Fashioned out of hammered silver, this item of Viking jewellery displays a tight composition of animal motifs. On the rear of the brooch appear four Irish names written in Ogham script: possibly former owners of the brooch. Discovered: Ballyspellan, County Kilkenny ...
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (Dublin) Kilkenny Castle (Ireland) Kinsale/Charles Fort (Ireland) Muckross House (Ireland) Rock of Cashel (Ireland) Titanic Experience (Ireland) Italy Florence, Italy Orvieto, Italy Pisa (Italy) Pompeii (Italy) Rome Ancient Rome: Colosseum, The Forum...
1366-1542: In 1366, recognising the waning English influence, the Irish (Anglo-Norman) Parliament passes the “Statutes of Kilkenny”, forbidding intermarriage and other connections between English and Irish: this is the beginning of a long and tragic history of segregation and of attempts at oppr...
in that same year many of the castles of the colonists for burnt or destroyed. Two were mentioned in a single entry in the Annals of Inisfallen as follows: “the castle of Dún na mBarc, and Caislén na Gide also, were burned by Mac Carthaig and by the Desmumu.”. Caislén na ...
Smithstown Chapel, Kilkenny, Ireland Carrickkildavnet Castle, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland Meelick Round Tower, Mayo, Ireland Slievemore Cemetery, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland All Souls Church Crossboyne, Mayo, Ireland Ravensdale Stone Circle, Louth, Ireland Bunnacurry Old Cemetery, Achill...
But it was a visit to America in 1960 that convinced them of the future of malls. The concept was resisted by UK local authorities so Arndale turned to Australia, where the company built its first air conditioned mall at Kilkenny, near Adelaide, in 1963. Hagenbach frequently travelled to ...
raised first in Randolph, then in the Back Bay in the 1940s, has been encouraging individu- als and seeking out reality and justice for decades, with the help of some prominent close friends who have helped shape her character as much as her grandmother and the stone walls of Kilkenny. Ke...
‘Dublin Castle has fallen!’—the handover, 16 January 1922 Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, a Provisional Government, led by Michael Collins, was to oversee the transition of power until the Irish Free State formally came into being in December 1922. What was involved in the ‘...
Day 2: Kilkenny to Killarney Buckle up for a day of striking scenery. There are so many sights to choose from on this leg of the journey that you can’t go wrong. If you aren’t off-put by crowds, then don’t miss visiting the popular Blarney Castle or driving part of the...
Though born in Ireland, he was of purely English descent—his father belonging to a Yorkshire family, and his mother being a Leicestershire lady. His father died before he was born; and he was educated by the kindness of an uncle. After being at a private school at Kilkenny, he was ...