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A Notion Or A Nation
9th June 2015
It's interesting to note our modern concept of Nationhood but what is more intriguing to say the least is how our Ancestors viewed it , or not as the case may be. As has been said before in other posts both here and on the blog , our predecessors in Togher going back through the Centuries had a very small world view. They were certainly aware of the " Island Of Ireland " but only in the sense of a shared culture and heritage and language - much like the U.S.A. perhaps or the English Commonwealth. But the land was made up of 150 Kingdoms called Tuath ruled over by a minor King ; these petty Kingdoms being part of a greater Tuatha ruled over by a Provincial King. Even up to the 16th Century , what is now Cork ( and by association Togher ) was part of the Kingdom Of Desmond , which the English viewed as a Country in itself! This was before the English shired the Country into Counties for administrative and tax purposes. So food for thought there.
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