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Visitors' Impressions of the Irish Jaunting Car
Visitors' Impressions of the Irish Jaunting Car
Colour cartoon postcard showing a man struggling to climb up onto a horse & trap
Reproduced by kind permission of Linen Hall Library Postcard Archive
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The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)
The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)
The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)The book, The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850: A Portrait from Contemporary Sources was published in 1998 by Mayo County Library for Mayo County Council to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine. It contains contemporary newspaper articles, extracts from official reports, eyewitness accounts on the impact of the potato famine in County Mayo.
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Ulster Covenant Day, Belfast 1912
Ulster Covenant Day, Belfast 1912
Black & white postcard of Sir Edward Carson signing the Ulster Covenant in Belfast City Hall, 28/09/1912
Reproduced by kind permission of Linen Hall Library Postcard Archive
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National Science Museum at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
National Science Museum at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
National Science Museum at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
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The Irish Liber Hymnorum 2
The Irish Liber Hymnorum 2
This is a sample of a piece of manuscript taken from the ancient writings known as the Irish Liber Hymnorum. This manuscript, made of vellum, was a compilation of prayers and hymns written in Latin and Irish, which were cited in the early Celtic Church. It was written in the eleventh century. It contains 34 vellum folios and an additional 3 scraps of vellum bound in at the end. The initial letters of the hymns are decoratively illuminated for the fist 31 folios, after which the style becomes less decorative and is thought to be of a much later date. Ref: The Irish Liber Hymnorum edited from the Manuscripts with translation notes and glossary, by J.H. Bernard, D.D., and R. Atkinson, LL.D., Volume 1, Test and Introduction, London, 1898.
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Bookcover of 'True Irish Ghost Stories' by John Seymour.
Bookcover of 'True Irish Ghost Stories' by John Seymour.
Bookcover of 'True Irish Ghost Stories' by John Seymour.
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Black and white illustration depicting house cook in The Lady of the House, 1900
Black and white illustration depicting house cook in The Lady of the House, 1900
Black and white illustration depicting house cook in advertisement for Lemco meat extract in The Lady of the House, magazine, Christmas, 1900
© Dublin City Public Libraries
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Their Majesties Crossing O'Connell Bridge
Their Majesties Crossing O'Connell Bridge
Black & white postcard of King George V & Queen Mary crossing O'Connell Bridge Dublin on their return from a Garden Party on July 11, 1911
Reproduced by kind permission of Linen Hall Library Postcard Archive
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Round Tower and Church, Clonmacnois
Round Tower and Church, Clonmacnois
This is a photo of the ruins of Teampull Finghin, part of the ancient centre of Celtic Christianity at Clonmacnois, Co. Offaly, in Ireland. The monastic settlement was founded by St. Ciaran around 548AD. A local prince, Diarmuid ua Cerbhaill assisted the saint to erect the monastery there, and when he was elected king shortly after, he endowed the monastery with valuable riches. It was here that the book of Dun Cow and other ancient manuscripts are believed to have been written. Like most monastic sites of the Early Christian period, it was plundered by the Viking raids of the 9th and 10th centuries and again by the English Crown in Tudor times. Today the remains of the church at Teampull Finghin can be seen with a round tower attached to it. It is uncertain as to whether the round tower was built before or after the church as both structures have been damaged and reconstructed after various raids. The tower measures at 48 feet high to the base of the cap and has a diameter of 12 feet 6 inches at ground level.
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The Book of the Dean of Lismore 2
The Book of the Dean of Lismore 2
Here are two facsimiles from the Book of the Dean of Lismore: (1) Autograph of Dean McGregor, (2) part of Ossian’s Ode To Finn This manuscript is a collection of native literature from the Highlands of Scotland written in both Scottish and Irish. It contains poetry and annals from both countries showing the similarities between the two with the influence of the bardic schools. Much of the poetry is of a particular kind known as Ossianic Poetry. These ancient bardic verses were composed by Ossian and his clan. The manuscript itself is believed to have been written by James McGregor, the Dean of Lismore, after inspection of his signature found on one of the pages in the book. The language is written in a phonetic orthograghy as opposed to Gaelic/Irish orthography, meaning that the words are written as they are pronounced. This is similar to the principal of the Welsh and Manx languages. However the letter used is the English letter of the 15th and 16th centuries. Ref: The Dean of Lismore’s Book; a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection made by Sir James McGregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, edited with a translation and notes by the Rev. Thomas McLoughlan and an introduction and additional notes by William F. Skene Esq, Edinburgh Edmonston and Douglas 1862, Page xcvi.