Feakle
Feakle ( Irish : An Fhiacail; German: "The Tooth") is a place in County Clare in the south west of Ireland . In 2016, the town had 105 inhabitants, which means that the number of inhabitants has decreased by 35% since 1991.
location
Feakle (Irish: An Fhiacail) is located in the east of County Clare on the R468 regional road, just a few kilometers west of Lough Derg and south of Lough Graney . The next larger town is Tulla in the southwest. A little further to the south (approx. 30 km) you come across Limerick and to the south-west is Shannon Airport (SNN).
history
According to some, Feakle Parish is an Anglicization of the Irish name paroiste na fiacaile , which means "district of the tooth" or "district of the tooth". The unusual name refers to a tooth belonging to an Irish saint named Mochonna . This tooth should have failed the man in this place of all places. Whereupon, according to legend, he later built a church on the same spot. Others claim, however, that the name of the place derives from fiathgail , a rough type of grass in this area, with which houses were covered, and so the name Teampall na Fiathgail came into use. According to a third explanation, the name is said to come from Fia-Choill , which translates as Rehwald . It is therefore not entirely certain where the name comes from. However, the version with the tooth seems to prevail, especially since one of the eleven St. Mochonna's that existed in Ireland was and is worshiped here. Which of them is not sure either. The old church that bore his name, and in the shadow of which Brian Merriman wrote his famous 1000-line Irish-language poem The Midnight Court (Cúirt to Mheán Oíche) at the end of the 18th century , was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century and replaced by a Protestant one Church erected. In general, Merriman has in his poem the place and its surroundings, as well as z. B. Lough Graney, a few kilometers to the north, is a memorial and immortalized in literature.
The place is already mentioned in the 131st line of the poem: "Tá an chúirt seo seasmhach feasta sa bhFiacail " ("The village of Feakle is where the court sits").
Brian Merriman
Brian Merriman (1749-1805) was an Irish-speaking poet in the late 18th century. Little is known about the first years of his life. Merriman was born in Inis Diomáin , but lived most of his life in Feakle. He was a passionate violin player and is said to have led a life as a cheerful bon vivant in his youth who was not averse to pleasure. (Hence the name: merry man) The Grft. Clare, who still has a rich and varied musical life today, must have been very inspiring to a person like Merriman at the time. He was in Cill Clairin , a townland of Feakle as a "hedge-schoolmaster" active, that is, he gave teaching materials such as Irish culture and language in the times of the special criminal laws ( Penal Laws were banned). In his poem, Merriman repeatedly lamented the decline of the Irish language.
However, his famous 1000-line Irish-language poem "The Midnight Court" (Cúirt to Mheán Oíche) made him immortal and at Bunshoon Bridge on Lough Graney (Irish Loch Gréine), between Flagmount (Irish Leacain an Éadain) and Caher, was for A memorial stone was erected for him in the 1990s. When he died in Limerick in 1805, he was buried in Feakle at his own request. A memorial erected by the Merriman Society ( An Cumman Merriman ) in the local cemetery today commemorates the famous resident of the town.
Surroundings
The area between Feakle and around Lough Graney is considered one of the most beautiful corners of the Grft. Clare and is also known as the " Killarney " of Clare. An infrastructure with u. a. the "East Clare Way" hiking trail takes this into account.
Feakle music festival
Since 1988 Feakle has hosted a traditional Irish music festival during the summer. Well-known soloists and groups with an emphasis on traditional music, such as B. Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola (2003), Liam Clancy (2005) or Líadan (2007) but also lesser known musicians perform here in August over a period of several days. Regular participants, both in the concerts and in the workshops, are musicians such as the Tulla Céilí Band, Seamus Begley and the well-known fiddle player Martin Hayes . For Hayes, it's a home game, as it were, because he comes from near Feakle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Feakle (Census Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on September 9, 2019
- ↑ Feakle in LOGAINM, the ir. Place name database: here ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The poem in Standard Irish with the English translation by Nollaigh Ó Fathaigh: here
- ↑ Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre sometimes in Irish . Since the Irish name is probably a translation from English, the English name is also mostly used in Irish texts.
- ↑ His father's name is completely unknown and his mother's last name was Quilkeen . The origin of the surname Merriman is unclear, but it seems to have been a kind of nickname. In addition, the poet plays with his English name at the end of his major work. See line 987/988: "Is taibhseach taitneamhach tairbheach tréitheach Meidhreach meanmnach a ainm is is aerach." ( Merryman seems a name for a merry man But, in your case, I must say it just doesn't scan ).
- ↑ Information on the "East Clare Way" hiking trail and bicycle tours: here ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Feaklefestival here
- ↑ Past festivals here ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Location description of Feakle on the website of the Merriman Society
- The Merriman Society (Irish / English)
- The "East Clare Way" hiking trail
- Walking tours around Feakle
- Local map of Feakle and Lough Graney (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- Bus Éireann line 348 Scariff-Flagmount-Feakle-Tulla - Ennis timetable (bus goes via Clooney and Spancil Hill) (PDF; 24 kB)
Coordinates: 52 ° 56 ′ N , 8 ° 39 ′ W