The Irish Society of North Georgia

09/05/2022

Soldier Saturday
Patriot William Candler was born about 1738 in Belfast Ireland. He came to America with his parents and lived in Virginia. He wed Elizabeth Anthony in 1761 and within a year was living in Georgia. By 1771, he was a “Deputy Surveyor”. As the War of Independence kicked off, William Candler found himself in the field under the notable Patriot Elijah Clarke, with whom he fought at Augusta. By late summer of 1780, he was a Major and commanded a small group of Georgians in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Among other Georgia militia nominally under his control was the notorious Captain Patrick Carr, well known for his barbarous treatment of loyalists & tories alike. The attached map is taken from Lyman Draper’s 1881 monumental work “Kings Mountain and its Heroes” and shows the approximate location of Patriot forces early on. Some have written that Major Candler’s force was attached to that of Colonel James Williams, and others have mapped Candler’s location to be between Williams and Shelby, so his spot on the map is your call. William Candler rose to the rank of Colonel and in the post-war era became a member of the Georgia Legislature and a Judge.

Image courtesy NPS

Image description: Black and white artistic diagram of the battle site, with lines and commanders arrayed along the length of prominence.

12/24/2019

12/16/2019

Counties of the Appalachian region Georgia ☘️☘️☘️

12/16/2019

As a Appalachian from North Georgia and Western Carolina definitely the documentary “Hillbilly” on Hulu is worth a view. Goes deep into the social and economic issues of our region - Daniel Gilliland-McAllen 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

12/15/2019

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12/14/2019

Beautiful Saturday

10/31/2019

Happy Halloween (Samhain)

In Celtic Ireland Samhain was the division of the year between the lighter half (summer) and the darker half (winter). At Samhain the division between this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest.

10/13/2019

Thanks for this Kim Heath. Funny, but True 😂

10/09/2019

3rd largest school bus operation in the Nation. Gwinnett is the 2nd most populated county in Georgia amd Gwinnett County Schools are the number one employer in the State.

When it comes to student transportation, Gwinnett County Public Schools has made another milestone.

10/07/2019

Róisín Dubh (Black Rose) | Phil Lynott

The song was inspired by Phil Lynott’s fascination with Irish history and Celtic mythology, and ironically was to become his epitaph. Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas da anam.

‘Róisín Dubh (Black Rose)’
Phil Lynott

Tell me the legends of long ago
When the kings and queens would dance
In the realm of the Black Rose
Play me the melodies I want to know
So I can teach my children, oh

Pray tell me the story of young Cú Chulainn
How his eyes were dark his expression sullen
And how he’d fight and always won
And how they cried when he was fallen

Oh tell me the story of the Queen of this land
And how her sons died at her own hand
And how fools obey commands
Oh tell me the legends of long ago

Where the mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
Will she no come back to me
Will she no come back to me

Oh Shenandoah I hear you calling
Far away you rolling river
Roll down the mountain side
On down on down, go Lassie go

Oh tell me the legends of long ago
When the kings and queens would dance
In the realms of the Black Rose
Play me the melodies so I might know
So I can tell my children, oh

My Róisín Dubh is my one and only true love
It was a joy that Joyce brought to me
While William Butler waits
And Oscar, he’s going Wilde

Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan?
Looking for a girl with green eyes
My dark Rosaleen is my only colleen
That Georgie knows Best

But Van is the man
Starvation once again
Drinking whiskey in the jar-o
Synge’s Pl***oy of the Western World

As Shaw, Sean I was born and reared there
Where the Mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
Is such a long, long way from Tipperary

Image | Phil Lynott lookalike and actor Mile Malambo