where was I (in Oct 2011...)
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A couple of miles south of Rosslare Harbour 
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Jockser, no flies on you or if there are, they are paying rent!
On the road to Ballytrent Beach, a fine spot for a walk.
http://ballytrenthouse.com/
The plaque is at the gate (locked) to Ballytrent House. There is a huge tall flagpole in the garden there, with interesting history.
The Flag Pole.
The 116 foot tall flagpole that was once the tallest mast in the British Isles stands on the outer circle of the rath to the seaward side and was used to signal to ships before the days of radio communications.
It was transported to Ireland from Canada strapped to the side of a sailing ship. On arrival at Tuskar, it was dropped overboard and floated in on the beach at Ballytrent. It is believed that men sitting astride the mast paddled it in to the shore. Even in these modern times, moving a load of almost forty meters would be a reasonably large undertaking – but in the 1800′s it must have been a monumental and highly dangerous operation.
I am fascinated by the language on some of the plaques in Wexford, reflecting the hybrid immigration. They had Cornish miners, Quakers, windmill people (from Holland?), Huguenots, Normans, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_and_Bargy_dialect
On the road to Ballytrent Beach, a fine spot for a walk.
http://ballytrenthouse.com/
The plaque is at the gate (locked) to Ballytrent House. There is a huge tall flagpole in the garden there, with interesting history.
The Flag Pole.
The 116 foot tall flagpole that was once the tallest mast in the British Isles stands on the outer circle of the rath to the seaward side and was used to signal to ships before the days of radio communications.
It was transported to Ireland from Canada strapped to the side of a sailing ship. On arrival at Tuskar, it was dropped overboard and floated in on the beach at Ballytrent. It is believed that men sitting astride the mast paddled it in to the shore. Even in these modern times, moving a load of almost forty meters would be a reasonably large undertaking – but in the 1800′s it must have been a monumental and highly dangerous operation.
I am fascinated by the language on some of the plaques in Wexford, reflecting the hybrid immigration. They had Cornish miners, Quakers, windmill people (from Holland?), Huguenots, Normans, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_and_Bargy_dialect
