Chrissy Knight-O’Connor
@chrissyknightoc.bsky.social
Works at Adviser/Advocate.
Local Historian, Author, Blogger: History/Folklore/Community Archaeology
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Waterford history chat Wednesdays: WLRFM with Gemma Delaney #livewire
Local Historian, Author, Blogger: History/Folklore/Community Archaeology
Subscribe to my blog: Echoes from the Déise https://echoesfromthedeise.blog/subscribe
Waterford history chat Wednesdays: WLRFM with Gemma Delaney #livewire
“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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— Tomás Breathnach, Kill, Co. Waterford (1930s)
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October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“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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— Tomás Breathnach, Kill, Co. Waterford (1930s)
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The Ghost of Glencairn Abbey a 18th century woman who literally lost her heart 🎃 #Halloween #Samhain #WaterfordFolklore #History #Dungarvanleader
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Ghost of Glencairn Abbey a 18th century woman who literally lost her heart 🎃 #Halloween #Samhain #WaterfordFolklore #History #Dungarvanleader
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:👇🏻
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Thanks for Claire & all the team at Visit Waterford. Such a lovely evening ❤️
Recorded live: Listen back:👇🏻
tinyurl.com/2hcyz23c
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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
Thanks for Claire & all the team at Visit Waterford. Such a lovely evening ❤️
Recorded live: Listen back:👇🏻
tinyurl.com/2hcyz23c
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.
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.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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.
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.
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...
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...
July 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...
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...
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
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
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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
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
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…
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…
June 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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…
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…
🔥 “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 ☀️
June 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🔥 “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 ☀️
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
June 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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
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! 📚✨
June 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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! 📚✨
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
Funded and supported @RIAdawson @WaterfordCounci @CreativeIreland
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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
Funded and supported @RIAdawson @WaterfordCounci @CreativeIreland
Beautiful old wrought iron gates near Colligan Woods, #Waterford quiet markers of Waterford’s rural past. Standing watch as the landscape changes around them.
May 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Beautiful old wrought iron gates near Colligan Woods, #Waterford quiet markers of Waterford’s rural past. Standing watch as the landscape changes around them.
Chatting to Gemma Delaney @wlrfm.bsky.social today about the #legend and #folklore of notorious highwayman William Crotty 📻 #Waterfordhistory
April 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Chatting to Gemma Delaney @wlrfm.bsky.social today about the #legend and #folklore of notorious highwayman William Crotty 📻 #Waterfordhistory
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.
April 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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.
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.
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.
April 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
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.
Helvickhead, An Rinn #Waterford ❤️ a view of Helvick is especially beautiful as you round the bend on the pike towards Dungarvan #stunning
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Helvickhead, An Rinn #Waterford ❤️ a view of Helvick is especially beautiful as you round the bend on the pike towards Dungarvan #stunning
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.
April 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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.
In my happy place 😊⛏️a week of digging at Ballynamintra caves, in 2019
April 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In my happy place 😊⛏️a week of digging at Ballynamintra caves, in 2019
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
#churchruins #Waterfordhistory
April 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
#churchruins #Waterfordhistory
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
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
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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
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.
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.
March 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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.
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.
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
March 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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
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
@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
March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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
@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
Beautiful…. A view of Helvickhead and An Rinn from Clonea strand 💛 #Waterford
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Beautiful…. A view of Helvickhead and An Rinn from Clonea strand 💛 #Waterford
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.
March 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.