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Shared Heritage Miscellany.Pdf SHARED HERITAGE & MYTHS ........a miscellany Compiled as part of the “Shared Heritage & Myths” Programme, funded by the European Union’s PEACE III Programme awarded by the Louth Peace & Reconciliation Partnership “Shared Heritage & Myths” Programme has been delivered by SLR Consulting Ltd in association with Carlingford Community Development, Carlingford and Alliance Youth Works, Rostrevor. For more information on the programme please visit www.tainways.com CONTENTS Introduction 2 Landscape & Archaeology Introduction to Landscape & Archaeology 4 The Landscape & Archaeology of South Louth 5 The Landscape & Archaeology of the Cooley Coast 7 The Landscape & Archaeology of North Louth/ Monaghan and South Armagh 9 The Landscape & Archaeology of the Mournes & South Down 13 Music & the Creative Arts Set Dancing in the Cooley Peninsula 17 Cuchulainn Set 18 Shared Heritage of Music & Creative Arts in Louth and its bordering counties 19 Arts of the Hearth Introduction 23 Recipes 24 Spring Foraging - a list of food plants 28 Christmas Folklore & Traditions 30 Memories...... 32 Community Resources for Peace Building Conflict Pyramids 37 POBAL Cross Border Peace & Reconciliation Framework 39 Writing a Press Release 43 Running an event 45 1 INTRODUCTION The “Shared Heritage & Myths” Programme has been supported by Louth Peace and Reconciliation Partnership, under the European Union’s PEACE III Programme. Over the course of fifteen months, from October 2009 - December 2010, the Programme has been a unique opportunity to enable participants, regardless of their age, background or identity, to explore their common heritage in the context of today’s changing society. The aim of the programme has been to develop a deeper appreciation, of the heritage and myths we share, specifically in Co. Louth and its bordering counties, and to inform how we might develop a more peaceful, shared future. All activities have taken place in the counties of Louth, Down and Armagh and have drawn some of their inspiration from An Táin Bó Cuailgne, anchored as it is in the Cooley Peninsula. The cross-border and cross-community programme of innovative seminars, workshops and site- visits, concluded with a unique Winter festival - “Inheritance 2010" which took place in Carlingford, over the weekend of December 3rd-5th, 2010. Over the course of the Programme in excess of 500 people participated in three distinctive but interconnected elements of the Shared Heritage & Myths Programme: Landscape & Archaeology Seeking to explore and interpret the rich natural and cultural heritage of the region through guided walks and workshops; Music, Storytelling & the Creative Arts To explore the musical, instrumental, choral and artistic heritage of Louth and its surrounding counties through storytelling, workshops and music sessions; Domestic Heritage or “Arts of the Hearth” Examining the heritage handed down in the home and incorporating cooking, crafting, cures, cultivating and cleverness. An opportunity for sharing, learning, practical hands-on experiences, which celebrate our often over-looked heritage of the home; The finale of the Programme “Inheritance 2010" sought to bring together the three themes in a weekend schedule of debate, demonstration, performance, exhibition, seminars, céili-ing and celebration. The adverse snowy weather conditions, which prevailed that particular weekend challenged the delivery, however all events planned, were delivered successfully with some minor adaptations. A total of 300 people participated in the 26 events over the three days. Shared Heritage & Myths was delivered by SLR Consulting in association with Carlingford Community Development and Alliance Youth Works. Additional details on the programme can be found on: www.tainways.com 2 LANDSCAPE & ARCHAEOLOGY Landscape & Archaeology Shared Heritage & Myths through Landscape & Archaeology The landscape is a frequently overlooked aspect of our shared heritage, but yet it informs our sense of place and belonging – the physical shape of the places we live, the familiar horizons of hills and valleys, our townlands and their descriptive place-names, not to mention the soils, streams, groundwater and natural resources, which provide the materials to grow food, farm, quarry and build our homes – ultimately the essential things in life. Linked to the geological 'building blocks' of our physical environment, are the shared cultural spaces which we inhabit….since archaeological time throughout history to the present, humans have made their imprint on the landscape, through cutting and planting trees, tilling soils, shaping fields with stone walls and hedgerows, creating defensive boundaries and building places to live, worship and play. Thus our natural and cultural heritages are inextricably inter-twined and our landscape and archaeology must be viewed in that context. In the following pages, readers are offered an insight into some of the exploratory field trips which were taken during the course of the “Shared Heritage and Myths” Programme in the capable hands of Aude Laffon (Archaeologist) and Deirdre Lewis (Geologist). The notes will allow the reader to replicate these trips themselves, and offer a greater insight and understanding of the landscape and structures they will encounter along the way. 4 Landscape & Archaeology The Landscape & Archaeological Heritage of South Louth Starting point: Millmount Museum in Drogheda A drive along the Boyne Valley, to examine the landscape & archaeological heritage of South Louth. This landscape encompasses geological and glacial heritage, as well as elements of the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, early Christian and medieval periods. Note the steep river valley sides in Drogheda town, the results of large volumes of glacial meltwater at the end of the last Ice Age, c. 13,000 years ago, rushing seawards. It is likely that the glacier exploited an older east-west fault (or crack in the earth’s crust) in the Carboniferous limestones, which form the bedrock of the Boyne Valley, seen in passing in the abandoned Premier Periclase Mell Quarries above the town. Northwards, pass Tullyeskar (Tulach eiscir, little hill of gravel ridges), reflecting the sinuous sub-glacial gravel ridge deposits, “eskers” evident there. Stop 1: Monasterboice (Mainistir Bhuithe, St. Buite’s Monastery), A 6th century, early Christian monastic site, survived by two late medieval churches, three 9th century High Crosses (1) and a Round Tower (2). Two of the crosses are decorated with biblical scenes, some of the finest examples of their type in Europe. The monastery was an important centre of learning, with a library in the Round Tower, & would have supported a significant local population. It was sited on a prominent glacial ridge, providing good visibility of the surrounding plains and any impending attack. To the west and south, you can see U-shaped valleys of the Mattock River system, the classic shape of glacially scoured valleys, and deposits of glacial “till” which forms the good agricultural soils of the locality. Stop 2: Mellifont Abbey 1. 2. This was the first Cistercian Monastery in Ireland, founded by French monks in 1142. It was the mother-house of many Cistercian abbeys and had a strong influence on later religious and architectural developments. The abbey is very well protected, lying along a glacially-formed meltwater channel which is now exploited by the Mattock River. The abbey is founded on outcropping sedimentary rocks aged c. 420 million years, well seen underlying the adjacent small chapel. Interesting to note, the tower house and abbey were built of local stone, but the modern paving and steps were sourced in Co. Clare. You can admire the “trace fossils” of grazing animals in the Liscannor Flagstones. Photo (3) shows the remaining floor plan of Mellifont Abbey, but (4) demonstrates the considerable evolution of architectural heritage to be seen at Mellifont, with at least five periods from 3. early Christian to the modern in evidence. Stop 3: Tullyallen On to Tullyallen (Tulach álainn - beautiful hill), from where you can descended through King William’s Glen, an excellent example of a glacial meltwater channel, to the Curly Hole on the River Boyne, an early ford and fishery of the river. This ford marks the southwards crossing point of the Williamite armies in the Battle of the Boyne, and you can appreciate the military understanding of the landscape (hills, river, glens), as seen (5) in George Storey’s contemporaneous painting (looking south) of the battle site. The channel of King William’s Glen is clearly seen in the central foreground. 4. Looking eastwards along the Boyne Valley from Curly Hole, you can clearly see the glacial scouring effects and lateral moraines downstream. The Mattock River enters from the left, while the Obelisk, built at the fording point on an outcrop of limestones, was blown up in 1922. Note the lack of trees in Ireland’s 18th century landscape. Advance to the “Bend in the Boyne River” of the famous Dowth Newgrange-Knowth passage tombs, where you can see that the Bend is actually controlled by geological faults cutting Upper Carboniferous sedimentary rocks, while the ancient people built their sites on elevated glacial ridges to ensure good defences. 5. Stop 4: Lunch at the Battle of the Boyne Centre, Oldbridge House A good lunch can be had at the Battle of the Boyne Centre at Oldbridge House, the setting of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. A mural has been painted on a local cottage wall commemorating the fact (6). 5 6. Landscape & Archaeology Stop 4: Dowth Passage Tomb Dowth, demonstrates how 19th century excavations damaged the mound of the 3000 BC Bronze Age passage tomb, encompassing two passages. The northerly passage, with some very impressive megalithic art, is 12m in length and ends in a cruciform chamber, with an L-shaped chamber leading off the right-hand recess. The second passage is much plainer, ending in a sub-circular chamber. However, this passage is aligned with the winter solstice sunset. The entrance to the main tomb is evident (7), with cup marks on the entry stone (8). On the east flank, the original kerb stones can be seen, with mysterious (possibly sundials) inscribed (9).
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