Miscellany
Saint Mullins - Carlow
This statue of Saint. Moling is just outside the town of Graignamanagh.
The saint, also known as St. Mullins, was 7th century cleric, prince, poet, artist and artisan.
He built a monastery at St. Mullin’s with the help of "Gobban Saor", the legendary Irish builder. In the 8th century...
Memorial Plaque - Waterford
This plaque at the seaside village of Bunmahon commemorates local man Frank Dwan who boarded the ill fated Titanic liner at Cobh, Cork on his way to visit his children in America.
Tragically, he lost his life when the famous ship sank on April 15th, 1912.
Vintage Telephone Box
With the advent of mobile/cell phones, these old telephone booths are fast becoming a thing of the past in Ireland.
They were once a very common sight in almost every town and village across the country where people went to make contact with friends and loved some close to home and many in far...
Papillon Plaque
This plaque in Moneygall, Co. Offaly commerates the racehorse Papillon who was bred locally by E Mc Cormick. Papillon won the Aintree Grand National in 2000. The horse was owned by American Mrs Betty Moran, trained by Ted Walsh and ridden by his son Ruby who was having his first ride in...
Young Ireland plaque - Tipperary
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This plaque is located in the village of The Commons in Tipperary and commerates Young Ireland which was a political, cultural and social movement of the mid-19th century. It led changes in Irish nationalism including an abortive rebellion known as the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848....