The yellow arrows and the scallop shell vie with each other for the honour of most recognisable symbol of the Camino and I think every perigrino’s heart has lightened on seeing them on those rare occasions when we’ve gone off the beaten track. While the shell has a long association with the Camino, the yellowContinue reading “Yellow arrows and the Shell symbol”
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The oldest guide to the Camino
Keeping donkeys for oral sex does not seem like the kind of thing you would normally associate with a travel guide, especially one dedicated to a pilgrimage, but sure enough there it is in the oldest guide book to the Camino, the twelfth-century Pilgrim’s Guide in the Codex Calixtinus: In some places, like Vizcaya andContinue reading “The oldest guide to the Camino“
Denis Casey
I am a writer, historian and university educator, from Co. Kerry, Ireland, with a passion for exploring links between Ireland and Spain.
Portmagee, Co. Kerry: the origins of an Atlantic smuggling village
My latest book – a history of the village of Portmagee, Co. Kerry from the Bronze Age to modern times – is now available to buy from Four Courts Press (2023).
Tigernán Ua Ruairc and a twelfth-century royal grant in the Book of Kells
A study of the meeting of one of medieval Ireland’s most powerful kings and its most famous book. (Maynooth Studies in Local History, Four Courts Press, 2020).
