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A Sub-Aqua Club Member

Photograph of a Lough Ree Sub-Aqua Club Member.

A Handsome Visiting Dress

Black and white illustration of ladies fashion item in article entitled Christmas presents where and what to buy in The Lady of the House magazine, Volume XV, Number 169, Christmas, 1903, page 31

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Craggaunowen Crannóg

Craggaunowen in Co. Clare attempts to recreate aspects of Ireland's past with the restoration and reconstruction of earlier forms of dwelling houses, farmsteads and hunting sites.

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Christ Church Cathedral

Standing on high ground in the oldest part of the city, Christ Church cathedral is one of Dublin's finest historic buildings. It dates back to 1038 when Sitric, the then Danish king of Dublin, built the first wooden church here. In 1171 the original simple foundation was transformed into a cruciform stone church, though the present structure dates mainly from 1871 to 1878 when a huge restoration was undertaken. Only the transepts, the crypt, and a few other portions date from the medieval period.

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Corcomroe Abbey

This well-preserved abbey is picturesquely sited among the grey hills of the Burren, Co. Clare. The abbey is noted for its detailed carvings and other rich ornamentation, which are not commonly found in structures from this period. It features a typical cruciform church facing east, with a small chapel in each transept.

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Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union - Area Map Image

This map shows the area of the Poor Law Union with the towns and villages indicated. The workhouse, fever hospital and graveyard were located at Ballinlough, 2 km. south-east of Dunshaughlin village. The location of two soup kitchens is shown, one at the Hamwood estate outside Dunboyne and one at Johnstown on the Dublin road outside Dunshaughlin. Ballygortagh, Moynalvy is also shown where the potato crop reputedly did not fail and where famine graves are located. Public works undertaken included building a wall at the Summerseat estate at Clonee.

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Black and white print depicting rural irish girl in The Gael magazine June 1904

Black and white illustration of a rural irish girl in The Gael - An Gaodhal in Irish - a monthly bi-lingual magazine devoted to the promotion of the language, literature, music and art of Ireland, used in short story entitled The Whistling Maid written by Angus Idal, page 210, June 1904, Number 6, Volume XXIII

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Dowth, Co. Meath

Dowth is one of the three principal tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex of passage-tombs (the others being Newgrange and Knowth). It is less developed as a tourist attraction than its neighbours, partly because the chamber is much lower, and partly because the decoration is poorer.

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Black and white illustration of railway worker from Humours of Irish Travelling

Black and white illlustration of railway worker from Humours of Irish Travelling, page 253, Home Words Publication Office, London, 1904

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Source of the River Liffey

The source of the River Liffey near The Sally Gap in Wicklow, October 2005

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