Spotlight on
- Architecture, Monuments and Built Heritage
Built Heritage 1700 - Today | An Chomhairle Leabharlanna
- Charlesfort Estate, Co. Meath
Big Houses of Ireland | Meath County Library
- Bessborough House and Estate, Cork
History & Heritage | Cork City Library
- Parslickstown House
History & Heritage | Fingal County Library
- Mountshannon House and the Fitzgibbons
History & Heritage | Limerick City Library
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There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
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Buildings shape our countryside, and feature in landscapes, towns and cities. Architectural historian Kevin Mulligan helps us to find out more about this part of our identity.
Featured Media
Coat of Arms of Thomas Hungerford, Cahirmore (c.1850)
Coat of Arms of Thomas Hungerford, Cahirmore (c.1850)
'Advance Agriculture 1904'
Booklet entitled 'Advance Agriculture 1904' (Bandon Estate)
Clounbaun map
Map of part of the lands of Clounbaun in the parish of Doneraile,county Cork.(Ryan-Purcell Estate Papers)
Catalogue for sale of goods
Catalogue for sale of goods at Kilbrogan House Bandon. (April 1900) (Earl of Bandon Estate Papers)
Carrickhanshee map
Map of the lands of Carrickhanshee containing 165 acres and twenty-four perches (20 August 1773)(Ryan-Purcell Estate Papers)
Carrickhanshee map page
Map of the lands of Carrickhanshee containing 165 acres and twenty-four perches. (20 August 1773) (Ryan-Purcell Estate Papers)
Borough of Bandon Bridge
Borough of Bandon Bridge. List of Persons on Freeman's Roll. (1882) (Bandon Estate)
Bandon River map
Map and survey of section of the Bandon River and streams showing weirs and bridges. [1820's] (Bandon Estate Papers)
- John Kelly: 'The ballad of P.W. Nally'
John Kelly: 'The ballad of P.W. Nally'
'The ballad of P.W. Nally is taken from the album "Songs of past and present 1", catalogue number Dreoilin 003 and appears here courtesy of Joe Byrne, Dreoilin.
469.4K
Mayo County Library
- Stephen Garvey: 'Back to Castlebar'
Stephen Garvey: 'Back to Castlebar'
This clip is taken from "Back to Castlebar : a tribute to the late Stephen Garvey, and appears here courtesy of the Mayo Film & Video Club
1.9M
Mayo County Library
- stephen garvey
stephen garvey
2.3M
Mayo County Library
- Sean Smyth: 'Jim McKillop's Reel'
Sean Smyth: 'Jim McKillop's Reel'
'Jim McKillop's Reel' is taken from the album "The Blue Fiddle" by Sean Smyth, catalogue number LUNCD060, and appears here courtesy of Mulligan Records.
468.2K
Mayo County Library
- David Munnelly: 'Jock Cawley's' jigs
David Munnelly: 'Jock Cawley's' jigs
'Jock Cawley's' jigs is taken from the album "Swing" by David Munnelly, catalogue number DLCD002, and appears here courtesy of Hummingbird Records.
460.8K
Mayo County Library
- John & Kevin McHugh: 'Adam & Eve jigs'
John & Kevin McHugh: 'Adam & Eve jigs'
'Adam & Eve jigs' is taken from the album "Fidiléirí, catalogue number Dreoilín 005, and appears here courtesy of Joe Byrne, Dreoilín
469.0K
Mayo County Library
- Emer Mayock: 'The fickle lad'
Emer Mayock: 'The fickle lad'
'The fickle lad' is taken from the album "Playground" by Emer Mayock, catalogue number Is Mise 001, and appears here courtesy of Is Mise.
468.6K
Mayo County Library
- Joe Byrne: Audio
Joe Byrne: Audio
This piece of music is taken from the album "Fíf agus Fideog", catalogue number Dreoilín 0011, and appears here courtesy of Joe Byrne, Dreoilín.
469.4K
Mayo County Library
- Ball, Francis Elrington, Howth And Its Owners, Dublin, University Press, 1917
Ball, Francis Elrington, Howth And Its Owners, Dublin, University Press, 1917
Howth And Its Owners by Francis Elrington Ball is a detailed history of Howth Castle and its environs. The castle is the ancestral home of the Gaisford St. Lawrence family, the Earl Of Howth for hundreds of years.
58.5M
Landscape and Heritage | Fingal County Library
- Report on the estate of Charles Broderick Viscount Midleton Multi Page Sample
Report on the estate of Charles Broderick Viscount Midleton Multi Page Sample
Report on the estate of Charles Broderick Viscount Midleton in the counties of Cork and Waterford by Edward Woollett Wilmott, Land Agent.
592.0K
Cork City Library
- Dempsey letter2
Dempsey letter2
Letter from Patrick Dempsey, Riverbrin, St. Pauls, U.S.A., to 'My Dear John' (John Purcell). (26 October 1881) (Ryan-Purcell Estate Papers)
398.8K
Cork City Library
- Excerpt HistoryOfLandedEstatesInIreland
Excerpt HistoryOfLandedEstatesInIreland
82.3K
- Clonbrock HistoryOfABigHouse
Clonbrock HistoryOfABigHouse
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