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|Trad, TR, 1 pitch
|YDS: 5.8 French: 5b Ewbanks: 16 UIAA: VI- ZA: 15 British: HVS 4c R [details]
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By Joe Keyser
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Jan 1, 2001
|I agree, I thought 5.8 crack seemed just as tricky as 5.10 crack... Maybe eaiser moves, but, the difficulty is at the bottom where you get one [piece] of "mental pro." If you get sketched out, try leaning back, and resting against the tree that is directly behind the route, you can chimney between that, and the rock for a little bit of the start. Fun route!
By Andrew Klein
Dec 21, 2001
|You can stick a blue Alien in an undercing about 10 feet up, after that there's not much for pro for the next 15 or 20 feet(.8). If you consider Tagger's first pitch an "s" rating, this route would be considered one as well. Cheat on the tree if need be. Stays in the sun till about 3:00 (on 12/18/01).
By Andrew Klein
Dec 30, 2001
|The tree in question is at the base of the climb. I assume most people won't be repelling a flat dirt section at the base of Rincon, but then again.. I do agree however that the rap tree for the routes in this area is getting shotty. One day it will probably be replaced by a bolted rap station, or perhaps instead, a "vs" rated 6 foot jump to the big tree and 60 foot "bear-hug fireman's slide" down to the base.
By Michael Walker
From: Loveland, CO
Aug 4, 2002
|Feeling great about leading 5.10 crack, I thought this would have seem a logical warm down. Bad assumption. The pro indeed sucks until about 30 feet off the ground, well past the crux. And about that crux - good gravy. I looked at the book and realized that 5.8+ crack was put up by Bob Culp and Bob Lagrange in 62'. The + obviously meant that there was no 5.9 in those days...5.10 crack was led in 73 by the Briggs boys, and they indeed had 5.10 climbs. A little historical perspective on the apparent disparity in grading these routes.
By Casey Bernal
From: Arvada, CO
Sep 9, 2002
There is a good BD #4 steel nut at the crux in a corner before the small overlap about 10 feet above the undercling. This makes it seem much more safe.
casey bernal
By Ben Mottinger
Founding Father
Sep 20, 2002
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|The route may warrant an s rating, but you can definitely get some reasonable gear in before the 20' mark. After the first hard move (at about 10'), it sews up if you have some small RPs and cams. If you are a new 5.8 leader you will probably want to hold off on this one though.
By Anonymous Coward
May 14, 2003
|Did this as my first 5.8 trad lead today. Given that I've never trad lead anything above 5.6 I didn't feel the moves were any harder than the guide's .8 rating nor the protection meriting an "s" let alone "vs" rating. The undercling 10' up easily took my #2 Metolius 4cam (or a #3 6" to the left) and more several more nice cam placements higher up. That poor tree at the top of the route needs a 30 year break from rappels.
By Michael Kullman
Oct 10, 2004
|Yep, the pro sucks for the first 15' or so of this climb. It's a fun little route, just don't fall before you get in some solid gear ;-)
By Anonymous Coward
Nov 9, 2004
Well, the comments here make me feel a bit better. I should have read this page first.
My thrilling (and somewhat embarassing) story: I pulled my one piece of "mental pro," a cam in the undercling 10 feet or a bit less off the ground, in a semi-controlled fall I took as I was attempting to bail. As someone leading 5.8 at my limit, I didn't want to risk climbing higher. As it was, my fall amounted to a big jump. I'm pretty relieved about the whole uninjured ankle, etc. situation.
Man, it looked like there would be better pro. 5.8 face seems a more apt name for the bottom of this climb. Yeah, I'll just remain an AC on this one....
By Kenneth Noisewater
From: San Diego
Sep 26, 2006
Great route.
But thin, thin, thin for 5.8. One Yellow TCU at 10 ft then nothing for the next 15-20 ft. If you are squirrely above small stuff, and learning to lead gear, this is not a good choice. The pure technical grade is stiff, AND add some spice, a new leader is not having a good day. The 10a crack to the left is more fun, and closer to accurate.
By Mike Epke
From: Denver, CO
Oct 10, 2006
|I definitely agree with an S rating on this. I tried to get an Alien into the undercling, but it felt like it was very poor, so I moved up a bit and placed a small nut before making the crux move. Once through the crux, the climb will take small cams and even a #1 Camalot near the top to prevent a big [swing] by someone toproping the climb. Fun and thought-provoking for someone like myself just getting into 5.9 leading, however.
By Adam McFarren
From: Boulder, Colorado
May 21, 2011
|Didn't find this to be S at all. That undercling will take a green C3 or purple MasterCam plus a pink tricam (nose down). Micro nuts and a standard rack will sew this up. I also saw someone place a good 0.4 C4 in that undercling (further right, same spot I placed the tricam).
By Tommey-James
From: Boulder,Colorado
Jul 11, 2011
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
|Small run out close to ground, easy not to fall, though. Fun route, worth doing if have done all other climbs in area, higher up climbing is really fun.
By Joseph Stover
From: Batesville, AR
Aug 11, 2011
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
|Good route, as long as you are comfortable at runout 5.8, so definitely not for a novice 5.8 leader. Has anyone ever fallen at the crux and still declared that it doesn't get an R?
By Benten
From: Denver
Jan 2, 2012
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
|I am solid at 5.10, and all this took worth placing was a blue TCU and a small nut, 1 foot apart. The rest of the "gear" would have been pointless. Just don't fall, how about that? Great, short, little route though for leaders trying to get comfortable on 5.8 without gear in Eldo.
By Joe Brannan
From: Lyons, CO
Jul 15, 2012
|I lead at a 5.9 level comfortably. Found this to be pretty simple to protect with small wires through the bottom 20 feet, then it sews up above. Use a zipper tri-cam at the base. Not an S or even PG13.
By Jason Antin
From: Golden, CO
Apr 13, 2015
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
|I climbed this route on Saturday (4/11/2015), and I thought it was a very straightforward 5.8, but I would not recommend this route to a budding 5.8 leader. I thought the lower moves were a little cruxy, considering the pro was not straightforward, nor did I trust that gear entirely to catch a fall. Once you get about 20' up, I felt all the gear was solid.


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apt-get update
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Search billions of records on Ancestry.com
Surname Histories
County Kilkenny Ireland History
The Grace Family
Early Documented History
The Graces of Courtstown
Rev. Carrigan's
History of the Diocese of Ossory
" published in 1905 describes the
Graces of Courtstown
on pages 498-507 of Volume III.
They were sprung, not, as has been stated by Mr. Sheffield Grace and others, from the redoubtable warrior Raymond le Gros, who, it is now admitted, died without (surviving male) issue, but from the Le Gros or Le Gras family, of Sodbury, in Gloucestershire.
The origin of the Sodbury family is traced to Odo, titular Earl of Albemarle and Count of Champagne, who accompanied his brother-in-law, William the Conqueror, in his invasion of England, and afterwards obtained from that monarch the manor of Sodbury, together with the lands of Holderness in Yorkshire. Odo died in 1096, aged about 56. By his wife, Adeliza, sister of the Conqueror, he had a son, Stephen, by some styled Earl of Albemarle, and by others Earl of Holderness, who died about 1127, being then seised of the manor of Sodbury, as well as of his father's other possessions. Stephen's wife, Hawise, daughter of Ralph de Mortimer, bore him three sons, viz.: (1) William, his heir, surnamed "le Gros," or "le Gras," in Latin, Crassus and Grassus, i.e., the Fat; (2) Stephen ; and (3) Ingelram.
William "le Gras," also by some styled Earl of Albemarle, survived his father by about fifty years, and died without male issue, in 1179. It was, apparently, from him that "Le Gras," also "De Gras," now Grace, came to be adopted, as the family surname, by his immediate relatives. His successor, as lord of the manor of Sodbury, was most probably William le Gras, who seems to have been the son of one of his brothers, Stephen or Ingelram. This William le Gras had four sons:
(1) William, sometimes styled "senior," and sometimes "primogenitus."
(2) William, styled "junior," who was possessed of the lands of Ballyregan, in the Barony of Iffa and Offa, Co. Tipperary, and who exchanged same with Ivo Fitz Jocelyn de Marisco, in 1208. He was still living in 1226.
(3) Hamo, who died after 1231.
(4) Anselm, who was Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral in 1225, and Bishop of St. David's from 1230 to 1247, when he died.
William le Gras, "senior" or "primogenitus," lord of the manor of Sodbury, made a grant of certain lands to the priory of Bradenstoke in Wiltshire. His charter, containing this grant, is witnessed by "Willielmo de Gras juniore," "Hamone de Gras," &c. ; and is endorsed:
"Carta Donationis Willielmi de Gras, primogeniti, de terra in villa de Wales, canonicis Prioratus de Bradenstoke in agro Wiltoniensi."
In reference to this charter, Dugdale, in his Monasicon Anglicanum, Vol II. p. 208, writes:
"William de Gras, eldest son of William de Gras, with the consent of his brothers, William de Gras, junior, Hamo de Gras and Anselm de Gras, Treasurer of Exeter, granted between these years [1210 and 1219], certain lands he inherited in Wales, to the Priory of Bradenstoke, in Wiltshire."
He also granted a charter to his burgess in Sodbury. It is witnessed by "Domino Willielmo Crasso, junior," "Domino Hamone Crasso," &c., and commences thus:
"Omnibus presentem cartam visuris et audituris, Willielmus Crassus, primogenitus, salutem. Sciatas no dedisse Burgensibus nostris de Sodburia." &c
In 1217, the Sheriff of Gloucestershire was commanded to let William Crassus, or Gross, the elder, have a market at Sodbury, every Monday [
Claus, 2
, Hen. III].
About this date, and during the years that followed, William le Gras, senior, and his brothers, William junior, and Hamo, lived for the most part in Ireland, being attracted thither, no doubt, by the Earls Marshall, whose relatives they were. They appear as witnesses to several charters of the Earls William Marshall, senr. and junr., and were evidently esteemed and trusted by these great noblemen. In a document of August, 1225, Sir W. le Gras, that is, William le Gras, senior, is referred to as Earl William Marshall, junior's eldest cousin [
Cal. Doc. Ire.
, 1171-1251]. At his death he left no male issue.
William le Gras, eldest son of William le Gras, junior, succeeded his uncle, William le Gras, senior, as lord of the manor of Sodbury. He confirmed his said uncle's charter to the burgesses of Sodbury, by another charter, of which the following fragment has been published:
"Willielmus Crassus, primogenitus filius Willielmi Crassi junioris, &c., salutem. [Sciatas] nos concessisse. et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse, burgensibus nostris de Sodburia et heredibus suis, totum quod Willielus Crassus, primogenitus, avunculus noster, eisdem fecit et per cartam suam confirmavit videlicet, Quod habeant et teneant omnes libertates que spectant et pertinent ad leges de Bristoill, &c."
He is, we may presume, the William le Gras, Crassus, or Craside, who is returned in 1247, as being then in possession of lands in Offerkelan, i.e. Offerlane, in Upper Ossory, valued at 1/2 a Knight's fee, and of lands in Tulachrothan valued at 1/4 a Knight's fee; and who is mentioned in the following entry in the
Calendar of Documents, Ireland
, 1171-1251 : --
"1249 Nov. 3). Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, having given surety for William le Gros, to whom the Justiciary of Ireland had committed his [
, De Clare's] castle of Asferkerlon [
, Offerkelan, now Offerlane], that he should faithfully serve the King, and stand his trial in the King's court, if any should charge him : mandate to John de Gray [
John Sitz Geoffry], Justiciary of Ireland, to cause William to have seisin of that castle, with delivery of his castle."
Having spent many years in Ireland, and made this county the land of his adoption, we find him, towards the end of his life, transferring all his right and title to the manor of Sodbury, to the Welonds, in exchange for the lands of Tulachrothan (Tullaroan), &c., of which the Welonds had been the original Anglo-Norman grantees, and to which he himself had already acquired some title. The terms of the transfer and exchange will appear from the following entry in the
Calendar of Documents, Ireland
, Ireland, 1171-1251. : --
"1283 (Quinzaine of St. Martin). Final concord made in the King's court at Westminster, in the quinzaine of St. Martin, a. r. 12, before John de Lobetot, Roger of Leicester, and William de Burnton, justices between Thomas Welond, Margery his wife, Richard their son, complainants, and William le Gras, deforciant, whereby a plea of agreement was made between them, to wit, that the said William acknowledged the manor of Sobbit [i.e. Sodbbury] to be the right of the said Richard to hold to the said Thomas, Margery, and Richard, and the heirs body of Richard, of the lords of the fee for ever; with reversion in fee to John, son of Thomas Welond, after Thomas's and Margery's death, if Richard should have no heirs of his body. Warranty by William; and for this acknowledgement, warranty, fine and concord, the said Thomas granted in exchange to the said William all the lands, &c., which William previously had of the gift of William Welond, Thomas's brother, in Tulachrothan, Rathbolgan, Gurtuelem and Balydine, Ireland, to hold to the said William le Gras in fee; paying 1d. at Easter, and rendering for Thomas to the chief lords of the fee all other services belonging to the said tenements in Ireland. Warranty of the tenements in Ireland by Thomas and his heirs to the said William le Gras."
He died probably 1290, when he must have been well advanced in years.
A long and unbroken list of his descendants and successors, as lords or barons of Tullaroan, otherwise Courtstown, with their various matrimonial alliances, has been published by Mr. Sheffield Grace, in his
Memoirs of the Family of Grace
. This list of Pedigree is, however, inaccurate sin some respects, and hence its unsupported authority, especially in the earlier stages, cannot, by any means, be accepted as final.
Edmund le Gras does certainly appear to have been the son and successor of the William le Gras last mentioned. In 1296 he was one of the 21 magnates who were securities to the King for the fealty of the Lord John fitz Thomas, of Desmond. In a Plea roll of 25th, Edward I. (1297), Ballyregan, and other lands are stated to have belonged to William, his grandfather ("Willielmo le Gras, avo predicti Edmundi"). He was among the barons summoned to Parliament, 30th, Edward I. (1302). Anselm and Hamo le Gras were summoned to the same Parliament.
1302 (Feb. 23). Anselm, David, and Edmund de Gras, with other magnates of the Co. Kilkenny, are ordered to prepare for the war with Scotland. [
30, Edward I]
1310 (Feb. 13). Thomas de Cantewelle, Knight, Edmund le Gras, William fitz Edmund le Gras, John fitz Simon Shorthals, Roger de Wauncy, and others, were securities to Richard de Valle and Alice Keteller, his wife (formerly wife of Adam le Blound, of Callan), for the payment of 200 marks, loaned by the said Richard and Alice to William Utlawe of Kilkenny. [
Patent Rolls
1335. William Grace was one of the Irish Esquires summoned to attend John Darcy, the Justiciary, with arms and horses, in his expedition to Scotland. [
, Vol. II., p. 906]
1356 (Jan. 30). William Graas is appointed Keeper of the Peace in the Co. Kilkenny. [
Patent Rolls
1382 (Mar. 6). John Graas receives a similar appointment. [
Patent Rolls
1382 (March 8). Almaric or Adamarus Grace, receives a similar appointment. [
Patent Rolls
1385 (Dec. 24). The King, with a view to the improvement of the peace of County Kilkenny, grants Almaric Grace, Baron de Grace, licence to marry Tibina, daughter of O'Magher, an Irish chieftain. [
Patent Rolls
1410 (July 30). John Gras of Tillaghroan is appointed Keeper of the Peace in the Co. Kilkenny. [
Patent Rolls
1417 (May 23). John, Baron de Grace, appears as witness in connection with a case tried before the ecclesiastical court of Ossory. [
Red Book of Ossory
1420 (Dec. 10). John Grace and others are appointed to inquire into treasons, felons, &c., in the Counties of Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, and Tipperary. [
Patent Rolls
1421 (June 22). Anselm Graas is appointed Sheriff of the County Kilkenny, to hold during pleasure. [
Patent Rolls
1425 (June 21). John, Baron de Graas, is appointed on a royal commission. [
Patent Rolls
1470. According to the
Memoirs of the Family of Grace
, Baron Oliver Grace of Tullaroan was Keeper of the Peace in the Co. Kilkenny in this year, i.e., the 19th Edward IV. He died probably about 1500. From him onward the succession of the Barons of Tullaroan, afterwards, Grace's Court, and later still Courtstown, can be traced without a break, till the overthrow of the family in 1691. Baron Oliver Grace's son and successor,
Baron John Grace fitz Oliver, "of Gracescorte," was appointed escheator and clerk of the markets of the County Kilkenny, March 7th, 1516 [
Ormond MSS
]. He was foreman of the Jury of the "Gentlemen of the Shyre of Kilkenny," in 1537. In the same year, he was presented by the Jury of the "Corporacion of the Towne of Kilkennye," for exacting coyne and livery, and for having "married Robert Grace, his sonne and heire apperaunt into the daughter of [the Lord of Upper] Ossory." He erected Grace's Chapel at Tullaroan church in 1543. He was knighted soon after. It would seem that he was not above taking a share of the goods of the suppressed monasteries; for, on the 16th July, 1549, Walter Cowley wrote to the Lord Deputy Bellingham, "that old Sir John Grace may not be deprived of the custody of a priory at Roscrea." [
State Papers
] In the same year he had a lawsuit with Richard Archdekin, regarding the "manor or town of Castellton, in Galmoye," which resulted in a verdict favourable to the latter. [
3, Ed. VI] The pardons of April 2nd, 1550, include that of "John Grace of Grace's Court, Knt." [
of Ed. VI.] On the 4th June, 1552, pardons were granted "to Peter Archdeacon, Adam Grace, Edmond Brother, John Gawne, and John Archdeacon, for the robbery of three horses of the goods of John Grace, Knt., and his servants." [
of Ed. VI.] Sir John Grace most probably died in the same year. His monument in St. Canice's Cathedral is dated "the 8th day of [broken] A.D. 1552," which appears to mark the time of his decease. By his wife Noreen Brenagh, or Walsh, of the Walsh Mountain, he had at least, two sons, viz. :
(1) Robert, the elder, who was married to "the daughter of [the lord of Upper] Ossory" before 1537, and must have died young and without male issue. His wife was, apparently, the "Katherine McGylpatricke otherwise Katherine Grace, wife of Robert Grace," to whom a grant of English liberty was made Jan. 19th, 1541. [see Morrin's
Printed Rolls
of Hen. VIII.]
(2) Oliver, the younger, but, by the death of his brother, his father's eventual heir, and successor, as Baron of Tullaroan. "Oliver Grace of Gracescorte, Co. Kilkenny, gent.," was pardoned Ap. 3rd, 1560. His lands, with those of his kinsmen, held of the manor of Kilkenny, were about this time, valued at �120. He was pardoned, with his wife, Katherine Butler, Aug. 18th, 1567. After this his name appears frequently in State records. He was a juror on the 20th March, 1585, and died very soon after, leaving the following sons: John, Pierce, Richard, Walter, Patrick, Philip, and James. He was succeeded by his eldest son,
John Fitz Oliver. About 1591, "John Grace, of Grace's Court," petitioned the Government "for a pension in consideration of his wounds, and services, or �30 land in fee-farm, or �50 of concealed land [
State Papers
]. He married Lettice Shee, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Shee, and died March 27th, 1602. By his said wife, who survived him and was living in Kilkenny city in 1610, he had six sons, viz., Robert, Richard, Edmund, Oliver, Gerald, and John. (Note: A John Grace Fitz Oliver is noted as a tenant of the Earl of Ormond in 1595-6 [
Red Book of Ormond
, p.90] in Killenan, Lemoghe, Leaghardan, Co. Tipperary, and a quarter of Ballerobbin, Co. Kilkenny).
By inquisition at Thomastown, June 4th, 1623, it was found that "John Grace late of Courtestowne was seised of the fee of the manor of Tillaghroan, otherwise Tulleroan, and of the towns and lands of Tulleroan. Courtestowne otherwise Ballinecourt, Rathine, and Ballicanvore, parcel of the said manor; Lysnelea and Killvallyoghtrerie, Huntestowne and Curraghbrenocke, Ouldtown otherwise Shanbally, Ballycuddihy, Brittasmore, Trenchardstown, Archboldstowne and Davidstowne, Ballibehagh and Tourboy, Gortnegrosse otherwise Gortnegappe, Bogan, Rathmecan, Glassane and Ballinhowe, Prowtestowne, otherwise Lisballyprowte, Cralcott and Taylerstowne, which are parcel of the manor of Tulleroan; of an annual rent of 8s. issuing out of a parcel of land called Brisclagh, lying between the lands of Ballecuddihye and Ouldtowne, parcel of the manor aforesaid; of 13s. 4d. out of Uncestowne, parcel of the manor aforesaid; of the townlands of Killaghie, Newtown and Rathflugh, Brittas-maris otherwise Brittas-flugh, Englishtowne otherwise Ballinegaule, Glanevedocke, half of Wallstowne and Remynduffe, Glanviclorace otherwise Dowrath, half the townland of Uncell's Inch and Crohill. The aforesaid John Grace died March 27th, 1602. Robert Grace is son and heir of the said John, and was then 22 years of age and married. The manor of Tullaghroane and all the townlands and lands aforesaid were, at the time of the said John's death, held of Elizabeth, the late Queen, in capite, and are now held of the King by the service aforesaid; Killaghie, Newtowne, and Rathflugh are held of Oliver Shortall of Claragh, as of his manor of Moharis, by fealty only; Brittas-maris otherwise Brittas-flugh, Englishtowne, Glandevocke, Wallstown and Reminduffe are held of the Viscount Mountgarret, as of his manor of Byalinymaruffe in common socage; Glanviclorace otherwise Dowrath is held of the Earl of Desmond, as of his manor of Ballicallan, in socage, by fealty only; and Uncell's Inch and Crohills are held of the same, as of his manor of Kilkenny.
Inquis. Lageniae.
Robert Grace, eldest son and successor of John Fitz Oliver, was born in 1580. In 1610 he was brought under the notice of the Government for harbouring the Popish priest, Sir Teige O'Duigen. He was M.P. for Co. Kilkenny in the Parliaments of 1613-15 and 1634. He died in 1640 and is buried in St. Canice's Cathedral. By his wife Ellen, the daughter of Patrick Condon, he had:
Oliver of Inchmore, who died before himself, and of whom presently.
Richard, of Moyelly, King's County, a Colonel in the Army and also in the Spanish service, and Governor and gallant defender of Athlone, where he was killed in 1691. He left an only child, Frances, who married her cousin, Robert Grace, of Courtstown, in 1665.
Oliver Grace, of Inchmore, eldest son and heir-apparent of Robert Grace, of Courtstown, was born about 1602; married Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Cyprian Horsfall, of Innisnag, only son of Dr. John Horsfall, Protestant Bishop of Ossory, and died before his father, July 6th, 1637. He left issue.
John, his eldest son, of whom presently.
Cyprian, of Kilbricken, Co. Kilkenny.
Margaret, who married Edmund Walsh.
Ellen, who married Walter Archer of Kilmodimoge.
His (Oliver's) Death-Song, composed in Irish, between 1637 and 1640, by his cousin, John Mc Walter Walsh, was published November, 1903, in the
Claidheamh Souis
The following certificate of his death has been entered in the office of the Ulster King of Arms.
"Oliver Grace, of Courtestowne, in the County of Kilkenny, gent., deceased, sonne and heire of Robert Grace, of the same, Esq., sonne and heire of John Grace, of the same, Esq., sonne and heire of Oliver Grace, of the same, Esq., sonne and heire of Sir John Grace, of the same, Knight, whc. first mentioned Oliver tooke to wife Joane, daughter and as yett onely child of Sr. Ciprian Horsfall, of Inishnagg, in the County of Kilkenny, knight, by whome he had issue fower sonnes and 2 daughters, vidz., John Grace, eldest sonne and heire, Redmund Grace, 2d. sonne, Ciprian Grace, 3d. sonne, and Robert Grace, 4th sonne, Margaret Grace, eldest daughter, and Ellin Grace, youngest daughter, all as yet unmarried. The said first-mentioned Oliver Grace departed this mortall life at Kilkenny the sixth of July, 1637, and was interred in the Cathedrall Church of St. Kennyes in Kilkenny aforesaid the tenth of the same monneth. The truth of the premises is testified by the subscription of Sr. Ciprian Horsfall, knight, whoe hath returned this Certificat into my Office to be there recorded. Taken by me, Thomas Preston, Esq., Vluester King of Armes, the 4th of November, 1637."
John Grace the eldest son of Oliver Grace and Joan Horsfall, being a minor at his father's death, was given in warship to his Protestant grandfather, Sir Ciprian Horsfall, by the court of the Wards, on the 19th February, 1638. He received, in consequence, we may presume, a Protestant education, and in the Book of Survey and Distribution of about 1655, seems to be invariably referred to as an Irish Protestant. He succeeded to the family estates on the death of his grandfather, Robert Grace, in 1640. Owing to his minority at the time, he had no share in the Catholic Confederate Movementf 1642-50, a most fortunate circumstance, which afterwards saved his estate from forfeiture under Cromwell. In 1671, he was appointed a J.P. for the County Kilkenny.
He is mentioned in the following passages in the will of Father Thady Borhy (or Brophy), of Brownstown, P.P. Freshford and Tullaroan, Aug, 28th, 1671 : --
"Itm. I beq. unto John Grace of Courtestowne, Esq., my sorrell nagg and to his sister Mrs. Wailsh a bay nagg; moreover, I bequeath ye sd. John Grace, Esqr., my enterest in ye house yt. I keep by lease from Mr. John Geale at ffreshford provided he makes no other use of it that what I doe myselfe. ...
He was appointed M.P. for the Co. Kilkenny in 1698. "He was one of the first to receive a commission from the Earl of Tyrconnell, after that nobleman was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and he raised for King James's service a Regiment of Foot, of which he was Colonel, and a troop of Horse. In reward for the zeal he displayed, it was King James's intention to create him a peer, and an unfinished patent for that purpose was found in Dublin after the King's flight. A proposal was made to him to bring over his men to King William's side, but he indignantly refused, and wrote back a message to that effect on the first thing he could lay hand upon, which happened to be a playing card -- the six of hearts -- which from this circumstance became locally known as "Grace's Card." On the 10th April, 1690, he was appointed one of the Commissioners for raising tax then levied in the country, but he died some time before the end of the same year.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Walsh, of Castlehale, and by her had two sons, viz. :
Robert, his heir, of whom presently.
Sheffield, who died in 1684, leaving his wife, Elizabeth, Viscountess Dillon, an only child, Catherine, who married Robert Grace and had a son Edmund, a Knight of Malta.
Robert Grace, of Courtstown, elder son and successor of John, was Lieutenant-Colonel of his father's Regiment. He was outlawed by the Williamites, May 11th, 1691. He fought at Aughrim, where he was wounded, July 12th, 1691, and died at Limerick soon after. In 1665 he married his cousin, Frances, only child of Colonel Richard Grace of Moyelly, King's Co., and by her, who died in 1716, has -- with a daughter, Mary, who married John Langrish, of Knocktopher -- two sons, viz. :
(1) Oliver, the elder, a Major in King James's army. He retired to France for the benefit of his health, and returning to his native country, departed this life, without issue, nine days after his father's demise.
(2) John, the younger brother, a Captain in the Jacobite Army, and aide-de-camp to Sarsfield, was included, with his father, in the Articles of Limerick, and succeeded the latter in the family estate. But the death of his elder brother, who was not included in the Articles of Limerick, having occurred subsequent to that of his father, was afterwards held to have invalidated his title to the Grace possessions. The property, accordingly, passed from him to the Trustees of Forfeited Estates, by which body the greater part of it was sold in 1701, to the Company for making Hollow Sword Blades. John Grace died in London in 1716. By his wife, Lettice, daughter of his cousin, Oliver Grace, of Shanganagh, Queen's Co., he had an only son, Robert, at whose death, unmarried, at Isleworth, England, in 1674, the direct line of the Barons of Courtstown became extinct.
The vicissitudes of the Grace family, during their closing years at Courtstown, are thus related in Mason's Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland (1819), Vol. III. pp. 596-602. "... Tullaroan and his other estates thus forfeited produced at the time an annual rent exceeding �9,000, and had been in the possession of the Grace family 530 years."
In the Pedigree of the Grace Family, Mr. Sheffield Grace makes two serious mistakes. In the first place he traces his ancestors from Raymond le Gros, who, in reality, left no issue. In the second place he tacks "Oliver Grace, late of Jerypont,
of the Legan, Co. Kilkenny, gent.," the founder of the Legan-Ballylinch family, to the Graces of Courtstown, as "brother of Sir John Grace Fitz John Fitz Oliver." Sir John Grace was son of Oliver Grace, and not of a John Grace Fitz Oliver , as the inscription over the doorway of Grace's Chapel clearly shows. The intermediate John was invented by Mr. Sheffield Grace to be made the father of "Oliver Grace late of Jerypont,
of the Ledan, Co. Kilkenny, gent.," whose father is nowhere mentioned, and is likely to have had Edmund, or Robert, for Christian name, as John. Hence the true connection between the Graces of Courtstown, and the Graces of Legan-Ballylinch, from the latter of whom descended the Graces of Gracefield and Sir Valentine Raymond Grace, son of the late Sir Percy Raymond Grace, has yet to be established.
Courtstown Castle, on coming into the possession of the new proprietors, in 1701, "was immediately stripped of its leaded roof, which was transported to Clonmel and there sold." [Mason's
Statistical Account
, &c., Vol. III., p. 601
.] Its roofless walls remained till about the year 1800, when they were so completely destroyed that not even a single stone of them was left over another.
The Graces of Legan and Ballylinch
Rev. Carrigan's
History of the Diocese of Ossory
" published in 1905 describes the
Graces of Legan and Ballylinch
on pages 270-272 of Volume IV.
Legan, Ballylinch, and Balckrath, now Rathduff, parcel of the possessions of Jerpoint Abbey, granted at the suppression to James, Earl of Ormond, were leased by his son, Thomas, the Black Earl, to Oliver Grace, on the 2nd of June, 1563. Oliver Grace, who is states, but incorrectly, to have been a brother of Sir John Grace of Courtstown, and whose exact relationship to the Courtstown family cannot be determined, first appears on the 26th April, 1550, when, as "Oliver Grace, late of Jeryponte,
of the Legan, Co. Kilkenny, gent.," he received a pardon from the crown [
of Hen. VIII]. He is described as "of Jeryponte," probably from his having acquired a temporary residence from the Earl of Ormond in part of the Abbey buildings. He must have been fully settled down at Legan, about 1552, when as "Oliver Grace of the Legan, gent." he had a Crown lease of the Abbey of Nenagh and all its possessions, for twenty-one years. On the 27th Nov., 1563, this lease was renewed "to him, his executors, and assigns, for 41 years, remainders to Gerald his son, John his second son, Thomas his third son, Richard, his fourth son, and any other sons of the said Oliver and Mary Fitzgerald, successively in tail male. To hold by homage and fealty, at a rent of �39 0s. 10d." [
of Eliz.] In the
Memoirs of the Family of Grace
he is styled "Sir," and is said to have been M.P. for Tipperary in 1559. The date of his death is unknown, but it must be previous to 1586. His wife, Margaret Fitzgerald, daughter of Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord of Decies, and sister of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, also Lord of Decies, died at a very advanced age, Dec. 20th, 1615, and is buried in Jerpoint Abbey.
Gerald Grace, son and heir of Oliver, is always described as of Legan, in the documents of his time. He was pardoned in 1581; received a commission, with others, to execute martial law, in the Co. Kilkenny, March 10th, 1584-5; and was again pardoned in 1597 [
of Eliz.]. In June 1608, he attended the Kilkenny Assizes as a grand juror. He died March 4th, 1618-19, leaving by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Hartpole, of Shrule, a son, Oliver, who succeeded him.
Oliver Grace, son of Gerald, married Margaret, daughter of Edmund, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, and dying August 27th, 1626, left three sons, viz., Gerald, his heir, Thomas and John.
Gerald Grace, son of Oliver, being a minor only 13 years of age at his father's death, was granted in ward to Sir Thomas Loftus of Killyon. An ardent supporter of the Catholic Confederate cause, he fell in the battle of Kilrush, Co. Kildare, April 15th, 1642, being then in his 30th year. His caoine or lament, in Irish, is still extant. His wife was Ellen, daughter of Edmund, 3rd Lord Dunboyne, and by her he had two sons, viz. (a) John, who died without issue, and (b) William, dead in 1661, ancestor of the old Catholic family of the Graces of Gracefield, now represented by Sir Raymond Grace, of Boley, Monkstown, Dublin, son of the late Sir Percy Raymond Grace.
Gerald Grace's estates in Co. Kilkenny, Co. Tipperary, and other Counties, were declared forfeited under the Cromwellian regime, in 1653. According to the Down Survey, his Kilkenny property consisted of the townlands of Ballylinch, with "a very fair and large house, built English-wise, in good repair;" Legan, with "a castle" ; Rathduff; and Killerney, with "a castle in repair."
The Graces of Early Feodaries
Eric Brooks' book entitled
Knights' Fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny
makes mention of those who held knight's fees in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Brooks cites: "In 1247 William le Gras (Crassus, Grassus), held 1 knight's fee in Castlegrace, co. Carlow; 1/2 knight's fee at Offerlane, barony of Upperwoods, co. Leix; and 1/4 knight's fee in Tullaroan, co. Kilkenny. There is evidence that they were not the original feofees of Castlegrace; and as the first William Crassus seems to have come to Ireland with William Marshall I, whose nephew he was, it is probable that he was enfeoffed of Offerlane (Offerkeelen, that is, Ui Foirchellain) by the Earl."
"The William le Gras who held all these fees in 1247 was probably the son of William le Gras the younger, and nephew of William le Gras the elder [see the
Graces of Courtstown
above]. The castle in his fee of Offerlane belonged to the Marshal lords, and on the partition in 1247 was assigned to Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester; but in 1249 the Justiciar committed to William le Gras the castle of Richard de Clare at Asferkerlon (Offerlane) [source:
Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland
, i. 3017]."
"William le Gras seems to have been succeeded by his son, another William (A Hamo le Gras seems to have intervened, see below). William was dead by 1283, when Edmund le Gras, his son, had succeeded."
"Edmund was succeeded at Castlegrace and Tullaroan by his son William. But, according to one version of the 1317 feodary, the tenant of Offerlane at that date was Hamo le Gras (the other version says 'heir of Edmund le Gras'). It is possible that he was a younger son or brother of Edmund's, and enfeoffed of Offerlane by him. Hamo was one of the magnates of Ireland in 1302 when he was summoned to Parliament [
, iii. 501], and was slain in 1315 near Ardscull during the Bruce's invasion [sources:
Annals of St. Mary's
, 281, 347 ;
Clyn's Annals
, p. 12]."
Under the Tullaroan fee, Eric Brooks cites a number of deeds from the
Calendar of Ormond Deeds
which "appear to show that a William Grassus (possibly of 1247, above) was succeeded, at Tullaroan, by a Sir Hamo Grassus." "This examination shows that at a date round about 1270 William Grassus was succeeded at Tullaroan by Hamo, presumably his son. He was perhaps the Hamo who held Barragh, co. Carlow, c. 1270 as shown in the
Register of St. John the Baptist
[no. 417]. The next holder of Tullaroan was William le Gras, "who is certainly a son of William Grassus (of the Ormond Deeds), for Edmund le Gras, his son and heir, is described as grandson of William [
Plea Roll
quoted by
, iii. 500]." This William le Gras was dead in 1283, when Edmund le Gras paid relief for his father to Earl Roger Bigod for 1 knights' fee in ... (Castlegrace) [source:
Accounts of Earl Roger Bigod
, 1239-3].
William (of 1283) was succeeded by his son Edmund, who in 1297 held a rent in Donbryn (Dunbrin, co. Kilkenny) which had belonged to William le Gras, his father. In 1302 Edmund le Gras (with Anselm, Hamo and David le Gras) was among the barons summoned [
, v. 47]. He was alive in 1305 [
Cal. Just. Rolls
, ii. 474]. Edmund le Gras and his son William are mentioned in 1310 [
Cal. Pat. and Close Rolls, Ireland
, 14b.]. About the year 1309 the lands of Edmund le Gras near Kilmanagh, the parish south of Tullaroan, are mentioned [
Ormond Deeds
, i. 423]. In 1314 Edmund le Gras held lands in Owning, Barony of Iverk of Roger son of Milo, Baron of Iverk [
Red Book of Ormond
, p.134]. Edmund occurs as late as 1319, when he witnessed a deed of the same baron [
Ormond Deeds
, i. 539]."
There are two versions of the 1317 feodary for Tullaroan. One version gives Edmund le Gras as holding in Tullaroan, the other version of the 1317 feodary gives William le Gras as holding in Tullaroan. In the latter version this William is the son and heir of Edmund (of the former version). Because Edmund was alive in 1317, Brooks argues, the second version of the feodary must be of a later date. "Edmund le Gras was succeeded at Castlegrace by his son, William le Gras, who about 1300-1305, apparently in his father's lifetime, granted to Edmund Butler of Ireland and his heirs Castrum Gras (Castlegrace, co. Carlow) [source:
Cal. Ormond Deeds
, i. 340]. A deed relating to Craddockstown in Tubbridbritain [source:
Ormond Deeds
, i. 764] enable us to say that by 1343 this William had been succeeded by Edmund le Gras, for the land transferred by this deed was two carucates between the land of Thomas Fanyn (the fee at Clomantagh) and that formerly of Thomas Aunteyn in length, and in breadth between the land of Edmund Gras (Tullaroan) and that of Thomas Pembroke (the fee at Lisdowney). In 1349, a William le Gras held Tullaroan, for one of the series of Ormond Deeds relating to Corstown, of that year, transfers 30 acres in Corstown near the land of William le Gras [
Ormond Deeds
, i. 814]."
The 1317 feodary also shows an Edward (
Edmund) le Gras holding half a knight's fee at place called Gortynges (aka Gortynegrosse, Gortyngrasse, Gorte ne grosse). Not appearing in the 1247 feodary this may have been a later enfeoffment of the le Gras familes. Brooks places this fee (presumably) in Gorteen, parish of Aghmacart, barony of Clarmallagh (close to the Offerlane fee). He makes this identification (reasonably) because the fee follows Aghmacart in the feodary.
Canon Carrigan cites a similar placename as 'Gortnegrosse otherwise Gortnegappe', of the manor of Tullaroan in the year 1623 [see
Graces of Courtstown
above]. Gortnagap, or Gort na gcross, is a townland in the parish of Tullaroan, according to O'Kelly's
The Place-Names of the County of Kilkenny
(republished in 1985).
Notes on the feodaries
1247 feodary
(The de Valence Purparty) was taken from "
Chancery Miscellanea
", P.R.O., London (File 88/4, no. 70), collated with a list in the Calendar Patent Rolls.
1317 feodary
(share of Hugh le Despenser and Alianora his wife) was taken from "
Chancery Miscellanea
", P.R.O., London (File 9/24). Variants of this records (possibly of a later date) are from the British Museum, Additional Manuscripts MS. 4791.
Primary source:
Knights' Fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny
, Irish Manuscripts Commission, with commentary by Eric St. John Brooks, Dublin Stationery Office, 1950.
Extracts from the
Calendar of Ormond Deeds
, Vol. I, II & III, Curtis, 1932-35.
(when time permits)
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Opera awards sing praises of Peter Sellars, 4 singers
NEW YORK--Director Peter Sellars has won a special award along with four of the world's best singers.
On Sunday, the prestigious Opera News Awards went to the American theater whiz, and to Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, German soprano Anja Silja, Swedish baritone Peter Mattei and Finnish soprano Karita Mattila.
With his trademark hair shooting straight up, Sellars accepted the award at Manhattan's Plaza hotel.
"Nothing in my life prepared me for this ballroom," the Pittsburgh native deadpanned to the bejeweled fans, including Princess Madeleine of Sweden.
For the seventh year, the opera magazine honored stars of an art form that still expresses today's emotions, "here and now," says the director who once set Wagner in an abandoned American Airlines terminal and Mozart with props including switchblades, guns, and drugs, and waist-up nudity.
Opera, he says, "is the deep end of the pool, where we get real," and the top singers "take this and transform it into something beautiful ... things we care about most."
On Sunday, honorees included Hvorostovsky, the silver-haired native of Siberia with the rich liquid voice, who was listed by People magazine as one of the 50 "most beautiful people."
Silja's 62-year career is marked by the thrill of her modern acting, plus a voice that carries a tradition reaching back to the late Wieland Wagner, the composer's relative and her "real-life soul mate."
Mattila opened a recent Met season in Puccini's "Tosca," broadcast live to movie theaters worldwide in high definition.
The award to Sellars was presented by American bass-baritone Eric Owens, who played the general directing the World War II bomb project in the director's "Dr. Atomic." Several years ago, the work drew a young crowd to the Metropolitan Opera that filled cheaper seats with their backpacks — and enthusiasm for a cutting-edge opera as fresh as a Broadway musical.
"People come because it's about a subject they're interested in," says the 55-year-old Sellars. "Opera can be cool, with sheer American energy — jazz, and an R&B bass."
With his surprising, sometimes shocking direction, "people at first didn't know what hit them," says Opera News editor in chief F. Paul Driscoll. "Now, we appreciate his work for its emotional truth."
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Lady Cubs' expectations 'very high'
David Campbell
, Courier Sportswriter
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:00 AM
HAPPY GO LUCKY: Madison's Macky Hecox (above, middle) and Whitney Wynn (right) mug for the camera while teammate Alex Thurnall prepares awaits a play during practice on Monday. Hecox gets her shot blocked by Olivia Crozier (below). The Lady Cubs open the season on Friday at home against Switzerland County. (Staff photos by David Campbell)
"We have high expectations this season. Very high expectations. This team expects to get at least to the semistate, if not further. They're very confident."
- Madison head coach Willie Humes
Madison's girls basketball team had high hopes a year ago as it entered postseason play. Standing 16-4 and fresh off a Final Four appearance a year earlier, the Lady Cubs had every reason to feel confident that they were about to embark on another long post-season run.
But it wasn't meant to be. On a cold night in a hot, packed gym at Rushville High School, Madison's season ended in a 63-56 sectional championship game loss to the host Lions. The game was physical, it was emotional and it was a loss that lingers to this day, nine months later.
"We had pretty big plans for last year," said senior Whitney Wynn. "(The loss) just eats at me each day. I'm ready to get back farther than we did and that just motivates us every day in practice."
Madison opens the 2013-14 season on Friday at home against Switzerland County. For the Lady Cubs, this is a season where a sectional championship just won't be good enough.
"We have high expectations this season. Very high expectations," said Madison coach Willie Humes, who enters his third year at the helm of his alma mater. "This team expects to get at least to the semistate, if not further. They're very confident."
The Cubs have every reason to be confident. The team returns three starters and five key players from last year's team, which fell one win shy of the school record. Adding to that roster is a freshman and sophomore class, each of which has won AAU National Championships in the past several years.
But while the Lady Cubs are confident, they know they can get better. Four of Madison's five losses last season - including the sectional loss to Rushville - came on the road and the Cubs feel like they gave away potential wins at Corydon, Austin and Columbus East.
"When we take someone lightly, we usually talk before the game about last year, and how a team was last year. Well last year's gone," junior Olivia Crozier said. "This is year is now. They're a different team. They may have the same people, but those people are going to be better. We just can't think about last year. We have to think about this year. This is a new team. We need to give 100 percent right at the start and not wait until halftime."
Madison's success this year will hinge on the play of Crozier, the 6-foot-2 junior all-star candidate. Last year's Madison Courier Player of the Year, Crozier averaged a double-double of 13.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, but she also blocked 51 shots, had 57 steals and shot 62 percent from the floor in a stellar sophomore season.
Humes is expecting a lot from his star, who de-committed from the University of Evansville last year to re-open her recruiting. The Cub coach knows that Crozier will be pivotal to any long-term success Madison has this year.
"We've told her that she has to finish nearly every time at the basket and we're going to be looking for her," Humes said. "We have a 6-foot-2 player inside and we have to do that."
But Crozier is hardly Madison's only weapon. Wynn averaged 10.4 points, second on the team despite coming off the bench, in a "super sub" role a year ago. A four-year varsity player, Wynn's ability to get to the basket and shoot the three should help take pressure off Crozier inside.
"I want to have a big year. It's my senior year and I want to go out with a bang," Wynn said. "(Humes) is going to put me at every spot and I'm ready for all that. I'm just trying to get my shot down. I'm ready for it."
In addition to Crozier and Wynn, seniors Alex Thurnall and Macky Hecox both averaged just under 7 points per game while point guard Delanie Jones knocked down her share of big shots. The Cubs will also get a boost from 5-foot-10 senior Ireland Falconberry, who missed virtually all of last season with a knee injury, and sophomore Katie Hartman, who might be the most athletic player on the team.
Making sure that Madison utilizes all of its strengths will be a key for the Cubs this season.
"We have to play as a team. We can't fall apart because that's when we lose the game, when people want to take it individually," Crozier said. "We have to make sure we make that extra pass to get it to the open person and score that basket because every basket is vital."
Madison opens the season with non-conference games against Switzerland County, South Dearborn, Salem and Southwestern before getting into the meat of its Hoosier Hills Conference schedule. The highlight will be a Saturday afternoon game at No. 1 Bedford North Lawrence, the defending Class 4A State Champion,
BNL, which will be coached by former Mr. Basketball Damon Bailey this season, beat Madison by just 10 points a year ago en route to an undefeated season. That margin was the Stars' fifth-closest game of the season.
Another big game will be at Brownstown Central on Jan. 7, but for different reasons. Wynn, Crozier, Hecox and sophomore Delany Liter all started for Madison's volleyball team, which lost a heart-breaker to Brownstown in the sectional finals just three weeks ago.
"There are a few people are still trying to get over (the loss to Brownstown) by the time of the first game, everybody's going to be over it," Crozier said. "The only way I think the volleyball will affect us is when we play Brownstown Central. I think we'll take a little extra out in the game."
2013-14 Schedule
(Home games in CAPS)
Nov. 15 SWITZERLAND CO. 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 at South Dearborn 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 23 SALEM 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 27 at Southwestern 6 p.m.
Dec. 3 at Floyd Central* 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 6 JEFFERSONVILLE* 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 10 NEW WASHINGTON 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 at Seymour* 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 19 JENNINGS CO.* 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 at Bedford N.L.* 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 7 at Brownstown 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 9 at New Albany* 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 11 AUSTIN 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 at Silver Creek 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 18 CORYDON 1:30 p.m,
Jan. 21 at Scottsburg 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 25 COLUMBUS EAST* 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 1 at South Ripley 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 FRANKLIN CO. 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 7 CHARLESTOWN 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 11 3A Sectional TBA
*-HHC Games
Head Coach: Willie Humes (3rd year, 36-13)
2012-13 Record: 18-5, 5-2 HHC
Tournament Run: Sectional - defeated South Dearborn 77-44; defeated Greensburg 77-18; lost to Rushville 63-56.
Pos. - No. - Name - Cl. - Ht. - Key Stats
G - 5 - - Delanie Jones - Sr. - 5-6 - 2.9 ppg, 3.1 apg
G - 10 - Alex Thurnall - Sr. - 5-7 - 6.3 ppg, 2.0 apg
G - 20 - Whitney Wynn - Sr. - 5-7 - 10.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg
F - 30 - Macky Hecox - Sr. - 5-8 - 6.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg
F - 32 - Olivia Crozier - Jr. - 6-1 - 13.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg
Pos. - No. - Name - Cl. - Ht. - Key Stats
G - 3 - - Raven Lee - Jr. - 5-4 - First Varsity Season
F - 4 - - Kaitlin Rice - Sr. - 5-5 - First Varsity Season
G - 11 - Katie Hartman - So. - 5-9 - 2.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg
F - 12 - Delany Liter - So. - 5-9 - First Varsity Season
F - 23 - Ireland Falconberry - Sr. - 5-11 - Injured
Assistant Coaches: Dwight Inskeep, Marcus Sullivan.
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I love Pho (pronounced FUH not FOE). You may know it as Vietnamese Beef Noodle soup. I've eaten it ever since I was a kid…nothing beats the taste of hot soup and warm slurpy noodles. Mmmmm. Well except for warm slurpy calorie free noodles :)
I ended up making a vegetarian pho for me and a regular traditional beef noodle soup for my dad. He was the one who always made me and my sister pho after tennis practice on the weekends back in high school…so it was such a treat to finally show him that I could cook pho too. A healthy version of course!!!
Ingredients for broth + my miracle noodle fettucine
The garnish…seriously the best part. My basil and scallions were picked straight from my garden just a few minutes before taking this photo. Talk about organic.
INGREDIENTS (Serves 2)
- 4 cups veggie broth (vegetarian) or beef broth
- 1 large onion, peeled, halved, and charred
- 1 piece of fresh ginger, peeled, halved and charred
- 1 cinnamon stick, preferably Vietnamese cassia-cinnamon
- 3-4 pcs star anise
- 4 carrots, chopped into coins
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce (vegetarian) or fish sauce to taste
- 2 packages of Miracle Noodle Fettuccine, rinsed
- Fried or baked tofu, bean curd skin, seitan (vegetarians)
- Thinly sliced beef eye round – boil the slices for about 1 min. The meat will finish cooking once hot broth is poured over it in pho bowl.
- Green onions/scallions, thinly sliced
- A couple chili peppers, sliced
- 1 fresh lemon or lime, cut into wedges
- A handful of mung bean sprouts
- Fresh cilantro
- Fresh basil
- Hoisin Sauce
- Sriracha Hot Sauce
1. Peel and halve the onion and ginger. Then place them over an open flame for about 5 minutes until both sides are a bit blackened. Turn using a tong. Then rinse in water and remove the charred spots.
2. In a large pot, boil your veggie or beef stock and throw in the carrots, star anise, cinnamon stick, charred onion, and charred ginger. Let boil for about 30 minutes. Add some soy sauce or fish sauce to taste. The carrots should give the mixture enough sweetness, but you can of course add sugar.
3. In the mean time, rinse Miracle Noodle Fettuccine under warm water.
4. Chop up your fresh veggies and herbs.
5. Vegetarians, slice your tofu. Carnivores boil your thin meat slices in water for about 1 minute. If it is still a little red no worries, once you pour the boiling hot broth on, it will cook through. (That's what they do at real Vietnamese restaurants!)
6. Once soup is boiling and you've taste tested your broth to your satisfaction, place Miracle Noodles in a bowl, pour broth in along with protein slices.
7. Garnish with all herbs to your heart's desire. This is the most fun part! I add everything in excess so that my pho looks green. Oh and I love adding a ton of lemon juice.
8. DO NOT FORGET the Hoisin and Sriracha sauces. These are ESSENTIAL to a successful pho. I piled on that hot sauce til my soup was red :)
My veggie pho.
Dad's beef pho.
Happy me ready to down this pho after taking this picture.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial! You can get Miracle Noodles here. If some of you are new to my blog, I'm just going to explain these noodles really quick. These are zero calorie, zero carb, gluten free noodles. How you ask? They are made out of 97% water and 3% fiber (glucomannan). The best way to explain it is that they are basically a gel. These are very popular in Japan and are known as shirataki noodles. I am all about Miracle Noodles because like I said before, I can be a bottomless pit sometimes so it helps to be be able to eat a ton without worrying about excessive caloric intake. Just remember you can't get energy from zero calories, so always eat these with some veggies and protein to make it a nutritious meal.
What other recipes have you created with your Miracle Noodles? Share please. I made Pad Thai the first time I got my noodles.
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There are some people who aren't happy with the announcement that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto V will contain two discs. This is despite the fact that only one disc will be needed to play, with the other serving as a means to install data on the the hard drive. This got me thinking to how much the perception of multiple discs has changed in 15 years.
During the days of the original PlayStation, we were already being blown away at the big games that were being offered, with all this data that was much bigger than what cartridges offered. However, this wasn't enough even back then and some games, mostly RPGs, started shipping in these thick cases previously only seen for double albums for music. Games like Chrono Cross and Resident Evil 2 had two discs and some like Final Fantasy VIII and IX had four!
Back then, when I owned a game in a thick case, consisting of multiple discs, I felt a sense of pride. For me, I felt like I was in possession of an epic game, something of substantial importance that couldn't be experience in a mere single disc. The idea of being able to complete a game of that magnitude was also a gamer goal I could strive for, one I've only managed to complete with Chrono Cross (which is a game I love dearly).
However, as time has gone on, the idea of a game with multiple discs is often seen as an inconvenience. I am guilty of this as well as I begrudgingly bought L.A. Noire on the Xbox 360 despite my plans to wait to get a PS3, and then buy it on there. That's seems a bit extreme, doesn't it? I had rather spend $300, give or take, and then the game that I could buy on the console I currently had just because I didn't want to deal with swapping out discs.
So my question is why the sudden change in perception? Is it due to us as gamers valuing convenience more now than ever? Did the spectacle of a title being bigger than the format it was on fade away? Is there something different in the way the original PlayStation games were doing it compared to now? When I think of it, I know I like the idea of owning an original disc version of Final Fantasy VII with its multiple discs despite the ability to buy it on the PlayStation Network with no disc swapping required. Maybe it's nostalgia. Maybe it's the game cases nowadays that don't hold the additional discs as well as the older cases did. Either way, let me know in the comments what you think.
Another side note: I'm the managing editor for an upstart website called Gaming Precision and we're always looking for new writers. You would write a news story for the site each day but more original content like reviews, previews and editorials are always welcome. This is on a volunteer basis but it's good experience and there is the possibility to move up. If anyone's interested, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pokémon Sun and Moon has a pugilist crab that you can catch
Gentlemen, we've reached peak pollination between the worlds of movie and video game marketing. Because whoever was in charge for the PR blitz of Avengers: Age of Spadertron that resulted in an army of movie teasers being unleashed to devastating effect on the public, is clearly also handling the PR for Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Because I'm pretty certain that by now, we've seen every new pocket monster that there is to see. OR HAVE WE? Because here's another three of them to look at. Official descriptions via the Nintendo email that I copied and pasted from below, to go with the pictures of these critters for Pokémon Sun and Moon:
Crabrawler is a Boxing Pokémon that really hates to lose. It can be found clinging to buildings with its powerful pincers that also pack a powerful punch, or gathering around trees in search of Berries, its favorite food.
Stufful may have a small body, but this Pokémon has extraordinary strength. Despite its cute, fluffy appearance, Stufful dislikes being touched and will flail its arms in protest. Stufful evolves into Bewear.
Sandygast emerges when the grudges of fallen Pokémon soak into the sand after battle, and its tunnel-like mouth can suck the vitality from people and Pokémon. Sandygast also features a new Water Compaction Ability, never before seen in other Pokémon, where its Defense stat goes up by two if it's hit with a Water-type move. Sandygast evolves into Palossand.
Palossand disguises itself as a sandcastle, with its shovel on top serving, it is believed, as a radar to search out prey. Unsuspecting small Pokémon are dragged into Palossand's body through its sandy vortex so it can steal their life force.
I'm so naming that Sandygast after Alessandro when I catch one. And then evolve it into Palossandro. Pokémon Sun and Moon is out in November, and if you feel like being spoiled then don't forget to check out that Pokedex that I've been running and updating like a madman lately. Gotta spoiler 'em all!


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By Biko N. Poindexter-Hodge
Sentinel Intern
Fashion comes and goes. The times are changing and so does the clothes. Shorts are popularly worn in the spring and summer, while long pants are mostly worn in the fall and winter. Styles have come and gone such as wearing your hat backwards or to the side. Wearing a short sleeve t-shirt over a long sleeve t-shirt, or wearing baggy jeans and etc.
But now there is a new clothing fad in town. They are called skinny jeans or skinnies, which are now being worn by males (boys and men)! Yes! Boys and Men!
Skinny jeans are also known as slim-fit-pants have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9″ to 20″ depending on the size. They are also called, drainpipes, stovepipes, cigarette pants, pencil pants, or skinny pants.
I asked a few colleagues of mine both males and females and asked them what do they think about guys wearing skinny jeans?
"I think it's cute as long as they're not sagging. I like jeans that fit and can pair up with a nice pair of classic shoes."-Meidrah Tyler, Pierce College
"I think that it's fine as long as they wear it to their fitting. If it becomes to tight then I think there is a problem. I get that it is a now fashion for skinny jeans in the men's department, but they can only pull it off to a certain extent."-Bina Emerson, Pierce College.
"As far as skinnies are concerned, I like them. It's an L.A. thing. I'm all about L.A., just as long as it doesn't cause any health complications, were good. That says a lot coming from a Que dawg." -Jesse Holloway, Tuskegee University
"You should wear whatever you feel comfortable."-Denzel Codrington, St. John's University
Skinny jeans are clothing that have been around for a while. They are nothing new. Skinnies first came out during the 1950's and where around during the 70's and the 80's and now they are back in the 2000's. Fashion doesn't die, it just gets recycled. This is a fashion that is here now and will probably stay around for a period of time. Pretty soon before you know it, the skinny jeans fashion era will be long gone.
"I think that it looks good as long as they aren't too tight. I like it way better than the baggy jeans look." -Erin Adams, Columbia University.
"I know some men who look great in narrow cut jeans, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. But yeah that's my opinion. Skinny jeans don't bother me as long as they fit well and make the guy look good. I know some people think it's feminine for a guy to war tight clothing, but it doesn't bother me at all." -Lauren M. De Lilly, USC
All in all, at the end of day you wear what you want to wear. It's your choice.


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"Michael went to Ohio State's senior camp and Michigan's camp for a day," defensive end Michael Massey's father Jim Massey Sr. said. "Ohio State's camp was a good trip."
"Ohio State, Pitt, Miami of Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Wake Forest have offered. And I know he's had some other offers too, like Indiana I think."
"He is really interested in Ohio State. And he'll look and see what happens with Michigan, if anything."
"We have to talk with the schools some more. Once we do that I think it would be his preference to decide before the season or early in the season."
"I think it's really between Ohio State, Michigan, and Pitt."
The 6-foot-5 and 225 pounder from Cleveland (Ohio) St. Ignatius registered ten sacks during his junior season. Massey is the number five overall prospect in the state of Ohio.


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Like almost all other print publications, the Peach has a Web page and has struggled with how to make it work with what we are doing in print.
Truth be known, we ink-stained wretches are going through a difficult transition because our readers are at different stages in adapting to the Internet and using a computer or other digital products. Some readers remain perfectly happy without a computer. Others do most of their reading on an iPad (aka "tablet") or their cell phone. Those of us who provide information to others need to meet everybody's needs, and finally the Peach has a Web site that does so.
If you want first crack at the bargains you find here every week, we still post the pages of each issue on the Web site. If you want to learn who died, we post the obituaries as soon as we can. And most importantly, whether you have a laptop computer, a "tablet," or a cell phone with Internet service, you can access dairylandpeach.com from any of them.
Many print advertisers, including the New York Times, have had difficulty adjusting. They want to lay out a Web page the same way as a newspaper page, with a number of different ads and stories on each page. That doesn't work very well, however, with the tiny screen on a cell phone. So we have adapted a new easy to use format, where you simply scroll down through the latest offerings. Check it out — anywhere, any time. Once readers get used to it, I think they will like it.
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All fighters made weight for tomorrow's UFC Fight Night 34 card in Singapore, which will be aired on the UFC's digital Fight Pass service tomorrow starting at 6:30 a.m. ET, 3:30 PT.
In the main event, the final Strikeforce welterweight champion Tarec Safiedine will make his UFC debut against rising Korean prospect Hyun Gyu Lim.
Japanese MMA legend Tatsuya Kawajiri will also make his UFC debut on the card against fellow UFC newcomer Sean Soriano.
This will be the first live UFC event shown on the UFC's new digital network, and it will be interesting to see how the new service deals with live events.
The full weigh-in stats are below:
Tarec Saffiedine (170) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (171)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (145) vs. Sean Soriano (145)
Luiz Dutra (171) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (171)
Kyung Ho Kang (136) vs. Shunichi Shimizu (135)
Will Chope (146) vs. Max Holloway (146)
Katsunori Kikuno (156) vs. Quinn Mulhern (155)
David Galera (136) vs. Royston Wee (134)
Tae Hyun Bang (156) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (155)
Dustin Kimura (135) vs. Jon Delos Reyes (135)
Russell Doane (135) vs. Leandro Issa (136)


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text: You may not recognize his name, but Steve Schklair and his company 3ality Technica is responsible for the 3D effects of some of Hollywood's biggest motion pictures, including the soon to be released The Amazing Spider-Man. I spoke with Steve about the technological evolution of 3D from novelty to ubiquity, as well as his work on The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hobbit, and Prometheus. I think you'll enjoy this surprisingly frank interview with a man at the top of his field.


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- This article is about the Ice Climbers' appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Ice Climbers.
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The Ice Climbers, also known as Ice Climber (アイス クライマー, Aisu Kuraimā) in the Japanese versions, the ice-climbing duo from Super Smash Bros. Melee, make a return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl with a significant texture boost to their character models. Although Popo and Nana fight as a duo, only one is directly controlled by the player. The other is computer-controlled, in a manner mimicking the player. In Melee, the player had the option to change the color of the costume and play as Nana, and the option still exists in Brawl, however the Climbers' positions on the character select screen portrait will not change as in Melee, however, the character's stock icon will.
They currently rank 15th on the official tier list, a function of their extensive and intricate grab game that can completely shut down opponents once it begins.
The Ice Climbers are lightweight characters that have the unique property of being a "two in one" character, wherein the game considers each Climber to be a unique character in its own right. Because of this, the Ice Climbers are able to grab two different items and are even able to grab two separate characters. In addition, their unique property also makes them much harder to grab (when one Ice Climber gets grabbed, the partner can simply counterattack), and conversely allows them to have a superior grab game entirely unique to them (see "chain-grabbing and dysynching" below). However, they can easily be separated by strong enough attacks. In these scenarios, it is advisable to stick to and protect the partner, even if it puts the player in additional danger. Should the CPU Climber get KOed during the stock, the remaining Climber will have drastically reduced damage output, KO ability, and recovery, with Belay becoming practically useless and Squall Hammer loses a good deal of distance (whereas with both Climbers they are excellent recovery moves).
The Ice Climbers are great at dealing damage when together, have okay attack speed, and possess a few interesting attacks in their arsenal. Their standard special move, Ice Shot, is a projectile fired by each Ice Climber which slides along the ground, making it impossible to avoid by crouching/crawling. Blizzard, the down special, can freeze opponents and even cover both sides if the partner is present, or alternatively can be made to cover one side if performed while jumping with the partner, giving the attack more power. Squall Hammer is a pretty decent advancing move with good priority, damage, and speed, spinning the Icies around each other in a forward-moving hammer attack. If a player is feeling adventurous, the Belay special is a powerful KO move should the second Climber connect with the opponent, but it is generally an ill-advised use of the move given that it separates the Climbers and puts them into a helpless animation.
The Icies aren't very good at using their standard arsenal of attacks for combos, normally speaking. With weak throws, small hammers, and slow aerials in general, the Ice Climbers can usually only manage one or two good hits in close before they need to resort to Ice Shots or Blizzard again. With both Climbers present, KOing generally isn't too much of a problem, although their Smashes are actually better at racking up the damage than at KOing. With all this in mind, they wouldn't seem like the best character choice in the world, if it weren't for the following...
Chaingrabbing and desynching
Many would consider the Ice Climbers to be "the King and Queen of all Chain Grabs" due to the fact that their two-in-one property allows a variety of chain-grab options. For example, the lead Ice Climber can grab onto one opponent and use the forward throw. In the middle of the throw animation, the player can gain control of the CPU Climber, commanding him/her into performing a forward-air spike, while once again bringing the original, player-controlled Climber in for a new grab. Such strings create long and extremely damaging chain grabs capable of being performed at nearly any percent, on nearly any stage. In exchange, the Ice Climbers have a poor grab range that makes starting the chain grab very tough.
For further two-in-one hijinks, it is even possible to "desynch" the CPU partner by confusing it with erratic movement (such as dash-dancing), putting the player in control of both Climbers for as long as they are capable of maintaining it. Once the partner is desynched, the player can have it perform any move while the main Climber is in the middle of one, providing for all sorts of possible attack strategies that can be exceedingly difficult for opponents to escape from (alternating Blizzard, alternating Ice Shot). While desynched, the partner Climber has restrained movement within an invisible box around the main Climber; should he/she be separated or removed from this box, the CPU will take over again.
It should be obvious that such techniques are extremely difficult to perform in combat, even for advanced players, due to the constant string of precise commands required for the Climbers to move/attack as intended. This level of extreme difficulty is what has prevented any seemingly-unfair IC techniques (outside of wobbling in Melee) from seeing competitive bans, especially given that very few professional players main or even use them at tournaments. This lack of appearance has made their tier ranking, and whether or not it should be higher, questionable for the time being. Nevertheless, these techniques are the backbone of playing a good pair of Icies; without them, they aren't particularly great, so it's essential for players who plan on using the Ice Climbers to master them.
Changes from Melee to Brawl
- Both Ice Climbers can grab on to a ledge at the same time.
- More attack power. Blizzard is especially buffed if the Ice Climbers are next to the opponent.
- Can have the same color costume of the blue costume. The white one is almost the same, but the gloves are different colors.
- If the partner hits another character while executing Belay, the move is still completed.
- Belay can be a Tether Recovery if the partner grabs a ledge first, then the leader reaches up to the ledge.
- Lone Ice Climber's Belay gives some slight distance.
- Partner can Squall Hammer and Belay alone.
- The Ice Climbers can become separated easier when attacked, but are a bit better by themselves.
- Squall Hammer now sends off flakes of ice. However, this only happens when both Ice Climbers are present, and is only for show.
- Their Orange costume was removed.
- Partner AI is significantly advanced (near level 9) so it does not die as easily.
- The Freeze glitch no longer works.
This assumes you are using a costume that doesn't switch Popo and Nana.
Ground Attacks
- Standard Attack - Popo/Nana/the climbers swings his/her/their hammer(s) in front of himself/herself/themselves. Popo, first hit 3%, second hit 4%. Nana, 2% both hits. Total, 2%-11%.
- Dash Attack - Popo/Nana/the climbers do/does a short jump and swing his/her/their hammer(s) in front of himself/herself/themselves. Popo, 6%. Nana, 4%. Total, 4%-10%.
- Strong Side - Similar to neutral, but with one hand. Popo, 9%. Nana, 7%. Total, 7%-16%.
- Strong Up - Popo/Nana/the climbers spin(s) his/her/their hammer(s) over his/her/their head(s), dealing multiple hits. Popo, 6 hits of 1%, then 4%. Nana, 4 hits of 1%, then 3%. Total, 1%-17%.
- Strong Down - Popo/Nana/the climbers crouch(es) and sweep(s) his/her/their hammer(s) on the ground in front of him/her/them. Popo, 6%. Nana, 4%-5%. Total, 4%-11%.
- Side Smash - Lift hammers over head, then smash straight down. Leader, 12%-13% uncharged, 16%-18% fully charged. Partner, 9%-10% uncharged, 13%-14% fully charged. Total, 9%-23% uncharged, 13%-32% fully charged
- Up Smash - Swing hammers upwards. Leader, 11% uncharged, 15% fully charged. Partner, 9% uncharged, 13% fully charged. Total, 9%-20% uncharged, 13%-28% fully charged.
- Down Smash - Sweep hammers on the ground all the way around themselves. Because the back swipes' hitboxes extend a bit in front of the climbers and the back and forward swipes are two separate hits, this attack inflicts huge damage if the target is at close range and both climbers are present, making it ideal for Home-run Contest. Leader, 12% uncharged, 16% fully charged (-2% if facing opponent at close range). Partner, 8% uncharged, 12% fully charged (strangely, +1% to the back swipe). Total, 8%-41% uncharged, 11%-56% fully charged.
- Ledge Attack - Climbs up ledge and swings hammer(s) over their heads. 8% each hit. Total, 8%-16%.
- 100% Ledge Attack - Climbs up ledge slowly, then swings hammer(s) over their heads. 10% each hit. Total, 10%-20%.
- Floor Attack - Popo/Nana/they quickly get(s) up and hammer in both directions. This is surprisingly similar to their Down Smash, in that the back swipes' hitboxes extend a bit in front of them, and the back and forward swipes are two separate hits, making it shockingly powerful at close range (assuming both climbers fell and are in the same position). 6% each hit. Total, 6%-24%.
- Trip Attack - Popo/Nana/they quickly get(s) up and spin(s) around with his/her/their hammer(s) extended. This is surprisingly similar to their Down Smash, in that the back swipes' hitboxes extend a bit in front of them, and the back and forward swipes are two separate hits, making it shockingly powerful at close range (assuming both climbers tripped and are in the same position). 5% each hit. Total, 5%-20%.
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral Aerial - The Ice Climbers swing in a circle with hammers outstretched. Leader, 7%. Partner, 5%. Total, 5%-12%.
- Forward Aerial - The Ice Climbers lift their hammers over head then swing forward, like their side smash. If the partner hits (regardless whether Nana or Popo is the partner), the attack will be a meteor smash if placed correctly. Leader, 12%. Partner, 7%. Total, 7%-19%.
- Back Aerial - Swing hammers behind themselves. Leader, 11%. Partner, 8%. Total, 8%-19%.
- Up Aerial - Stick hammers above their head. Leader, 10% when it first comes out, 7% during the rest of the attack. Partner, 7% when it first comes out, 5% during the rest of the attack. Total, 5%-17%.
- Down Aerial - A Stall-Then-Fall. Accelerate fall with hammers below themselves. Stall almost unnoticeable. Leader, 8%. Partner, 5%. Total, 5%-13%.
Grabs & Throws
- Pummel - Headbutt. 1% per hit.
- Forward Throw - Hit with hammer. If you walk slightly forward with the partner climber (see below) before using, he/she can grab the enemy again RIGHT after you use the attack, making this a chain grab. If used near the edge and combined with your partner using a short hop then Forward Air, it can kill at 50%. 8%.
- Back Throw - Spin around and hit with hammer. The player can use the other Ice Climber to turn around and regrab the enemy much in the fashion of the chain grab with the Forward Throw. This does not cause movement of the Ice Climbers like the latter chain grab as the enemy is thrown back and forth between the Ice Climbers. 6%.
- Up Throw - Throw upwards then smash with hammer. 6%.
- Down Throw - Spike on ground. Is another chain grab, but you don't need both climbers to execute this one. With both climbers present the other Climber can quickly grab the enemy as they bounce off the ground which will last as long as the player can manage unlike the other chain grab with Down Throw which breaks after certain percents. 6%.
The Ice Climbers have many infinite chain grabs with their Forward Throw, Back Throw and Down Throw however these do not receive the attention of other infinite techniques due to the high difficulty of using them and the different timing required for every character and percent per character.
One unique thing about the Ice Climbers is that while one Ice Climber grabs the opponent, the other can use any move in his entire moveset to attack. And if the partner grabs the opponent and the leader's shield is broken during the grab, the partner is actually played as the leader recovers, though walking distance is limited.
Up: They set down their hammers and jump up and down. They do the same when they reach the mountain top in SSE and when they make it to the top of a mountain in the original game.
Side: They will point their hammers diagonally upward shout "Yuh!", as wind blows behind them (same as in Melee, only with different sound effects).
Down: They dance in a circle.
Special Moves
Ice Climber's Special Moves
|Standard Special Move
|Ice Shot
|Side Special Move
|Squall Hammer
|Up Special Move
|Down Special Move
|Final Smash
Event Matches
Event 11: Yoshi's Rainbow - As the Ice Climbers, KO six Yoshis in the order red, pink, yellow, green, pale blue, blue.
Event 34: All-Star Battle Melee - The Ice Climbers are one of the eight opponents you must fight from Super Smash Bros. Melee that return for Brawl.
Co-Op Event 10: The R.O.B.'s of Tomorrow - Teamed with Lucario, KO R.O.B.s of increasing size.
Role In the Subspace EmissaryThe Ice Climbers were first seen climbing up the mountain together, possibly in pursuit of the Halberd or they were just climbing being climber. When Meta Knight passed them going up the mountain, the Ice Climbers took it as a challenge and jumped up the mountain with Meta Knight. Once they reached the top, the Ice Climbers celebrated with their "victory" for getting up the mountain first, until they and Meta Knight found Lucario, who was looking for a fight with Meta Knight, so the Ice Climbers watch from the side nervously. After the fight, the Halberd crashes the Great Fox into the mountain. Although Meta Knight and Lucario managed to board the Halberd, the Ice Climbers (ironically) are thrown back to the ground towards Marth, Lucas, Pokémon Trainer, and Ike. After facing some more Subspace Army troopers, the Ice Climbers teamed up with the other heroes as they journeyed into Subspace and helped them battle Tabuu.
Costume Gallery
- Along with Pokémon Trainer, Diddy Kong, and Jigglypuff, the Ice Climbers are one of the only characters to have a unique "Defeated/No Contest" pose different from the traditional hand clapping, with their head down while rubbing their eyes. This pose is a reference to the one they make in Ice Climber after failing in a bonus level.
- The Ice Climbers' White, Black/Gray, and Red/Light Blue costumes have Nana as the leader, although it is impossible to tell from their character selection picture (excluding the Red/Light Blue costume).
- When the leader of a CPU is Star KO'd while the partner remains on ground stage, the partner will taunt before disappearing.
- When the Ice Climbers perform a forward smash in Brawl, it looks similar to how they attack in their own game.
- In Stamina mode, it is possible for the partner to die before the leader. Regardless of whether this happens or not, the partner will lay on the ground motionless, but not blink red.
- The follower is always slightly weaker than the leader.
- The partner can disappear during some Final Smashes if the leader is KO'd, leaving the opponent attacking nothing. Some examples are Ike's, Meta Knight's and, Marth's [1]
- Both Ice Climbers must win a microgame in the Wario Ware Inc. stage to be rewarded.
- The Ice Climbers are one of the two only characters that almost entirely depends on a weapon that isn't a sword (their hammers). King Dedede uses a hammer as well.
- When the Ice Climbers are trapped by Jigglypuffs Final Smash (and some other circumstances), the effects (like when Popo and Nana are smashed into a wall) are slowed down. However, their moving speed is still the same.
- A creative little addition to their character, is that the Ice Climbers are not effected by the conditions of ice, and they won't slide on it. This is due to the fact that they are wearing cleats. Oddly, their cleats do not affect their traction on normal surfaces, as it's second-worst in the game (Luigi has the worst).
- When Marth uses his Final smash on the Ice Climbers, two HP bars appear.
- Ice Climbers have the second most powerful d-smash in the game if both Ice Climbers hit, following Lucas who has first.
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