The story of a Celtic cross in Ieper (Ypres) Belgium (with a
#Cork link) and Ireland's memory of World War 1 - read my latest piece on RTΓ Brainstorm
http://rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0225/1558137-cork-celtic-cross-memorial-world-war-one-ieper-belgium/ #IeperNo one can prepare you for the impact Tyne Cot Cemetery has on a human mind of today, being not aware of the terrors and fears that came with The Great War. 11,965 burials, of which 8,369 are unnamed, mark the Belgian landscape while fields of crops and wheat embrace this monumental site.β£ β£β£ β£Hold your breath and try to walk humbly over this burial ground once you made it to this region in Belgium - and try to learn from history (which we all should do but seemingly still fail)!β£
#flandersfields1418 #travellingthroughtheworld #history π§πͺ
#visitbelgium #ww1stories #commonwealthwargraves #soldiersofthegreatwar #ww11418lestweforget #lestweforget #commonwealthwargraves #tynecot #tynecotcemetery #brothers #flandersfields #johnmccrae #respect #thanks #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #tombstones #visitflanders #ww1 #poppies #ww1facts #stadieper #visitieper #crossofsacrifice #rememberthewar #passionww1 #gravesite #burialground #unknownsoldier #johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow
No one can prepare you for the impact Tyne Cot Cemetery has on a human mind of today, being not aware of the terrors and fears that came with The Great War. 11,965 burials, of which 8,369 are unnamed, mark the Belgian landscape while fields of crops and wheat embrace this monumental site.β£
Hold your breath and try to walk humbly over this burial ground once you made it to this region in Belgium - and try to learn from history (which we all should do)!β£
#flandersfields1418 #travellingthroughtheworld #history π§πͺ
#visitbelgium #ww1stories #commonwealthwargraves #soldiersofthegreatwar #ww11418lestweforget #lestweforget #commonwealthwargraves #tynecot #tynecotcemetery #brothers #flandersfields #johnmccrae #respect #thanks #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #tombstones #visitflanders #ww1 #poppies #ww1facts #stadieper #visitieper #crossofsacrifice #rememberthewar #passionww1 #gravesite #burialground #unknownsoldier #johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrowIn samenwerking met het Yper Museum onderzoekt het Jan Yperman
#Ziekenhuis in
#Ieper een
#middeleeuws #skelet afkomstig van het voormalige βNoorderkerkhofβ in de Vlaamse stad dat van de 13e tot de 16e eeuw in gebruik was. Archeologen groeven hier tussen september 2017 tot oktober 2018 maar liefst 1075 skeletten op.
https://www.hetnieuwsvanwestvlaanderen.be/in-jan-yperman-ziekenhuis-kregen-ze-een-middeleeuws-bot-over-de-vloer/
In Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis kregen ze een middeleeuws bot over de vloer - Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen
In Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis kregen ze een middeleeuws bot over de vloer
Oliver O'Hanlon
Oliver
Cornovia Postcards
De Archeoloog