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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
23/05/2020
The Village Pump – was a very familiar sight around Ireland in the 1940s & 1950s. This one located in Kilmurry ...
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
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?
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
21/05/2020
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
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.
18/05/2020
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
18/05/2020
'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)
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
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
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
17/05/2020
Saint Laurence’s Gate, part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Blackrock Railway Station
16/05/2020
Blackrock Railway Station, built c.1834.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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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
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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
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“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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