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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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Cistercian Mellifont, Co. Louth
Cistercian Mellifont, Co. Louth
Cistercian Mellifont, Co. Louth
Photo by Brian T McElherron.
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Decorated slab at Clonmacnois
Decorated slab at Clonmacnois
An image of a recumbent slab at Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
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Creevykeel Court Cairn
Creevykeel Court Cairn
Dating from the Neolithic Period, 4000-2500 BC, this site at Creevykeel, Co. Sligo is one of the finest examples of a Court Cairn in Ireland. It consists of a cairn, an entrance passage, an oval court and a double chamber gallery.
Image courtesy of Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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Altar, Co. Cork
Altar, Co. Cork
This wedge tomb at Altar, Co. Cork illustrates well the wedge-shape of these monuments. The townland name in this case is derived from the tomb, referred to in the past as an altar
Courtesy of Con Brogan
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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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Round Tower and Church, Clonmacnois Co. Offaly
Round Tower and Church, Clonmacnois Co. Offaly
This is a photo of the ruins of an ancient monastery in Clonmacnois, Co. Offaly. Like St. Fin Barre's monastery in Cork (see the previous page) and most monastic sites of the Early Christian period, it was plundered by the Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries.
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Clonmacnois Cathedral
Clonmacnois Cathedral
The largest of the many churches at Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly is the Cathedral, originally built in 909 by the King of Tara (Flann Sinna) and the Abbot of Clonmacnoise (Colman). The brown sandstone of the original building can be seen in the north wall.
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Dysert O'Dea High Cross
Dysert O'Dea High Cross
St. Tola's High Cross in the grounds of the Dysert O'Dea monastery is in Corofin, Co. Clare. It dates from the twelfth century and comes right at the end of the Celtic High Cross series. It is of the ringless type found elsewhere in Co. Clare, and is elaborately decorated with interlace and geometric designs, as well as figurative panels in high relief.
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Ruin of wall at graveyard in Seafield
Ruin of wall at graveyard in Seafield
Falling wall near the D-shaped graveyard in Seafield.
Courtesy of Wexford County Library