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Pat Reid escaped
This photo shows Pat Reid shortly after making it over the Swiss border in October 1942.
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Patrick Robert Reid
P.R. Reid was born in Ranchi, India, on 13 November 1910. He was the son of John Reid who was born at Mount View, Grange, Tullow, Co. Carlow in 1874. Patrick was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, and later at Wimbledon College, London. Aged 28 on the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Army Service Corps and was comissioned but shortly afterwards, in May 1940, he was captured and brought to Germany.
The Hulton Getty Library, London
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Rev. Fr. J. Killian
Rev. Fr. J. Killian, curate at Carlow Cathedral of the Assumption, was involved in the organising committee for the establishment of the sugar beet factory in Carlow. He was also organiser of the All-Ireland Feis, which opened at Tullow, County Carlow in 1913.
Courtesy of Examiner Group and Carlow Nationalist.
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The McMurrough Kavanaghs
Back row from left to right: Arthur's daughter Eva, his son Walter, Walter's wife Helen, Henry Bruen. Front row: Arthur's wife Frances McMurrough Kavanagh, JH Stock, daughter Agnes and son Osborne.
Borris House Collection
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Sir Charles Russell
Sir Charles Russell
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Main Street, Rathdowney
By 1831, the economic boom which the Brewery brought to Rathdowney had increased the population of the parish to 6,664, with 1,224 living in the town itself.
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Terraced Houses
This photograph shows some typical Irish residential terraced houses.
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Tower of Carlow Sugar Factory
The tower with external spiral staircase at Carlow Sugar Factory, Athy Road, Carlow. The sugar factory has now closed.
Courtesy of Carlow County Library.
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John Philip Holland and Submarine
John Philip Holland was the inventor of the modern submarine. This photograph shows Holland with one of his inventions.
Courtesy of the National Science & Engineering Plaques Committee
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Mary Fort House
Mary Fort House, residence of the O'Callaghan family. The O'Callaghans owned a large estate in Clare. The house was demolished in 1967 by the last member of the family to live there.
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Ard na nAingeal Church, Scattery Island
The remains of Ard na nAingeal Church on Scattery Island. Tradition says that the Archangel Michael placed Senan on a flagstone here, before he was transported to fight the Cathach, or sea-monster. <br> <br> In the days before the Lighthouse was built on the island the river pilots would light fires on this high ground to help ships navigate.
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Round Tower, Scattery Island
The round tower on Scattery is ablut 40m high. It is believed to date from the time of St. Senan.
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Tempall Senain, Scattery Island
The remains of Tempall Senain on Scattery Island.
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Lighthouse, Scattery Island
The present lighthouse on Scattery Island opened in 1872. It replaced a simple iron framework which held a light and was destroyed in a storm just six months after construction.
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Michael Cusack's Birthplace, Co. Clare
Michael Cusack, founder of the GAA, was born in the small parish of Carron in North Clare, in 1847. His childhood home is now a museum.
Photograph by Sonia Schorman, Courtesy Clare County Library
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Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co. Clare
Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of the most famous dolmens in Ireland. Dolmens were used as burial places. Poulnabrone dolmen dates from around 3800 B.C.
Photograph by Sonia Schorman.Courtesy Clare County Library
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St. Senan's Bed, Scattery Island
This small building imeediately west of Teampall Senain is known as 'St. Sena's Bed'. It is believed that St. Senan is buried here. Local custom has it that a young women should not enter the building as if they do, they will never marry.
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Sculpture of King Brian Boru, Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle
Brian Boru was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. This sculpture can be seen at the entrance to the Crypt of the Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle.
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Signature of John Millington Synge
Signature of J.M. Synge on the reconveyance of Mortgage document to Marcus Lingard, 7th April 1908. 53/54 Upper Mount Street. From the archives of An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.
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St. Senan's Bell Shrine
St. Senan's Bell Shrine is now housed in the National Museum in Dublin. This casing is thought to have held St. Senan's Bell.
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St. Senan's Well, Scattery
St. Senan's Well lies about 70 feet west of the Round Tower. This is the spot where, during a drought, an Angel showed Senan where to find water, using a holly branch (or hazel or sometimes elder) as diviner. This was then planted and became a sacred tree.
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The Battle of Bodyke p.2
Page two of a two-page account of th eBattle of Bodyke by local priest Father Murphy.
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The Moran Family, Scattery Island
There were nine surnames associated with Scattery, one of which was 'Moran'. <br> <br> Left to Right: John 'Ogdens' Moran, Kitty (Griffin) Moran, Alice Moran (cousin), Bridget McMahon, Lizzie Moran (cousin), John Moran, Hess (dog), (kneeling down) Patricia McMahon (now Galvin).
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The Battery, Scattery Island
The British government erected six caostal batteries along the southwest coast at the end of the 18th century. They feared a French invasion. One battery was built at the southern end of Scattery.
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Map of The Battle of Kinsale 1601
This is an illustration of the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
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Tenants and Effigy of Colonel Callaghan
Large crowds of tenants gathered to protest against the evictions at Bodyke. Meetings were held in the evenings after the evictions to rally support for those who had lost their homes. Michael Davitt spoke at these meetings.
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The Battle of Bodyke p.1
Page one of a two-page account of the Battle of Bodyke by Father Murphy, a local priest.
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The O'Halloran Sisters, Bodyke, 1887
The O'Hallorans were one of the families to be evicted from their home in Bodykein June, 1887. The O'Hallorans, defended their home so well that their house acquired the title 'O'Halloran's Fort' as a result.
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The Street
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The Street -
Signatures of A.Williamsn & G.Cockburn
The building leases for nos. 53 and 54 Upper Mount Street were taken by the builders Arthur Williams and Gilbert Cockburne on 25th March and 26th April 1830. They worked in partnership with each other in the early 1800s on many important public contracts, for example the gaols and courthouses at Carlow and Cavan. The partnership dissolved, probably around 1933 (they had separate premises by December 1933). However, Williams stayed in business with his sons. Both Williams and Cockburn died in 1862. From the archives of An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.
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List of Casualties at the Battle of Aughrim
This list is taken from George Story's "An Impartial History of the Wars in Ireland". Story was a chaplain with the Williamite army and recorded events as they took place. It lists some of the officers, soldiers and horses killed and wounded at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
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First mobile library in Dublin, 1927
From the archives of An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.
First mobile library in Dublin, 1927