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Kevin O'Higgins and members of the Provisional Government leave Dublin Castle
On 16 January 1922, the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Fitzalan, received the cabinet members of the provisional government of the Irish Free State to hand over power to them in the name of the British government. Kevin O'Higgins is pictured leaving Dublin Castle with Michael Collins and Eamon Duggan.
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St. Mary's Parochial House
St. Mary's Parochial House is situated in a late 18th century house in the church grounds of St. Mary's. It was the home of the Ingram, Arthur and Carr familes and from 1847 to 1982 it was the presbytery of St. Mary's parish. It was restored in 1997 as a parish centre.
Courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage - Dept of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
Inaugural Run
This is a black-and-white postcard showing a charabanc-type bus on its inaugural run out of the village of Garristown in the 1920s.
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Weight and value of fish and shellfish landed in Killybegs 2003 - 2009
Weight and value of fish and shellfish landed in Killybegs 2003 - 2009
Source: EC Fish/2006/09 Report (http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/documentation/studies/regional_social_economic_impacts/killybegs_en.pdf)
Reminiscences By Michael Kelly
Reminiscences by Michael Kelly is a two volume autobiographical work. It describes his distinguished career, remarkable adventures and events in his life. Kelly was an Irish tenor, theatre director, composer and actor of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Dún Dúchathair, Inishmore, Co. Galway
Dún Dúchathair on Inishmore, Co. Galway has a massive drystone wall cutting off the cliff-bound promontory. The entrance was between the cliff and the wall on the left and the foundations of buildings can be seen close to the wall
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- Shaw-Sparrow, Walter, John Lavery And His Work, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd., London, 1911
Shaw-Sparrow, Walter, John Lavery And His Work, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd., London, 1911
John Lavery And His Work by Walter Shaw-Sparrow was published in 1911. It is partly a biography of the Anglo-Irish painter’s life and also partly a chronicle of his prolific artwork in particular of some of the four hundred paintings of his muse and second wife Lady Hazel Lavery.
- Ryland, R.H. The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. London: John Murray, 1824
Ryland, R.H. The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. London: John Murray, 1824
The History, Topography and Antiquities Of The County And City Of Waterford by Reverand Richard Hopkins Ryland (1788-1866) was published in 1824. Ryland describes the history of the region from ancient times until the early 19th century, its mountains and coastline, its prehistoric and medieval ruins and the city of Waterford.
Waterford City Library
- Borlase, William Copeland, The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people, Volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, 1897
Borlase, William Copeland, The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people, Volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, 1897
The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people by the Liberal politician and antiquarian, William Copeland Borlase (1848-1899) was published in 1897 in three volumes.
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- Rhiodes, R Crompton, The Plays and Poems Of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1928
Rhiodes, R Crompton, The Plays and Poems Of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1928
The Plays And Poems Of Richard Brinsely Sheridan by R Crompton Rhodes is a collection of the works of the Irish-born, playwright, theatre owner and British parliamentarian Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816).
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- 298 Hamilton History of Ireland
298 Hamilton History of Ireland
- 157 Ancient Irish Histories
157 Ancient Irish Histories
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- 46 The Diocese of Limerick 1
46 The Diocese of Limerick 1
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