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Know Your 2K: Share the story of your local place

What's the heritage of your 2K area?

At the moment, we're all restricted to the area 2K from our homes.  What's the history of that area - or of your own home?  Have you got photos, memories, a letter or a story to share?

Find out about the project, see our research tips and upload your contribution.

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    About the KnowYour5k project

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Your contributions

Here you can see the contributions people have uploaded so far. Please add your own!

  • A truly strange stone cross outside an optician's on the corner of Kevin Street and Bride Street

    A truly strange stone cross outside an optician's on the corner of Kevin Street and Bride Street

  • An Ancient Approach: Glendalough's Stepping Stones

    An Ancient Approach: Glendalough's Stepping Stones

  • Ballindoon Priory (or Abbey)

    Ballindoon Priory (or Abbey)

  • Ballylahan Castle

    Ballylahan Castle

  • Black Friary Car Park

    Black Friary Car Park

  • Cappanalaurabaun / Ceapach na Lára Báine

    Cappanalaurabaun / Ceapach na Lára Báine

  • Charlton's Folly

    Charlton's Folly

  • Clara Castle, Co. Kilkenny

    Clara Castle, Co. Kilkenny

  • Cloyne Round Tower

    Cloyne Round Tower

  • Cong. County Mayo

    Cong. County Mayo

  • County Kerry Club, Denny St Tralee

    County Kerry Club, Denny St Tralee

  • Devil's Bit

    Devil's Bit

  • Dhuish National School, Shercock, Co. Cavan 1875-1975

    Dhuish National School, Shercock, Co. Cavan 1875-1975

  • Doe Castle

    Doe Castle

  • Dunaweel wood

    Dunaweel wood

  • Dysart Castle

    Dysart Castle

  • Early Christian Oratory (Private Chapel) Rosscahill. Co. Galway

    Early Christian Oratory (Private Chapel) Rosscahill. Co. Galway

  • Graves of the Leinstermen

    Graves of the Leinstermen

  • Heritage in The Curragh, Co. Kildare

    Heritage in The Curragh, Co. Kildare

  • Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield

    Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield

  • Highrath Castle

    Highrath Castle

  • Holy Well Antrim town

    Holy Well Antrim town

  • Images of Mevagh

    Images of Mevagh

  • Industry on Clonmel's river islands

    Industry on Clonmel's river islands

  • Charlestown Cross

    Charlestown Cross

New contributions
  • "Running home - to Ballinrobe"
  • “The currach fed the people”
  • An afternoon with a currach fisherman
  • An extra passenger
  • Annual Famine Walk 2012
  • Autumn in Mayo
  • Ballinrobe visiting journalist: James Redpath (1833- 1891) and the verb 'To Boycott'
  • Ballinrobe's "Heritage Walk" booklet and plaques launched by Pulitzer Prize winner Ms. Maureen Dowd
  • Bessie Morrison
  • Coastal Winter: The Shore
  • County Kerry Club, Denny St Tralee
  • Dean James Ronayne - served in St. Mary's Church RC, Ballinrobe
  • Doe Castle
  • Dónal Mac Polin artwork donated to National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
  • Engagement with the north-west continues
  • Family: The Godparents
  • First Communion at Lacken Church
  • Flying the Flag for Killeen in Chicago
  • Funny Irish Tales
  • Fury: Irish Cliffs
  • Gargoyle: The Horrors of Irish History
  • George Clarkson
  • Heated Repairs: Irish Craic
  • Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield
  • Historic Courthouse built c.1750 to be converted for Boxing Club
  • Industry on Clonmel's river islands
  • Irish Love
  • Irish traditional boats inspiring the next generation
  • Kiely Occupants House No. 2
  • Kilcash Romanesque Church
  • Kilnatoora Castle
  • Kilrush Church
  • Louisburgh HQ
  • Magnificent Mayo
  • Mayo Crows
  • Mayo: Paradise Found
  • Michael Previté - RIP
  • Migrant Women: Shared Experiences
  • Moyne Abbey: Stone Wall
  • National Museum of Ireland seeks Naomh Éanna material and memories
  • Natural and Human Heritages Image1.jpg
  • Obituary: Dr Willis, Oughterard, 1868
  • Orbsen - Ancient name of Lough Corrib
  • Oughterard engraving C.1867
  • Our Network Meeting 13th September 2022
  • Out of the Blue - A Little Book of Inspiration
  • Oweynagat - Cave of the Cats
  • Ox Mountains
  • Paradise in Mayo
  • Photos of Market Street, Ballinrobe (now Main St)
  • Pub
  • Pulling the Turf (Lissadrone Bog)
  • Rag tree by Doon Holy Well
  • Recording of the Graveyards in Kilgeever Parish
  • Redemption
  • Rev. Fr. Michael Byrne
  • Roscommon Town Market House, Court House, Sessions House, 1719.
  • Seasons in Mayo
  • Seaweed harvesting - the tools of the trade
  • Shellfish collecting objects from the Irish Folklife collection
  • Spanish Influenza Story Map
  • St. Nicholas Church and Graveyard/ Teampull na Plaighe
  • St. Patrick's Well
  • St. Ronan’s Church of Ireland, Dromiskin.
  • Step Eight: Irish Community Archive Network
  • Test page
  • The Deer: History
  • The Hobnail Boot & The Bothán
  • The Irish Hearth
  • The Irishman
  • The Lynches of Mayo
  • The O'Toole Family
  • The Wild River
  • Toberaheena Well, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
  • Universal Love Song
  • Universal Wedding Vows
  • Wild Atlantic Way: Killala Greenway, Mayo
  • Know Your 2K: Share the story of your local place
  • Schools' Folklore Project
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