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Tymon Park
Tymon Park
Lake in Tymon Park
South Dublin Parks
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Sparrow Hawk sighted on grand canal
Sparrow Hawk sighted on grand canal
Sparrow Hawk sighted on the Grand Canal
Courtesy of C.P.L.N Area Partnership
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Castlecomer Plateau
Castlecomer Plateau
The Castlecomer ‘plateau’ is a 30 km long (NS), 22 km wide (EW), basin-shaped, upland, wedged between the valleys of the Nore and Barrow rivers. Located mainly in north Kilkenny and south Laois, the plateau is called after the town and district of Castlecomer near its centre, and rises steeply from the adjacent lowlands and is mostly at a height of 200-300 metres. Composed of sandstones, grits and ‘coal measures’ from the Upper Carboniferous, this area has been worked for coal from the seventeenth century and perhaps earlier. Mines, most of them shallow and small- scale operations, were once quite widespread, but commercial operations are now long ceased. The steep escarpment of the plateau is especially striking when viewed from the Barrow valley. A smaller plateau, the Slievardagh hills, lies to the south-west, beyond the Nore valley. Like Castlecomer, the Slieveardagh plateau was in the past a focus for small-scale mining activity.
Copyright Alan Vaughan.
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Dún Laoghaire Baths
Dún Laoghaire Baths
The baths date from the 1790s but they were removed in 1836 when the railway line was built. In 1843 the Royal Victorian Baths were built beside Scotman’s Bay. They were to become one of the most popular bathing areas in the country. Proposed development of the site in 1997 was met with opposition from local people and since then controversy has raged about the future of the site.
Image acquired from the Collectors' Shop, Blackrock Market.
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Benbulbin Mountain, County Sligo
Benbulbin Mountain, County Sligo
This photograph shows Benbulbin Mountain in County Sligo. This photograph was taken from ground level and it shows how striking the mountain appears against the relatively flat foreground.
Courtesy of Sam Moore, Archaeologist.
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Glencullen stone
Glencullen stone
The standing stone in Glencullen is 1.83 metres high and is made of quartz. It has come to be locally as ‘Queen Mab’ Apparently the stone has superstitious connotations. Not much is known about the true function of standing stones, although it is believed that rituals and other ceremonies would have been carried out around them.
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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Brandon Mountain, Dingle
Brandon Mountain, Dingle
Brandon Mountain, Kerry Peninsula.
Courtesy of Simon Stewart.
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Slieve Donard Mountain
Slieve Donard Mountain
Slieve Donard is the highest mountain in the Mourne Mountains area.
Courtesy of Simon Stewart
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Weir at Lucan Village
Weir at Lucan Village
Weir at Lucan Village on the River Griffeen
South Dublin Parks Department
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Famine Arboretum
Famine Arboretum
Trees in the Famin Arboretum, Corkagh Park
South Dublin Parks
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