Author: seanstephens

Wall map at Parke's Castle showing the Lough Gill region
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CastlesNews

What AI Saw on a 1600 Map of O Dowdes Countrie

seanstephens
May 1, 2026
Two O'Dowd's pub, Ballina, Co. Mayo
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A Pint at Two O’Dowd’s: The Family Ordinary in Ballina

seanstephens
April 27, 2026
Sean O'Dowda Stephens raises the White Wand on the inauguration mound at Enniscrone, 9 October 2025, as cloaked clan members look on
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From Rally to Homecoming

seanstephens
April 27, 2026
Runners gathered at the start line of the O'Dubhda Challenge in Enniscrone, with the Old Church visible in the background and West Sligo AC branding on the photo
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The O’Dubhda Challenge: Running a Thousand Years of Tireragh

seanstephens
April 26, 2026
A true description of the Northwest parts of Ireland, by Captain John Baxter, finished by Baptista Boazio, c.1600. Royal Museums Greenwich.
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Castles

Castle-Hunting with a 400-Year-Old Map: What Baxter c.1600 Tells Us About Lost O’Dubhda Strongholds

seanstephens
April 20, 2026
Closeup: O Dondey labeled on the Sligo coast in John Speed's 1610 map
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On the Maps: how we became “O Dondey”

seanstephens
April 16, 2026
Cottlestown Castle, a late-sixteenth-century O'Dowd fortified house in the barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo
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Castles

How Many Castles Did the O’Dowds Actually Have? (More Than You Think — and We’re Still Counting)

seanstephens
April 10, 2026
Sean O'Dowda Stephens raises the White Wand on the inauguration mound at Enniscrone, 9 October 2025, as cloaked clan members look on
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Rallies

The 2025 Rally — Silver Jubilee of the Inauguration

seanstephens
October 8, 2025
The Dog's Battleflag — emblem from the Ardnaglass folklore tradition
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The Dog’s Battleflag

seanstephens
September 29, 2025
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The Inauguration of the Ó Dubhda

seanstephens
September 11, 2025
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Gaelic Inaugurations: What They Tended to Include (1100–1600)

seanstephens
September 11, 2025
Rathlee signal tower viewed from the grass showing the bartizan at the corner
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Guardians of the Coast: The Story of Rathlee Signal Tower and Ireland’s Napoleonic ’10 Pound Castles’

seanstephens
July 10, 2025