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Early Christian Oratory (Private Chapel) Rosscahill. Co. Galway
14/05/2020
This church ruin is located in the centre of Rosscahill Village Co. Galway. Located in a small graveyard, there is ...
Moated site in Cutbush, Co. Kildare
14/05/2020
Ireland’s 2018 summer drought unearthed hundreds of previously unknown ancient monuments, including a partial cropmark of large moated site close ...
Carrowkeel Neolithic Tombs - Cairns B, E,F, G,H,K
14/05/2020
Carrowkeel is an ancient site, and one of the most important Neolithic-era sites in Ireland, dating back to 3,500-2,900 BC. 14 cairns ...
Gallows Hill a Community Exploration
14/05/2020
Gallows Hill is a large man made mound on the edge of Dungarvan town. The origins of the mound were ...
Tea House Folly Galway
14/05/2020
This is part of a designed landscape from the 18th or 19th century.
Oweynagat - Cave of the Cats
13/05/2020
Oweynagat is a Souterrain attached to a natural fissure cave, located within the Rathcroghan archaeological complex in Co. Roscommon. The Cave ...
Ballylucra Cemetery
13/05/2020
Ballylucra Graveyard near Brooklodge, Glanmire. Some of the graves are relatively recent (within the last decade) but most seem a lot ...
Palace Cinema, Dublin
13/05/2020
On 13 May 1920, the Palace Cinema opened on Great Brunswick (now Pearse) Street, Dublin, in a refurbishment of the ...
Old St Peter's Church
13/05/2020
A hidden gem in the centre of Portlaoise. Tucked in behind a wall on the roundabout, the belfry offers the passerby ...
The Four Altars (Penal Altars) Ballaghaderreen
13/05/2020
The Four Altars are Penal Altars approximately 5km from Ballaghaderreen on the road to Sligo. The Altars face North, South, East ...
King O'Toole's Gander (song)
12/05/2020
The following song is taken from the Dúchas Schools’ Collection. A version of the song is available via the Youtube link ...
Cast iron fountain Cork City
12/05/2020
A decorated cast-iron drinking water trough (c.1850). This water fountain once refreshed people on the south-side of Washington Street before being ...
The Hellfire Club
12/05/2020
The Hellfire Club is situated at the summit of Montpelier Hill in Rathfarnham, Dublin. It is the ruins of a ...
Massy’s Estate Walled Garden
12/05/2020
In 1800 the Killakee Estate which contained the infamous Hellfire Club was acquired by Luke White of the Hugenot de ...
Thomas H. Gillespie
12/05/2020
Businessman / Editor My grandfather, Thomas H. Gillespie, took over the editorship of the Connaught Telegraph in 1899, a position he ...
Manor Cinema
12/05/2020
On 10 May 1920, the Manor Cinema opened on Manor Street, Dublin. Managed by George Fagan, the silent films it offered ...
Maynooth Castle
12/05/2020
How lucky we are to have the impressive ruins of this once great castle sitting right in the heart of ...
Bere Island Standing Stone
11/05/2020
The Bere Island standing stone or Gallan is said to mark the exact centre of the island. It’s located in the ...
Kilrush Church
11/05/2020
WW1 US Navy graffiti, Bere Island
11/05/2020
On May 11th 1918, sailors from the US Navy inscribed their names on a rock just outside Rerrin Village, Bere ...
Industry on Clonmel's river islands
11/05/2020
There are a number of small islands clustered together in the river Suir near the town of Clonmel, which include ...
Maudlin Castle - Kilkenny's forgotten Leper Hospital
11/05/2020
Today this lovely tower house (thought to date from c.1500) sits serenely among the terraced houses and bungalows of Maudlin ...
Dawn Chorus in Clonmel Tipperary
09/05/2020
A few seconds of the dawn chorus in Clonmel, County Tipperary, recorded in early May 2020. Our home is just on ...
St. Cummin's Holy Well, County Galway
09/05/2020
St. Cummin’s Holy Well near Oughterard, County Galway. You can explore this holy well in a 3D Model by Digital Heritage ...
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James Francis Taylor
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Thank you for drawing our attention to the typo in the above post - this has now been corrected.
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