Hoping to build up a collection of stories about even minor retreats and defeats of the devil and his slaves in Ireland.
Here's a great story from Glencar, Co Sligo. There is a waterfall there which, when the wind blows, the water falling is blown back up in the air. It has been known locally as "sruth" - stream. This is short for "Sruth in agaidh an airde" - stream in the face of the heights. The stream that flows uphill, in otherwords.
The people who own the land allowed a walking trail to the waterfall - a generous and praiseworthy gesture.
Some west Brit freemason bollox from Sligo County Council objected to the Irish name. The tourists will not be able to pronounce it.
The landowner mentioned that one local family called it "The Devil's chimney". It was a pet name, used exclusively within this one family and unknown to everyone else in the area.
What kind of family are they???
The bollox from the County Council loved this name, of course, and they put this name on all the signage, maps, etc. Google, of course, also adopted it.
But there is pushback. A local petition is being signed by everyone in the area, barring the devil worshipping family, one presumes, to remove silly old satan from the name.
The useless Dara Colleary is the relevant Minister. He will be presented with the petition.
Will he support the english speaking devil or the local Gaelic christians?
Here's a great story from Glencar, Co Sligo. There is a waterfall there which, when the wind blows, the water falling is blown back up in the air. It has been known locally as "sruth" - stream. This is short for "Sruth in agaidh an airde" - stream in the face of the heights. The stream that flows uphill, in otherwords.
The people who own the land allowed a walking trail to the waterfall - a generous and praiseworthy gesture.
Some west Brit freemason bollox from Sligo County Council objected to the Irish name. The tourists will not be able to pronounce it.
The landowner mentioned that one local family called it "The Devil's chimney". It was a pet name, used exclusively within this one family and unknown to everyone else in the area.
What kind of family are they???
The bollox from the County Council loved this name, of course, and they put this name on all the signage, maps, etc. Google, of course, also adopted it.
But there is pushback. A local petition is being signed by everyone in the area, barring the devil worshipping family, one presumes, to remove silly old satan from the name.
The useless Dara Colleary is the relevant Minister. He will be presented with the petition.
Will he support the english speaking devil or the local Gaelic christians?
