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The House and Gatelodge in the townland of Cremona were built in the late 18th century and originally named ‘Foxhall’. Foxhall was on the road to the now lost village of ‘Furrows’ which later became known as ‘Forest’ Road.
An Officer of Napoleon’s Légion Irlandaise returning to Dublin re-named the Dublin townland ‘Cremona’ in honour of the famous victory over Austrian forces by the Irish Brigade of the French Army in 1702.
Cremona in north Dublin continues to celebrate strong bonds with France and with the descendants of the ‘Wild Geese’ now scattered to the four winds from the 16th century onwards.
Explore the Battle of Cremona further here:
Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library Portumna: http://indigo.ie/~wildgees/cremona
Academic Accelerator: https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/battle-of-cremona
Seamus Dubhghaill Promoting Irish Culture and History from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. https://seamusdubhghaill.com/2021/02/01/the-battle-of-cremona/
Battle of Cremona story on Google Books.
The authors of the calendar changed the names of months and the days of the week, eliminating all Judeo-Christian religious references and replacing these with Latin-based names that most frequently referred to plants and other natural phenomena.
Replacing “Saint’s Days” in the Gregorian calendar, each day of the year was assigned a seasonally appropriate plant, flower, fruit, or other food or food preparation item (for example, October 4th corresponds to Potiron (winter squash or pumpkin); May 25th is Mélisse (lemon balm); etc).
All twelve months were assigned 30 days allowing for five or six extra days at the end of the year. Weeks were given 10 days, and months were given three “decades” to account for the 30 days. There were only 10 hours in a day not 24.
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Cremona House, originally called Foxhall, was built in the 18th century and lived in by an Irish officer of the French Army. Following the officer’s return from Napoleon’s Legion he renamed his home Cremona in honour of the famous victory by La Brigade Irlandaise, who liberated the city of Cremona in Italy from Austrian forces in 1702.
The house has been extended over the centuries and has plenty of interior space to accommodate living history events, exhibitions, a library, a souvenir shop, function rooms and refreshment facilities.
