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Sculpture of King Brian Boru, Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle
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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A Young Boy in Tullow, Co. Carlow
A Young Boy in Tullow, Co. Carlow
View of a boy in a street in Tullow, Co. Carlow, dating from 1957. The young boy is wearing short trousers, which was typical for a boy of his age at that time.
© Lensman Photographic Archive.
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Bishop Francis Haly (1783-1855)
Bishop Francis Haly (1783-1855)
Bishop Francis Haly was Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin from 1838-1855. He is buried in Carlow Cathedral beside Bishop James Warren Doyle (J.K.L.).
Image courtesy of Carlow County Library .
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Tower of Carlow Sugar Factory
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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Rev. Fr. J. Killian
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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Plaque to William Dargan
Plaque to William Dargan
The plaque to William Dargan at Carlow Railway Station. This plaque commemorates the engineer and builder of Irish railways, William Dargan. It was erected by the Old Carlow Society, which is now the Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society.
Image courtesy of Carlow County Library, 2005.
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Michael Collins (1890-1922)
Michael Collins (1890-1922)
Born in Cork, Michael Collins was a revolutionary. He took part in the 1916 Rising in Dublin and became head of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was part of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, the terms of which led to the Irish Civil War in 1922. Collins became the commander-in-chief of the Government forces. He was killed in an ambush in his native Cork in 1922.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre , Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
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Patrick Robert Reid
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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Sir Charles Russell
Sir Charles Russell
Sir Charles Russell
Wikipedia
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The McMurrough Kavanaghs
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