Nice wee Cottage and Farmhouse

..... is now hidden from public eyes.

what a beautiful explore! looks lovely

So nice to see a derelict building that has not been totally trashed. Some great pictures there mate , well done.

Thanks. I had fun. I borrowed a friends camera so I was able to take some quality pics.

I would have ran out the house if i had seen that dog!

Fabulous finds there, Limpet. Looks like a great place for a good mooch and rummage.
Gorgeous setting, too.

Limpet, that cottage needs you in there, mate! It's a crying shame for such a place to rot away when there's good guys, like yeself, who'd live in it sympathetically. Do ye know the owner? Have ye ran it past them? Looking for a miracle, maybe. But just think; What if the owner can't be doing with renovating it for sale or let and simply doesn't comprehend that anyone would take it on as is? Worth a shot, anyway ...

Now, try and hang on as I might, I'm afraid this so called, connection of mine ~ coupled with my half strength minus Memory ~ just couldn't manage half ye photo's there. Just too 'heavy' But I think I saw enough to get the ideas.

Is that tree actually coming out the window of that farm house?! Whether or not, that's going to break the place up eventually, isn't it?

And stairs?! Yeppers. I Hate stairs too! When Dean O' and I did the Rendering Plant (or what ever that 'Animal Feed' place was - everyone I ask has a different opinion, except regarding the smell from the place) the first thing I did was creep up the concrete stair case. Then my nerve all but gave out! Just scared the hell out of me. That's one Dangerous place, to be honest with ye. And I wouldn't be too happy going upstairs in a place like ye farmhouse there either. Only, we Have To, don't we?

Fancy finding that Celtic Tiger too, eh? Ye do realise that must have been a ghost? Last Celtic Tiger went tits up at least a year ago now

Anyway, mate; Good to see ye joining in. Great fun, isn't it? I was saying to Dean O' how maybe he and I should form something like the " Rural Architecture of Ireland Studies Association (I just thought that one up, sat right here look. Sharp sounding name, eh?) We could sit about writing learned letters to each other, on official note paper, which I could print off right here

Figure that might give us a bit of validation with land owners. As it is, we depend on Dean's impressive looking camera.

We have some other places ear marked now. But, of course .....

Jacko159 he is harmless I like the quotes in your signature by the way.

Ditchmeister good to hear from you. At least your not blown away to the land of Oz! Its a real tropical storm out there, and the rest of Europe is basking in sunshine

I do this type of exploration all the time, accept I never thought to publicly share it with anyone until you directed me here. If I can get hold of that camera again I will post some more for ye.

About the cottage. I will give it a try. I know the landlord. In fact my parents rent a house off hiim. He is the type of fella though that would laugh at me for asking, but maybe the prospect of a brown envelope in his pocket every month will convince him. The devious celtic tiger was hard on these house builders and now they are suffering with high mortages and no tenants. I think this celtic tiger that I found may be a sign, but can we really trust the tiger anymore?

Perhaps you will find a Celtic Dingo in one of your explores. I have heard they are tormenting sh*t eaters that burn 100's of euros out of your pocket

Yep that tree was growing out of the house. The house itself is being eaten by all forms of nature.

You know most country folk are very hospitable as you know, so I think you will have no problems for asking permission to tresspass on their Granny's old homestead, but the thing you will have to deal with it the annoying gossip. Every Joe Soap in the village will hear about it.... I can hear it now "That Cowboy Brit back there was taking photos of......"

Limpet; Before any Mod's get to feel we're drifting a bit from Topic to personal chat here, I'll just try to soothe them with a point that I'd forgotten to mention in my last post; The 'correct' name for the hanging mechanism in the fireplaces here.

Fact is, my Great Grandmother was an Irish Gypsy and she married an English one. Therefore all their children were brought up learning a strange concoction of Gaelic, Anglo Romanes (vocabulary of British Gypsys) and some of the Irish Gypsys language, the name of which has escaped me.

Bear with me now; This might take some working through, let alone explaining ..... See, one of her last surviving daughters ~ my Great Aunt ~ once mentioned the " Kiddlecrane " to me. Explaning that that's the thing one hung the pot, or kettle, over the fire with.

Ok. Now we next have to absorb the fact that by no means All Gypsys lived 'On The Road' fifty two weeks of the year. Many were in the habit of holing up, for winter, in cheap, rented accommodation. This further queers the pitch for a definitive statement. Ye see, she'd not only have words from Four different languages, for every day things. She'd also have two different Concepts.

To best explain this, let's take the very Fireplace this whole discussion is based on. In Anglo Romanes, a " Fire " is known as a Yog. Probably more specifically a camp fire. But that's the word used for " Fire ", regardless.

Now, this isn't a 'Teach Yeself Gypsy' lesson. So; There's a Gypsy word and a Gypsy term, in English, for the hooked bar one drives into the earth to hang a kettle from, over the camp fire. And none of them is " Kiddlecrane ". So, it doesn't look like an Anglo Romani word.

I honestly know only about two or four words of the Irish Gypsys tongue. None of those concerns us here. Oh, and I know about as much Gaelic. You, I know, are quite up on that. The plot thickens.

Not in the OED, I'd guess? Not Romani. If it's Gaelic? You obviously don't recognise it. That leaves us only the Irish Gypsy language. Maybe that's it? A word she learned from her Mother? Sounds like a case cracked wide open, doesn't it?

Only I've ~ in a past life! ~ Read the Irish Gyspsys talk. I.e, seen some written down. Believe me; It's as incomprehensible to me as Romanes would be to you. Complete and utter gibberish ~ to me. But then, I hear it might be based on 'Shelta', a form of Gaelic? Which would also be, obviously, 'gibberish' to me.

Sort of working through this as I type it, mate. Stick with it, please ..... It's the " .....crane " bit that gets me. Doesn't that, for all the world, conjure up the image of something that swings about, with a load at the end of it? Just like the Tower Cranes on modern construction sites? Just like the " Kiddlecrane " ( Kiddle Crane? I'm spelling mine phonetically) swings out from the fireplace, carrying the kettle?

Even " Kettle " ..... Kettle Crane simply makes sense, doesn't it? Might " Kiddle " be some bastardisation of " Kettle "? Only my Great Aunt called a Kettle a " Kettle " and a " Kiddlecrane " just that.

Damn, my head hurts!

Limpet? I think, if ye just refer to that thing as a " Kettle Crane ", no one's going to argue with ye. In fact, I was explaining about 'my' " Kiddlecrane ", with the kettle still on there, to Pat, just the other day. Ye know how people sort of half look at ye, half study the road, as they listen to ye? Occassionally nodding their understanding and encouragement to carry on?

Well, as I stumbled over the term " Kiddlecrane ..... if ye know what I mean by that. Term I know it by ... " Pat sort of gave that almost imperceptible nuance of expression that said, " Mm. I know what ye talking about. Carry on ..... "

Maybe I should just ask Pat? This needs sorting. Damn things'll crop up all the time in our posts, no doubt. Can't go on explaining and confusing like this.




{Now, on a more personal level; Yes, mate. Blowing a tin tester here, much of the day and looks set to blow all night! Rain with much of it! Will we get a hay harvest This year???

Camera? Of course, ye stuck with ye phone, aren't ye? I've just bought an Olympus U1040. £150. Takes what I show, and I haven't got a clue how to really use it yet. I just press different buttons and take the same shots. Sort them out at home. Tiny little thing ye can take Everywhere. You're young enough to suss one out properly. Make the most of it. Bet ye'd get some amazing shots with one.

I remember something ye once said, about a shot gun, when I was wanting ..... Fancy one of these?

(Cheers, Mods. We can take this to e mail now )

Thank you.}

limpet said:

Jacko159 he is harmless I like the quotes in your signature by the way.

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They're written by my ancesters!