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Fenagh Dolmen, Co. Leitrim
Fenagh Dolmen, Co. Leitrim
View of Dolmen in Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
Courtesy of Con Brogan
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Dún Dúchathair, Inishmore, Co. Galway
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
Courtesy of Con Brogan
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Main entrance of the Kilkenny Carnegie Library
Main entrance of the Kilkenny Carnegie Library
Main entrance of the Kilkenny Carnegie Library as it is today
Property of Dr. Brendan Grimes
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Carnegie Library Entrance
Carnegie Library Entrance
Main entrance to the Kilkenny Carnegie Library
Property of Dr. Brendan Grimes
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Desart Court, Rear View
Desart Court, Rear View
Rear view of Desart Court former home of the Cuffe Family, County Kilkenny
Kilkenny County Library
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Newgrange
Newgrange
The Stone Age passage tomb at Newgrange is illuminated spectacularly each year at winter solstice. According to Irish mythology, Newgrange was one of the fairy mounds where the Tuatha Dé Danann lived. Some versions of the Cúchulainn story say he was conceived there.
© Richard Gallagher.
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Kevin Mulligan, author of the Built Heritage feature.
Kevin Mulligan, author of the Built Heritage feature.
Kevin V. Mulligan is an architectural historian, a graduate of NUI and TCD where he studied history of art and architecture and ancient history and archaeology. Over the past decade he has worked for the Office of Public Works, The Irish Georgian Society, An Taisce and with Duchas on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. His specialization is in Irish architecture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and has published extensively in this area. He is currently writing the fourth volume of the Buildings of Ireland series covering South Ulster.
Courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Kilclooney More, Co. Donegal
Kilclooney More, Co. Donegal
Portal tombs, with their large capstones, can be very striking, like this example at Kilclooney More, Co. Donegal
Courtesy of Con Brogan
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Derrynane, Co. Kerry
Derrynane, Co. Kerry
An Ogham-inscribed standing stone at Derrynane, Co. Kerry
Courtesy of Con Brogan
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Rockstown Castle, Co. Limerick
Rockstown Castle, Co. Limerick
A tower house at Rockstown, Co. Limerick with traces of a pear-shaped enclosure or bawn around it
Courtesy of Con Brogan



