cowestmeath
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Whatcha doin mister? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded March 2023
Now there's a Steam Engine for ya! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded February 2023
Towers and castellations galore! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded February 2023
Carved font at Clonard, Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath. from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded September 2022
Knock, knock, knocking on heavens door from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded January 2022
Ghosts of times past in Mullingar from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2021
Jim Brady, the Navigator from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2021
Montree, Athlone, Co. Westmeath from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2021
Upsidey-Downsy and twice as nice from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded September 2020
A floating hotel, for the sailor in you? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded June 2020
We're in Mullingar, but not a heifer in sight? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded June 2020
Changing the guard in Mullingar from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded June 2020
Tram to Mullingar? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2019
The centre of Ireland from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded September 2018
Station, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2018
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The centre of Ireland
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- beachcomber australia said:
- derangedlemur said:
- domenico milella said:
- derangedlemur said:
- beachcomber australia said:
Carved font at Clonard, Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath.
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beachcomber australia said:
Flickr is sometimes amazing. In the 1880s via Internet Archive Book Images
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... but the Christian temples are swept away — being represented only by three stones, the principal of which is a fine baptismal font, three feet high, of very hard gray limestone ; one of the finest and perhaps the oldest in Ireland. The pedestal is highly decorated with figures and foliage. The basin is octagonal, two feet and one inch in diameter externally, and the bowl, very deep, twenty inches across. The sculptures on the panels represent the Flight into Egypt, the Baptism in the Jordan, St. Peter, St. Finian, and figures of Augustinian monks ; which show that it was carved since the coming of De Lacy, on the rebuilding of the monastery in 1175. ...
See - archive.org/details/picturesqueirela00sava/page/250/mode/... -
beachcomber australia said:
Correction: the illustration and words (by William Wilde) date back to 1849. See - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonard_Baptismal_Font_Wi... A modern photo (looks like it is now in fontastic condition) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonard_Church_of_St_Fini...
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Wendy: said:
great details -might be worth a detour!
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beachcomber australia said:
In September 2022 - youtu.be/PVleuc3K62I?t=340
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia It looks like new in the video!
We're in Mullingar, but not a heifer in sight?
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Fred Dean Snr. said:
Fluid Beef , until 1889 it became Bovril.
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beachcomber australia said:
Streetview - goo.gl/maps/6vV1GDizJj4E4ReN6 - it looks like all the buildings are still the same!
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Foxglove said:
man leans against wall outside cycle repair shop, another Flann O'Brien half truth. the butchers animal display is fabulous, I remember as a child making straw castles from the wood shaving on the floor, shouting up under the cattle and pig carcasses, pulling the ligaments on chicken feet to make the toes work ; Tescos is not such fun, aye we knew how to get around the boredom then 😉
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Foxglove said:
the road has covered/ culvert drains which finish and open on the right and left sides of the road into an open cobbled drain
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
I had a look at the 1901 census for Greville Street to find that ALL of the premises on both sides were owned by Lord Greville!!