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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Houses found in the Dungarvan Valley Older than Newgrange & Stonehenge Article I wrote in this week’s Dungarvan Leader about our Waterford County Museum visit to the Cappagh Quarry excavation recently. Details about the upcoming talk and exhibition.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

St Brigid’s Day sunshine ☀️ According to folklore, this is when the Cailleach goes out gathering firewood… which means winter’s not done with us yet 🪵❄️ #Imbolc

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Kilgreany Cave, Dungarvan Valley: Artist interpretation of a #Waterford Neolithic (4000BC -2500BC) burial. The female, over 25, suffered a traumatic jaw injury, possibly from a projectile, with chronic infection, rare direct evidence of Neolithic conflict. #IrishArchaeology Artist: John Murphy

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Bullaun stone built into a stone wall near the old ruined church at Kilrush, Dungarvan #Waterford

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A unique sandstone sarcophagus grave marker at Kilrush Church ruins, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford - hidden in plain sight. #History #Waterford #Archaeology #Ireland

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A glimpse of the 13h century Abbey (Clogaus) ruins from Abbeyside strand ❤️ #Waterford

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Stunning moon this evening rising near Cruachán 🌕

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

“The last night of October is ‘amlais’ night. It is also snap-apple night & Halloween.The young men of the district go around gathering alms or ‘amlais’ on that night. This custom has died out now and there weren’t any gathering ‘amlais’ this year.” — Tomás Breathnach, Kill, Co. Waterford (1930s) 🕯️

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The Ghost of Glencairn Abbey a 18th century woman who literally lost her heart 🎃 #Halloween #Samhain #WaterfordFolklore #History #Dungarvanleader

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I have a spooky article in this week’s #Dungarvan Leader about the White Lady or Ghost of Glencairn Abbey 🎃such a great tale! 👀 I also caught up with Gemma on @wlrfm.bsky.social to chat about the fabled Petticoat Loose a Waterford which eventually banished to Bay Lough.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Listen back: Absolutely loved being part of this live recorded podcast. Digging Into Waterford: Episode 7 – Live at @House of Waterford. Now available to listen back. Thanks for Claire & all the team at Visit Waterford. Such a lovely evening ❤️ Recorded live: Listen back:👇🏻 tinyurl.com/2hcyz23c

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Lily Mernin –Intelligence Agent and proud Waterford woman🇮🇪 Some of the amazing women are now up on the new Waterford County Museum website – including Lily Mernin who worked inside Dublin Castle during the War of Independence. www.waterfordmuseum.ie/waterfords-r...

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ardmore Ogham Stone: LUGUDECCAS MAQỊ/ ̣ ̣? ̣ ̣MU]/COI NETA-SEGAMONAS/ DOLATI BIGAISGOB..Translation of Luguid son of ...? descent of Nad-Segamon' (Ogham 3D) NETA-SEGAMONAS a local dynasty likely active in w Waterford 5th–7th c. The name appears on stones also at Kilgrovan Island & possibly Knockboy

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Waterford - #CustersLastStand June 25th the anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Four of the privates that fought alongside Custer at the last stand were born in Waterford. Their remains are buried on the Last Stand Hill. abbeysideheritagearchive.blogspot.com/2011/07/custer…

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🔥 “They lit a big fire on the boreen and drove the cattle through it…” 🔥 St John’s Eve - Solstice customs from @duchas_ie #SchoolsFolklore — Patrick O’Rourke, Glentown #Waterford recalls a world of fire, fields & folk belief. More to come as we count down to #StJohnsEve in #Waterford ☀️

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The Mórrígan: Irish goddess of war, fate & sovereignty. She shapeshifts from crow, wolf, eel, woman, foretelling doom, guiding battles, haunting heroes like Cú Chulainn. A force of chaos & prophecy in Ireland’s oldest myths. #Morrigan #IrishMythology #Ireland

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Delighted that I’ve been accepted to the MA in Gaelic Literature & Culture at UCC starting September! I’ve long loved Irish sagas, mythology & manuscripts & now I get to study them properly. So excited to delve in. Expect lots of posts on myth, folklore & ancient texts over the next two years! 📚✨

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I’ve always been fascinated by keening the ancient vocal lament once heard at funerals in Ireland and Scotland. This 1950s recording,m, is the first I’ve heard. It’s not what I expected, rhythmic, haunting &unexpectedly beautiful. #Folklore #Keening youtu.be/vgts7_b1JWY

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Keening | Six authentic recordings from Ireland and Scotland (1955-1965)

YouTube video by The Folk Revival Project

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I will be chatting to Gemma Delaney WLRfm after lunch today about Gallowhsill Community archaeology Project 😄 Which all started 10 years ago this year @WatCoMus and is part of @HeritageHubIRE #Adoptamonument initiatives. Funded and supported @RIAdawson @WaterfordCounci @CreativeIreland

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Beautiful old wrought iron gates near Colligan Woods, #Waterford quiet markers of Waterford’s rural past. Standing watch as the landscape changes around them.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Beautiful old wrought iron gates near Colligan Woods, #Waterford quiet markers of Waterford’s rural past. Standing watch as the landscape changes around them.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Chatting to Gemma Delaney @wlrfm.bsky.social today about the #legend and #folklore of notorious highwayman William Crotty 📻 #Waterfordhistory

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Always lots of pebble flint at Ballinard, Ballinacourty strand. We found various worked flint pieces at Gallowshill over the years excavating that originated from pebble #Flint , maybe even from Ballinacourty! A report dated them to the late #Neolithic period. Helvick in the distance.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

A Glimpse Through Time 💕 A photo can capture a moment but sometimes, it holds entire lifetimes. In this photo, taken by Edmond Keohan, four generations of women and one small boy quietly speak volumes. Seated to the right is Ellen O’Mahoney, my 3x great-grandmother, born in Aglish in 1838.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Helvickhead, An Rinn #Waterford ❤️ a view of Helvick is especially beautiful as you round the bend on the pike towards Dungarvan #stunning

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Look at those Faces 😍 beautifully captured photograph by Tom Tobin, 1950s at T.J Murphy Place from 'Up the Village' #Abbeyside L-R - Michael Power, Dermot Wade, John Tobin, Dermot O'Brien, Ester Tobin and Paddy Tobin.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

In my happy place 😊⛏️a week of digging at Ballynamintra caves, in 2019

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Sunlight reflecting on Affane Church and graveyard, Co Waterford. The famed healer Greatrakes is believed to be buried in the church. Although other sources state Lismore cathedral. #churchruins #Waterfordhistory

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

CnamBan Founded 2nd April 1914 Listen back to @wlrfm.bsky.social today with Gemma Delaney to hear our chat about the forgotten story of #Waterford Cumman an mBan women during the the War of Independence and Civil War 🇮🇪 #Cummannamban #Womenshistory

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Crotty's Cave, Comeragh Mountains A historic photograph c1900 shows unidentified men at Crotty’s Cave in the infamous hideout of William Crotty, notorious highwayman. The chamber, hidden beneath Crotty’s Rock. On 18 March 1742, he was hanged, and his severed head was displayed above Waterford gaol.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I will be chatting with Gemma Delaney later on wlrfm about an interesting Waterford place-name ‘Murdering Glen’ and the bloody and violent days of Faction Fighting in #Waterford #Factionfights

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Delighted to present at last weeks @HeritageHubIRE information webinar about our experiences with #Adoptamonument Applications close this week, so don’t delay 🙌 Listen back 👇🏻 t.co/L9NOjk67YB Gallowshill Community project is supported by @WaterfordCounci @RIAdawson @CreativeIreland

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Beautiful…. A view of Helvickhead and An Rinn from Clonea strand 💛 #Waterford

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Isn’t it stunning, I love the small details!

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Nora Whelan, Kilnafrehan, Co. Waterford, 1916 aged 18 years playing Coleen Bawn at Dungarvan Theatre. Nora was a founding member of Dungarvan Cumman in 1918. Courtesy Waterford County Museum.

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#Internationalwomensday2025 Nora Whelan, Kilnafrehan, Co. Waterford at 18 she worked as a domestic servant in Dan Fraher’s home a hub of revolutionary activity. Member of CnamBan 1918-23. Refused a pension in December, 1950, she wrote a letter to the pension, ‘I feel justice wasn’t done on my case’

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

As far as I can remember the family have the cert he received. sure it was display at some stage in the archive. There’s a photo of the Captain on the Museum website,he owned a shop in O’Connell street and was one of the volunteer crew. His family would have more photos. Will get a family contact.

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