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Frontispiece: Clerk Colvill

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Frontispiece: Clerk ColvillSome British Ballads (1919)

The young man clutches his hat with one hand and with the other holds aloft a sword as he kneels at the edge of a pond. From that same pond a mermaid rises up, arms raised, breasts bare. This beautifu [...]

Keywords: people, trees, water, swords, mermaids, colour

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2006-05-13

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Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.

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Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is an engraving of Proleek Dolmen, part of a megalithic portal tomb, although this should not be taken to imply that there is a burial chamber. The capstone is almost four metres long and over t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, ruins, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Dundalk; County Louth; Ireland

Added: 2005-08-05

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22.—Galleries at New Grange, Plan and Section

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22.—Galleries at New Grange, Plan and SectionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

New Grange (Newgrange) is the oldest known Irish passage tomb; it could be over five thousand years old. There is also a stone circle here.

Modern Pictures of New Grange

Keywords: ruins, diagrams, tombs, burial mounds, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2005-07-24

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35.—Round Tower of Donoughmore.

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35.—Round Tower of Donoughmore.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is easy to understand how the same religion prevailing in neighbouring countries might produce monuments of a similar character; but we find the same in the far east, in lands separated from ours [...]

Keywords: ruins, towers, roman remains, people, horses, greyscale

Places shown: Donoughmore; Navan; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2005-09-09

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52.—Plan of Chambers at Ballyhendon

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52.—Plan of Chambers at BallyhendonOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Camden has given a rude [crude] representation of two caverns near Tilbury in Essex, “spacious caverns in a chalky cliff, built very artificially of stone to the height of ten fathoms [18 metres, or [...]

Keywords: plans, maps, monuments, greyscale

Places shown: Fermoy; County Tipperary; Ireland

Added: 2005-06-18

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53.—Plan of Chambers on a Farm twelve miles from Ballyhendon

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53.—Plan of Chambers on a Farm twelve miles from BallyhendonOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

see Fig. 52 for notes.

Keywords: plans, maps, monuments, druids, greyscale

Places shown: Fermoy; County Tipperary; Ireland

Added: 2005-06-18

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54.—Ground Plan and Section of the Subterranean Chamber at Carrighhill.

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54.—Ground Plan and Section of the Subterranean Chamber at Carrighhill.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I think the place mentioned is probably Carrick, and in particular either the neolithic Carrick East Burial Chamber or Carrigadoon Hill, but I am not certain. At any rate the text makes clear that it [...]

Keywords: plans, monuments, druids, greyscale

Places shown: Carrick-on-Suir; County Tipperary; Ireland

Added: 2005-08-17

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Two of the revellers in Irish peasant costume

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Two of the revellers in Irish peasant costumeThe Leisure Hour (1904)

Two of the revellers were dressed up to represent an old man and woman in Irish peasant costume. From a great pot in front of them they ladled out boiling tar! A man and a woman in traditional Irish [...]

Keywords: festivals, people, costumes, thatched cottages, hats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: County Cork; Ireland

Added: 2011-03-14

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Ross Island, Killarney

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Ross Island, KillarneyNorthland Journeys, Part I (1881)

The ruined castle reflected in the water here is Ross Castle, built probably in the fifteenth century and standing on the island (actually a peninsula) in the lake called Lough Leane. There is a brid [...]

Keywords: castles, water, lakes, islands, reflections, birds, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Ross Island; Killarney; County Kerry; Ireland

Added: 2020-03-17

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1060.—Cathedral of Kildare.

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1060.—Cathedral of Kildare.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“At Kildare, in ireland, still remain the relics of a small building in which, previous to the thirteenth century, the holy fire of St. Brigid used to be kept burning. It was suppressed at that period [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, ruins, arches, towers, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Kildare; County Kildare; Ireland

Added: 2007-03-15

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Dunluce Castle

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Dunluce CastleYouth’s Instruction (1830)

Drawn & Engd. by J Mc. Gahey. “The castle of Dunluce is one of the most extensive and beautiful remnants of feudal architecture at present remaining in Ireland. Though it has long ceased to be the r [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, people, greyscale

Places shown: Bushmills; County Antrim; Ireland

Added: 2005-03-14

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Antique Map of Connaught

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Antique Map of ConnaughtThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Connaught

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Connacht; Ireland

Added: 2008-10-05

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Antique Map of Leinster

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Antique Map of LeinsterThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Leinster

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Leinster; Ireland

Added: 2008-10-05

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Antique Map of Munster

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Antique Map of MunsterThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Munster

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Munster; Ireland

Added: 2008-10-05

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Antique Map of Ulster

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Antique Map of UlsterThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Ulster

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Ulster; Ireland

Added: 2008-10-05

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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