#armagh

[vintageeurope]

Armagh, Northern Ireland 1890s

[panoramicireland]

Reasons to Love Armagh, the small county famous for its association with the world's most famous saint, Saint Patrick, is also home to some fine landscapes, architecture and natural beauty.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1014 – Battle of Clontarf | The Dublin Norse and the king of Leinster, with Viking allies from overseas, are defeated by Brian Boru’s army at Clontarf.

The bounds between Irish Legend and Irish Myth has often been blurred, especially as the retelling of heroic deeds has been passed on through generations. Brian Boru was no legend although his life deeds were legendary. He was very much a real man and was in fact the last great High King of Ireland and perhaps the greatest military leader the country has ever known. Brian Boru was born Brian Mac…

[ciaraslevin]

Shamelessly showing off my prints, created today in a wonderful Botanical Gel-Plate Printmaking Workshop, held in Armagh Marketplace Theatre & Arts Centre - a lovely relaxing and creative day 💕🌿 @ciaraslevin

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[cult-of-mithras]

Sunrise at Ballymacdermot Cairn on the Winter Solstice.

[poetrythreesixfive]

The Pyrocene Era

In a million years, when some other species

looks back upon ours through the lens of

archaeology, using whatever advanced tools

at their disposal, they will track the origin of

our extinction to this time in history between

the last age of verdant abundance and that

which is dawning upon us: the age of fire

when we heated our planet to such a degree

that it started catching fire regularly much as

it used to snow in season or how we once

found rainbows in profusion after a summer

rain but soon replaced these with extremes

of soaking mega-storms followed by baking

nightmares of scorched-earth heat-waves

resulting in arid deserts where once sprouted

fields, barren peaks that once cradled glaciers,

and wastelands of charcoal where once grew

dense forests filled with a diversity of fauna

and flora, a decimation of necessary insects,

a contamination of the atmosphere, a noxious

bombardment of once-filtered solar radiation

and they will never find the smoking gun or

the dropped cigarette that lit the final inferno

because it was an evolutionary amalgamation

of neglect, greed, ignorance, and error over a

millennium of unchecked technological excess

that looked strikingly like progress but in truth

was a wholly preventable, methodical suicide.

-GeorgeFilip

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"Abortive Attempt To Blow Up Armagh City War Memorial," Kingston Whig-Standard. May 7, 1934. Page 9. --- Attributed to Members of Irish Republican Army From Free State ---- ARMAGH, Northern Ireland, May 7 - (CP Cable) - An abortive attempt early today to blow up the Armagh city war memorial was attributed to members of the "Irish Republican Army" who motored from the Irish Free State and sped back across the frontier after cutting telephone lines leading to the Free State.

It was recalled the Government of Ulster recently banned erection of a memorial at Carrichmore, Tyrone, to Irish Republican Army men who were killed in the uprising of 1916.

Armagh's citizenry were awakened by the explosion caused when one of two land-mines brought by the raiders exploded and partially wrecked the steps of the memorial. But the other failed to explode and the bronze figure of Peace was undamaged.

The bombers took the precaution while on the way to Armagh to waken a doctor and force him to stand by in case of injury to one of their number. As police and inhabitants rushed from their homes the invaders drove off with the doctor, dropping him at the Free State border.

[hisforhome]

Property spotlight: Cathedral views

Property spotlight: Cathedral views

Cities are fascinating entities – at least they are here in Britain. Throughout history, cities have come about due to a number of different factors; population size, status granted by a ruling monarch or if the place has a diocesan cathedral – to name just three reasons. This week, we’ve chosen ‘city’ properties enjoying cathedral views that are on the market, one from each of the four home…

[stairnaheireann]

The Viking Age in Ireland

The exact reasons for Vikings venturing out from their homeland are uncertain; some have suggested it was due to overpopulation of their homeland, but the earliest Vikings were looking for riches, not land. Vikings also settled in Scotland and, like Ireland, started to settle with the local population. In Scotland these people became known as The Gallowglasses and would later arrive in Ireland as…

[ciaraslevin]

Had a brilliant time this morning attending a Spray Painting on Canvas Workshop in The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh taught by Artist Zippy - pleased with my first spray paint attempt and my colourful finished Frida Kahlo piece ❤️ 🎨

[dougielombax]

I didn’t even know there was a prison in Armagh.

Not until today.

Yes I know it was shut down in 1984.

Hence why I said “was”.