Qualla: Macroom https://qualla.com/macroom en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Macroom https://qualla.com/macroom Macroom: Introduction https://qualla.com/macroom/ The Irish name is Maigh Chromtha, which most likely means crooked plain, a reference to the bend the River Sullane makes through the centre of town. Other readings exist. Some scholars suggest it means meeting place of followers of the god Crom, a deity older than Christianity. Others go with crooked oak, after a famous tree said to have grown in the town square in the reign of King John. Take your pick: a bend in a river, a pagan god, a vanished oak. All three are plausible. None of them is provable. Macroom sits halfway between Cork city and Killarney and has been doing whatever it does for so long that the name itself has fragmented into three competing memories.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/x/macroom-wp/gc1x-macroom-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Macroom: Druids, Eoganachta, MacCarthys https://qualla.com/macroom/ The first historical mention of Macroom is in 6th-century records, when it was called Achad Dorbchon and sat inside the petty kingdom of Muscraighe Mitine. Tradition has it as a meeting place for the druids of Munster and a base for bardic conventions. Before then it was older st...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/x/macroom-wp/gc1x-macroom-the-gearagh.mp3 0:06 5 full Macroom: Mountain Dew https://qualla.com/macroom/ From 1976 to 1982, Macroom hosted the Mountain Dew Festival, Ireland's first major rock festival. Up to 20,000 people came each year. The lineup included Rory Gallagher, Phil Lynott, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull, and Horslips. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols tur...

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