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Marriage Coat of Arms Wall Carving
22/06/2020
Image of a 17th Century Marriage Coat of Arms carved into a wall. Families unknown although could be Fox and another ...
Heroic Nurses
19/06/2020
These amazing women deserve to be honoured for their heroic service to humanity. Michael Feeney in his book ‘Remembering Mayo’s Fallen ...
Cong. County Mayo
18/06/2020
Introduction to Cong, County Mayo
St. Augustine's Holy Well
18/06/2020
St. Augustine’s Holy Well. Located in Lough Atalia, Galway City.
Cappanalaurabaun / Ceapach na Lára Báine
18/06/2020
The Oughterard region has only recently become my home (1year) having visited the area since I first moved to Galway ...
Cruicetown Cemetery, Church and Motte
15/06/2020
Cruicetown is a civil parish near the village of Nobber in the barony of Kells Lower, Co Meath comprising of ...
Austin Bourke
13/06/2020
The Murrisk Mariner Austie Bourke has been recalled in songs and stories in his native Murrisk but many beyond his native ...
Dhuish National School, Shercock, Co. Cavan 1875-1975
10/06/2020
Dhuish National School was opened in 1875 and was assigned number 7927. According to an article in the Anglo Celt, ...
Dunaweel wood
10/06/2020
Dunaweel wood is an old wood found on the first edition Ordnance survey maps which date from the 1830s . By ...
A truly strange stone cross outside an optician's on the corner of Kevin Street and Bride Street
10/06/2020
Black Friary Car Park
10/06/2020
Across the road from our house in Kilkenny is a car park. For the past few months as my daughter ...
Old Coombe Hospital
06/06/2020
The Old Coombe Hospital formally opened as the Coombe Lying-in Hospital in 1829 and was granted a Royal Charter in ...
Ireland's Oldest Credit Union
06/06/2020
Ireland’s Oldest Credit Union Donore Credit Union, founded in 1958.
The oldest tree in Ireland
06/06/2020
This ancient yew tree on the grounds of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, known as the Silken Thomas tree, is thought ...
Clew Bay Drumlin's
04/06/2020
Drumlins either oval or elongated hills are believed to have been formed by the streamlined movement of glacial ice sheets ...
Hill of Faughart
04/06/2020
The Hill of Faughart doesn’t look like much. This 113 meter-high hill appears as just another green lump in the ...
Ballyriggin Wood
04/06/2020
Ballyriggin Wood, perched on a rocky outcrop eastward of Kilfinane town, is a familiar landmark in the local landscape. It ...
Lakes of Mayo
03/06/2020
Safe from Zepellin bombs in London, died of Flu in Longford
03/06/2020
My grandparents moved to London in 1901 where my grandfather was a barrister in the Middle Temple. During the First ...
Swallow - Owenniff River.
02/06/2020
Walking along the river today this swallow caught my eye. Swooping overhead and calling out. The river in Oughterard creates ...
Portloman Church
01/06/2020
The medieval church of Portloman is located on the western banks of Lough Owel. The ruins that can still be ...
Milltown's cottage in Heritage Park
01/06/2020
This traditional replica herd’s cottage is dedicated to the memory of Major Richard W. (Dick) Dowling of the Irish Davis ...
The Round Hill of Lismore.
31/05/2020
This area known locally as the Round Hill of Lismore, hidden in the trees is the site of a motte ...
Stameen House (Boyne Valley Hotel) Gate Lodge
31/05/2020
Stameen House (now the Boyne Valley Hotel and Country Club) gate lodge in Co. Louth is an L-plan, three bay, ...
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Pat McNicholas
10/11/2021
You will never again see the best hard working generation of Irish workers , who turned up for work in...
Noelene Beckett Crowe
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The song of Slawmin-a-wool
10/11/2021
Wonderful poem Michael...like Paraic Colum's 'The Old Woman of the Roads'
Noelene Beckett Crowe
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Mayo
10/11/2021
Amazing memories of a childhood in Mayo. Love this 'hills shyly shoulder each other.'
Noelene Beckett Crowe
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The song of the scythe
10/11/2021
This is excellent Michael. Well done. Reminisent of Helaire Bellock in 'The Mowing of a Field.'
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