.@LornaPeel And now on display at the fabulous National Transport Museum in #Howth! Run by some very dedicated volunteers and open on Sundays. Well worth visiting.

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I took this photo when I visited Trinity College in Dublin, earlier this year. That is the William Edward Hartpole Lecky Monument in the foreground. Lecky was an Irish historian of rationalism and European morals. The cast-bronze statue was erected in 1906. The Campanile behind it was built 1852-1854 and designed by the famous Belfast architect Sir Charles Lanyon. I really liked Trinity College when I was there.

Location: Library Square (Dublin, Ireland)
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I took this inside of St Patrick's Cathedral when I was there, earlier this year. Built between 1220 and 1260, the Cathedral is one of the few buildings left of the medieval city of Dublin. Saint Patrick’s Cathedral began receiving regimental colors in the 1850s, representing Regiments who had fought in the Napoleonic wars. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, more flags were laid up (added) in the Cathedral; this tradition continues today. When I was there, they said that they leave the flags up until they fall off their poles because “Soldiers do not die, they simply fade away”. That is the reason why they look the way they do.

Location: St Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin, Ireland)
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Make an amazing tv series if dramatised. You can get this book in chapters for about €6. Can’t recommend it enough if you’re a history buff or not. So Vivid and well written it takes you there. A mental look back on our city n what it was actually like from a perspective you never usually get to read. Heartily recommend it to you. It’s fab. #Dublin #dublinhistory #historyireland

'Glena' Booterstown, County #Dublin, former home of tenor Count John McCormack

He died in this house on the 16 September 1945, he is buried in Deansgrange Cemetery St. Patrick's E 120

photo by me, map from GeoHive/OSI, death record from IrishGenealogy, burial details & headstone photo from Deansgrange/Everafter

19th April 2019
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