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  • Ardandragh Castle

    Ardandragh Castle

    24/05/2020
    Ardandragh castle was the most noted of all the O Farrell castles in County Longford in the 12th century. It ...
  • Village Pump

    Village Pump

    23/05/2020
    The Village Pump – was a very familiar sight around Ireland in the 1940s & 1950s. This one located in Kilmurry ...
  • Seatown Windmill

    Seatown Windmill

    22/05/2020
    Near the quays in Dundalk is the impressive tower of an old windmill It was built around the year 1800, now ...
  • The Rocks, Wexford town

    The Rocks, Wexford town

    22/05/2020
    The place I’m going to describe is ‘the Rocks’ in Wexford town. It has no red or blue dots on ...
  • Paulgorra Field: Saintly apparition or conservation corner? What is in a field name?

    Paulgorra Field: Saintly apparition or conservation corner? What is in a field name?

    21/05/2020
    One of the things I love about heritage is how layered it is. Our understanding, appreciation and knowledge of things ...
  • Louth Hall, Co. Louth

    Louth Hall, Co. Louth

    21/05/2020
  • Katherine Tynan Hinkson

    Katherine Tynan Hinkson

    19/05/2020
    Novelist / Poet / Journalist / Nationalist This prolific writer’s career spanned most of the later 19th Century with continuation into ...
  • Naul Graveyard Ruins

    Naul Graveyard Ruins

    18/05/2020
    Standing in the centre of Naul Graveyard are the ruins of an old church. The plaque over the doorway states ...
  • St. Ronan’s Church of Ireland, Dromiskin.

    St. Ronan’s Church of Ireland, Dromiskin.

    18/05/2020
  • The Phillimore legacy at Tra na Rossan  Co Donegal

    The Phillimore legacy at Tra na Rossan Co Donegal

    18/05/2020
    This beautiful An Oige Hostel in a remote part of Co Donegal was designed by the famous architect Edwin Lutyens ...
  • Images of Mevagh

    Images of Mevagh

    18/05/2020
  • 'The Limerick Piper' Pádraig O'Briain (Born in Labasheeda, Co. Clare, 1773)

    'The Limerick Piper' Pádraig O'Briain (Born in Labasheeda, Co. Clare, 1773)

    18/05/2020
    Padraig O’Briain (c. 1773-1855) A piper and musician, Padraig O’Briain was born in Labasheeda, County Clare around 1773. His parents were well-off ...
  • Ballindoon Priory (or Abbey)

    Ballindoon Priory (or Abbey)

    18/05/2020
    Ballindoon Abbey or Priory rests on the quiet shores of Lough Arrow, a lake in South Sligo. This Dominican priory ...
  • Seatown Castle

    Seatown Castle

    18/05/2020
    Around the corner of my house is the 13th century Seatown Castle, which is actually the tower of a Franciscan ...
  • Corduff Ringfort

    Corduff Ringfort

    17/05/2020
    Marked as fort on the 1837 Ordnance survey map it is believed to be a platform ringfort with a diameter ...
  • Saint Laurence's Gate, Drogheda

    Saint Laurence's Gate, Drogheda

    17/05/2020
    Saint Laurence’s Gate, part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda, Co. Louth.
  • Blackrock Railway Station

    Blackrock Railway Station

    16/05/2020
    Blackrock Railway Station, built c.1834.
  • Lacca Woods

    Lacca Woods

    16/05/2020
    Hear about the natural heritage in Lacca Woods Check out this brilliant podcast about the heritage of Lacca Woods by Hugo ...
  • Baltimore Beacon

    Baltimore Beacon

    16/05/2020
    The Beacon stands looking out to the Atlantic and back at the village of Baltimore in West Cork. The Beacon marks ...
  • St. Catherine's Holy Well

    St. Catherine's Holy Well

    15/05/2020
    St. Catherine’s Well is situated in St. Catherine’s Regional Park exactly on the county border of Kildare and Dublin. Folklore has ...
  • Graves of the Leinstermen

    Graves of the Leinstermen

    15/05/2020
    These stones abound with folklore involving Brian Boru and a quarrel that resulted in the death of the King of ...
  • Victorian Cartwheel Sweller

    Victorian Cartwheel Sweller

    14/05/2020
    To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime’s experience. In the world of poetic experience it ...
  • Heritage in The Curragh, Co. Kildare

    Heritage in The Curragh, Co. Kildare

    14/05/2020
    Images from around The Curragh military camp, an area of military history from the mid-1800s., from British rule to Irish ...
  • Haroldstown Dolmen

    Haroldstown Dolmen

    14/05/2020
    The River Dereen rises in a bog at Knockanana and is a specially conserved channel because of the salmon, trout ...
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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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