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The Origins of the Irish: a review
I have always thought that the treasure was looted. Maybe by Normans, but the oppressed Saxons were not averse to stealing from their Norman oppressors.
frankbeswick, on 07/06/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
A continental origin in Europe makes the most sense, butIrish mythology tends to think of Spain or of places in classical myth. A British Homeland was never considered.
frankbeswick, on 07/06/2023
Frances Brundage, an artist of picture books and postcards
The image under Frances' sixth role as calendar maker caught my attention.
The calendar has its days organized according to day of the week. For example, Sunday lists all the days upon which it falls on one line. I recall seeing no calendar ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Derdriu
that is far more likely. :)
Veronica, on 07/05/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
I'm finding your guidelines most helpful as a I wend my way through pink-painting the dollhouse that I've designed and the shed that I'm fixing up as a really trendy garage -- a bit scary since the terrain is downward to a mosquito-riddled creek ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Veronica, Thank you for all the tallies of how briefly Norman monarchs ruled England in England.
Not only was King John rude to the Irish nobility but also he was careless about the royal treasure, "lost" in his crossing the Wash.
Or would it ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
There's a theory among emigration/immigration/migration researchers -- of whom I can be considered one with graduate work on comparative German and Japanese migration to Latin America -- that people who leave one place preferentially seek ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
It varies withbthe individual monarch. The Tudors were very intelligent, but the Stuarts and Hanoverians were none too clever.
frankbeswick, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The Normans were landgrabbers, they needed to boost the supply of land to boost the rewards given to noblemen, who used to be given land in return for military service.so they plundered Ireland. This reminds me of a saying by the writer John ...
frankbeswick, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
I doubt the British monarchs are intelligent enough to learn Irish Gaelic.
Veronica, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Even if Henry 11 did spend longer than other Norman kings in England, it was still only 14 years out of 34 .
The Normans merely wanted to own England and plunder its wealth. They were more interested in France. They did not even bother to learn ...
Veronica, on 07/03/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The image below the subheading Bathroom features a bathtub.
The United States sometimes has a bathroom as a room with just a shower, just a tub or both. In the case of the latter the shower and the tub may be across from or alongside one ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The Norman kings spoke French but not English. The only time a British monarch used Irish was when she, El.Izabeth the Second, visited Ireland and spoke some prepared phrases.
The Normans did not need telling that Ireland was there, people knew ...
frankbeswick, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Fishing grounds in the Irish Sea are shared between th.e European Union and The UK according to international law. The large eels are in inland waters and therefore belong to the country in whose territory the lake is. A really big eel might be ...
frankbeswick, on 07/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The computer crashed before I could continue to my next question about the Irish Sea.
Who gets to fish in the Irish Sea? Would there be fishers specifically interested in the huge eels there? And what would one do with a really big eel?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/03/2023