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A view of Upper Mount Street in Dublin
A view of Upper Mount Street in Dublin
A photograph of Upper Mount Street, Dublin. A noted street of late Georgian domestic architecture built about 1810.
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Belamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Belamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Belamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. An early Classical house designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce on the principles of Palladian architecture
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In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste
In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste
The image shows a bin on a street packed full of household and commerical waste.
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Glendalough Village
Glendalough Village
This photo shows the remains of the early Irish religious community in Glendalough in Co. Wicklow. This monastic site includes a round tower in the centre of the photograph and chapel to the left of the graveyard which was founded by St. Kevin in the sixth century. The round tower was a defensive monument in that it served as a look out for the danger of the Norsemen and a safe keep for valuable religious artefacts. At the same time it was a monument of pacifism and retreat. Glendalough monastery was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century. As this time the valley would have been a place of complete retreat and isolation from the outside world.
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There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
English Name: Burnet rose, Scotch rose Botanical Name (Latin): Rosa pimpinellifolia (R. spinosissima) Irish Name: Briúlán Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very spiny, deciduous shrub, usually c. 0.5m tall; flowers solitary, white, cream or pink; hip black with persistent crown of sepals.
Carsten Krieger
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Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne
This illustration commemorates the defeat of King James II by his son in law, William of Orange, at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. King James' plan to give power to the Catholics of Ireland came to an abrupt end when he was beaten by William of Orange, who was a protestant. William went on to rule England and Ireland with his wife Queen Mary until he died in 1702.
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Doorway and window of Kanturk Castle, Co. Cork
Doorway and window of Kanturk Castle, Co. Cork
Kanturk Castle, Co. Cork. Details of the ‘Renaissance’ doorway of the principal entrance and a mullioned ‘Elizabethan’ window on the main floor
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Gate Lodge
Gate Lodge
Here is an early photograph of a picturesque gate lodge at Castletown in Co. Kildare. In the second half of the eighteenth century people began to equate beauty in the countryside with what they encountered in art and so it came about that, for minor structures such as gate lodges, garden buildings, farmhouses, or cottages on an estate, a type of informal architecture was developed resembling the buildings which appeared in the pictures of landscape painters. This architecture was described as ‘Picturesque’. It was less formal and less expensive than the Classical style and became particularly popular in Ireland where the romantic and rocky landscape of parts of the country was thought to marry well with the irregularity of plan and outline which were essential features of the style.
Irish Architectural Archives
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King George IV
King George IV
This is an illustration of King George IV's visit to Dublin in 1821. He was the only King ever to visit Ireland.
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Fanlights in the Rathmines area of Dublin
Fanlights in the Rathmines area of Dublin
By kind permission of the Rathmines, Ranelagh and Rathgar Historical Society