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Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien(1763-1820) was an Irish scholar and priest from Moynalty in County Meath. He was the first professor of Irish in Maynooth college and was the author of A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language published in 1809. He was also a poet.
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The Image of Ireland
The Image of Ireland
This plate appeared in John Derricke's anti Irish work "The Image of Ireland" published in 1581. It shows a traditional Irish feast with a harper playing for the host. Despite the strings of the harp being wrongly drawn, it does show the status of the harper in Irish society at the time.
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Young Piping Student
Young Piping Student
A young student in Peter Browne's piping class, Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore wrote many well-known songs using the harp as a motif for Ireland. His works are known as Moore's Melodies and were popular parlour songs in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Moore's Melodies
Moore's Melodies
The title page of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies published by James Duffy in Dublin in 1859 demonstrates the resurgence of interst in Irish emblems at this time. The book title is surmounted by an ancient Irish bard complete with harp and wolfhound. Many of Moore's songs made reference to the harp as a symbol of Ireland.
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The Harp That Once
The Harp That Once
Thomas Moore's Melodies were very popular in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of his songs incorporate the theme of the harp as a symbol for Ireland. This one called "The Harp that once through Tara's Halls" is especially resonant for county Meath.
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William Larkin's Map of Meath 1812
William Larkin's Map of Meath 1812
This is William Larkin's map of Meath drawn for the Grand Jury in 1812. Places particularly associated with O Carolan and other places with Gaelic literature relevance are highlighted.
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Box player and fiddle player
Box player and fiddle player
Johnny O'Leary (box player) with fiddle player in Scartaglen
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Peter Gallegan Memorial stone
Peter Gallegan Memorial stone
In 1992 the Nobber Harp Festival Committee commemorated local poet, scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860). Preparations are underway here to unveil a new stone marking his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone
Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone
The poet and scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860) from Ardamagh, near Nobber, was commemorated in 1992. A new stone was placed on his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard and his descendants were invited to the unveiling ceremony.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee