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Chalice of Charlemagne Returns to Dunmanway | Cork News
Dunmanway’s wild Homecoming brought 120 global descendants together to celebrate the return of a 17th-century golden chalice—once crafted in 1633 to honor Randal Hurley, husband of Ellen de Courcy, daughter of the 18th Baron of Kinsale. Linked through bloodlines to Charlemagne himself, this rare artifact still rings with history, used last Easter in a Holy Thursday ceremony. The chalice’s legacy extends beyond the Hurleys: Ellen’s granddaughter married into the McCarthy clan, tying them to this ancient lineage. Experts like Professor David Sheehan illuminated the genetic and historical roots…
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