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  • Moycullen, Co. Galway, 31st May 2019

    Moycullen, Co. Galway, 31st May 2019

    01/07/2020
    Images credit: Sean Lydon
  • Moycullen Heritage Category Winner at the Prestigious CAHG Awards, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 10 July 2019

    Moycullen Heritage Category Winner at the Prestigious CAHG Awards, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 10 July 2019

    01/07/2020
  • Irish Fjords

    Irish Fjords

    01/07/2020
    Several areas of Europe have fjords: however, many are less pronounced due to the limited exposure of westerly winds. Within ...
  • St David's Well, Ballinaslaney, Oylegate

    St David's Well, Ballinaslaney, Oylegate

    29/06/2020
    St. David’s Well at Oylegate, County Wexford.
  • WW1 Ballina Heroes

    WW1 Ballina Heroes

    29/06/2020
    Commemoration One hundred & eighty – two Ballina soldiers who lost their lives during the first world war were commemorated with ...
  • Nymphsfield Stone Circles

    Nymphsfield Stone Circles

    29/06/2020
     Mayo Stone Circles The Cong area of Co. Mayo has been associated with the arrival of Túatha De Dannan plus the ...
  • George Clarkson

    George Clarkson

    25/06/2020
    1901 – https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Limerick/Ardpatrick/Kilmihil/1492731/
  • Martin ‘Doc’ O ‘Carroll

    Martin ‘Doc’ O ‘Carroll

    24/06/2020
    Musician / Singer Martin O ‘Carroll was born in the village of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo on 19th November 1939.  His mother ...
  • Drumlane Abbey Church and Round Tower

    Drumlane Abbey Church and Round Tower

    22/06/2020
    Drumlane is pleasantly situated near the quiet Co. Cavan village of Miltown,, a monastic site  overlooking Lough Derrybrick often associated ...
  • 19th Century Lime Kiln

    19th Century Lime Kiln

    22/06/2020
    19th Century (c. 1820) Lime Kiln (Restored 2006). On the site of NUI Galway Campus near Fisheries Field.
  • Marriage Coat of Arms Wall Carving

    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

    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

    Cong. County Mayo

    18/06/2020
    Introduction to Cong, County Mayo
  • St. Augustine's Holy Well

    St. Augustine's Holy Well

    18/06/2020
    St. Augustine’s Holy Well. Located in Lough Atalia, Galway City.
  • Cappanalaurabaun / Ceapach na Lára Báine

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Ireland's Oldest Credit Union

    06/06/2020
    Ireland’s Oldest Credit Union Donore Credit Union, founded in 1958.
  • The oldest tree in Ireland

    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 ...
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  • Lorna Elms on James Francis Taylor

    18/01/2021
    Thank you for drawing our attention to the typo in the above post - this has now been corrected.
  • Anita Hawkes on Martin Haverty

    18/01/2021
    Just fyi, Martin Haverty bought land in West Limerick in 1853 through the encumbered estate act, becoming a small, very...
  • Anita Hawkes on Martin Haverty

    18/01/2021
    I would love to find out more about Haverty road being called after Martin Haverty. Are there any papers relating...
  • Pauline naughton on “No Worry” Share My Memories: Mary Kenny, née Farrell of Newcastle, Aughrim, Co. Galway

    18/01/2021
    A lovely read . I printed out a copy for my dad , he was Tom and John's neighbour and...
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