Children in their favourite clothes

The girl and boy in this photograph are wearing their favourite clothes. Their clothes are very different. The little girl loves to wear dresses but the little boy loves wearing jeans. What are your favourite clothes?

Dublin Castle and Chapel Royal

An old postcard showing Dublin Castle and the Chapel Royal.

© Dublin City Library and Archive

Gregory, Lady, Cuchulain Of Muirthemne, London: John Murrary, 1902

Cuchulain of Muithemne by August, Lady Gregory (1852-1932) is a modern retelling of the legends of the warrior hero Cuchulainn based on the Ulster Cycle of Gaelic mythology. It was first published in 1902 with an introduction with her friend and collaborator in the Abbey Theatre, William Butler Yeats. She wrote the work to popularise the ancient stories for a new inquistive audience of Irish nationalists.

Department of Irish Folklore Archive UCD

Department of Irish Folklore Archive UCD

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Mizen Head Visitor Centre

Mizen Head Visitor Centre

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GBS bust (Carlow Co. Library)

This bust of George Bernard Shaw was sculpted by Sava Botzaris (1894-1965) who was a native of the former Yugoslavia. G.B. Shaw's ties with Carlow are particularly noteworthy. His mother Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly was daughter of Thomas Gurly of Carlow. Shaw inherited property in Carlow on his mother's side. He donated the building known as the "Assembly Rooms" in Dublin Street to the Technical Instruction Committee later the Vocational Education Committee.It served as the Carlow Vocational School until the mid 1970's when it became the County Library. Shaw also donated rents from his other properties and all these became part of the Civic Improvement Fund for the town of Carlow.

Carlow County Library

Carrantuohil

Photograph of summit of Carrantuohill, County Kerry - Ireland's highest mountain(3414 feet)

Courtesy of Kevin Farnan, Tralee Mountaineering Club.

Ye Kildoney Lads- - First Boat to Cast a Net on the Erne 1933

"Ye Kildoney Lads" - The first boat to cast nets on the Erne Estuary, August 1933. They had won a legal battle against the Erne Fishery Company for the right to fish for salmon under licence. From L to R: Willie Morrow, Joe Morrow, Nick Scanlon, “Red Willie” Goan, Bob Scanlon, Hugh Gavigan. Kildoney is a point on the northwest shore of the estuary; all salmon returning to the Erne to spawn must swim around this point.

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