White O'Morn Cottage was built in the mid 1800's by the Duignan family. They were weavers and to this day the cottage is referred to as the "Weaver Duignans".

It stayed in the Duignan family until we bought it two years ago. The family called it Curraghnabania and we renamed it White O'Morn Cottage, after the cottage in the John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara movie, The Quiet Man.

The last Duignan to be born there (now a grown man) knocked on the door one day to introduce himself and we became fast friends with him and his family. We also had the honour of meeting his mother, who was the last "Ban an Tí" (Woman of the House) They are delighted with how their old home is looking and know that they are welcome there anytime.

The image above is actually a photo which my friend, Kimme, has edited to look like an oil painting. her blog can be found at http://irishcottagedreams.blogspot.com.

You can find out more about White o"morn and the movie on my blog at http://whitemorn.typepad.com.