroughly entertaining and much history, some of it uncomfortable to either Irish or English people, to learn! |
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