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The pedimented mantel in the hall comes from Ardgillan in County Dublin and is made of Kilkenny marble. Combined with the arms of the Gorges family of County Meath, set within, it provides a focal point in the hall and a fine setting for the fire that burns continuously through the winter months.

In an Irish House, 1988

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The Tara Brooch/ Dealg na Teambrach C8th CE, found in County Meath 1850

It is made of cast and gilt silver and is elaborately decorated on both faces. The front is ornamented with a series of exceptionally fine gold filigree panels depicting animal and abstract motifs that are separated by studs of glass, enamel and amber. The back is flatter than the front, and the decoration is cast. The motifs consist of scrolls and triple spirals and recall La Tène decoration of the Iron Age.

A silver chain made of plaited wire is attached to the brooch by means of a swivel attachment. This feature is formed of animal heads framing two tiny cast glass human heads.

Along with such treasures as the Ardagh Chalice and the Derrynaflan Paten, the Tara Brooch can be considered to represent the pinnacle of early medieval Irish metalworkers’ achievement. Each individual element of decoration is executed perfectly and the range of technique represented on such a small object is astounding.

text: National Museum of Ireland

(2023)

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Corbalton

Corbalton Hall dates from 1801 when the house was designed by Francis Johnston. The foremost architect of the period, Johnston was responsible for some of Ireland’s most significant buildings, such as Dublin’s GPO and the Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle, as well as many other country houses. His client on this occasion was Elias Corbally, a wealthy miller who bought the estate along with an older…

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Newgrange, a Neolithic tomb dating back to around 5,200 years ago, was constructed circa 3,200BC in County Meath, Republic of Ireland. It predates the Egyptian pyramids by 600 years and Stonehenge by 1000years.

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Kells, County Meath, Ireland, May 2024.

Ireland is by far my favorite trip i have ever been on, ever. this country snatched my little American heart right up. i fantasize about going back all the time. lots of pictures of Ireland will probably make their way to this blog.

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Bog Visit - July

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photos: The Winter Solstice at Newgrange in County Meath. (Ireland's Content Pool).  sourced from Irish Central.

The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21 or 22, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn.  It is the basis for many religious holidays around the world.  

At sunrise on the solstice, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument—a large 5,000-year-old (older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza) Neolithic tomb structure built north of Dublin—through a specially contrived small opening above the entrance to illuminate the entry chamber for a short period of 17 minutes.  The monument is believed to be a place of worship for a “Cult of the Dead.”

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Dunsany Castle, home of Lord Dunsany, in County Meath, Ireland

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21st March

The First Day of Spring

Aengus by Beatrice Elvery. Source: Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russell/ Wikipedia

Today is the First Day of Spring, following yesterday’s Vernal Equinox. It is the first day of the year in which daylight hours are greater than those of the night. This made it very significant for the ancient religions. The Celts paid particular honour to Aengus Mac Og, their god of youthfulness today. Aengus was a sun god, who was conceived and born in the space of a single day when his father, the mighty Dagda made love to a mortal woman, cuckolding her husband by magic, having him believe a single day rather than nine months had passed when he returned home to find his wife with a babe in arms. Aengus grew up to be beautiful, muscular and ever-youthful and married a swan who alternated as a seductive maiden. This time-warping explains the god’s attachment to the Equinox. Aengus’ palace was Brugh na Boinn which survives as several inscribed standing stones in County Meath, Ireland.

Today also used to be St Benedict’s Day, which was the last day on which to safely sow peas if you wish to avoid a failed crop.

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THE TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN AND A CURE FOR WARTS REF-226395-1

Locals believe that if you stroke a wart with a pin or needle and leave it in the tomb the wart will disappear as the pin rusts

THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM Visit the cemetery of St. Peter and Paul`s Cathedral you will discover an impressive altar tomb dating from around 1592. The tomb known locally as “the Jealous man and Woman” is the resting place of Sir Lucas Dillon and his wife Lady Jane Bathe. In reality the tobm could be better described as being what is left of Newtown Clonbun Parish…

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Seasonal Thoughts

‘What means soever may be used for the procuring of Unity, or Settlement, in a Country, Men must at the same time be careful not to deface and dissolve the Bonds of Christian Charity; nay of humane Society, since acting to the contrary, is but to dash the second Table against the first; and so to consider others, as of this or that Persuasion, and to treat them ill upon that account, is to forget…

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