Is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon.
An illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Britain or Ireland and may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from both Britain and Ireland. It is believed to have been created
The name An Móta is derived from the term motte-and-bailey, as the Normans built an example of this type of fortification here. The earthwork is still visible behind the buildings on the main street. The town later became an important marketplace and Quaker village. It has made the town much more wealthy. There are several extant examples of Quaker houses on the main street, which itself is typical of an Irish marketplace
The castle of Dublin was built on the first years of the XII century, where before was a Viking settlement. Served as a military fortress, prison, treasury, court and was the center of English power in Ireland for seven centuries until Ireland became independent in 1922.
Founded in 1191, is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland. With its 43-metre spire, St. Patrick's is the tallest church (not Cathedral) in Ireland and the largest. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local Cathedral of the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.
It was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, the oldest university in Ireland.
Bunratty Castle is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The castle and the adjoining folk park are run by Shannon Heritage as tourist attractions.
The Temple Bar area, located between Dame Street and the River Liffey owes its name to Sir William Temple, who acquired the land in the year 1600. Starting in 1800, small businesses began to be installed in the area, but the neighborhood was in a flat decline and the land was acquired for the construction of a bus station. Finally the project was abandoned and the artists and merchants decided to stay in the area. Temple Bar began to become a prosperous place, especially after 1991, after the election of Dublin as European Capital of Culture.
Kilmainham Gaol is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland's emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s.
The Ha'penny Bridge is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 on the Liffey River, in Dublin. Originally called "Wellington Bridge", but ended up getting its current name of two facts. Its shape, similar to the shape of a halfpenny coin and the toll, which at first was quite old, was that amount.
Great Famine, also called Famine of 1845–49, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
It was built in 1904 to be used as a fermentation place for Guinness beer. The building fulfilled its mission until 1988 and in the year 2000 it opened its doors to the public to show its exhibitions.
Also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916.
Was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the First World War. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798, and the first armed action of the Irish revolutionary period.
Was launched the 6th of May 2000. Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea and in port converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.
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