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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5Q_welcome-to-port-corruch-seal-colony_Galway.html
Welcome to Port Corrúch Seal Colony
[First part of the marker is about the seal colony along the coastline and is not transcribed]
As you look across the North Sound you can see the Coast of Connemare and the Twelve pins of Connemara. Near by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF3U_a-fighting-chance_Jonesborough-Galway.html
John Ridgeway [sic] & Chay Bylthrowed the Atlantic in English Rose IIIfrom Orleans to Kilronan, Aran,Ireland 4th June 1966 - 3rd Sept. 1966Na laga dia iad
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWL_donaghmore-church-and-round-tower_Ridgeville-Meath.html
Donaghmore Church and Round TowerA monastery was reputedly founded here in the 5th century by St Patrick, who placed it in the care of St Cass?n, whose relics were venerated here. The Round Tower was not built until the 11th or 12th century. It is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWH_saint-patrick-on-the-hill-of-slane_Heathsville-Meath.html
Long established tradition tells that St. Patrick lit the Easter Fire on this Hill of Slane in 433. In doing so, he unwittingly disobeyed King Laoghaire at nearby Tara.
The inevitable confrontation had a happy outcome: Laoghaire's druid, Erk, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWD_slane-abbey_Lottsburg-Meath.html
Slane AbbeyIt is believed that in 433 AD, the first Christian missionary to Ireland, later known as St. Patrick, lit a large celebration fire here on the Hill of Slane.
Soon after St Patrick, a monastery associated with St Earc was built on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEW3_the-woodhenge-pit-circle-the-winter-soltice_Clinton-Township-Meath.html
The Woodhenge/Pit circleIf you were here 4000 years ago in the Early Bronze Age you would be standing inside a large wooden enclosure. The passage tomb was no longer in use at this time but the site was still a focal point for ritual and celebrati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVO_countess-constance-markievicz_Dublin-Dublin.html
A valiant woman who fought for Ireland in 1916_________________________In the 1916 Rising she was Second-in-Command to Michael Mallin in the College of Surgeons. She was sentenced to death for her activities but was released from prison in 1917 in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVA_thomas-m-kettle_Dublin-Dublin.html
Born in County Dublin9th February 1880Killed at Guinchy9th September 1916Poet·Essayist·Patriot____________________Killed at Guinchy during the Great War, September 1916.
"Died not for Flag nor King nor EmperorBut for a dream born …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV9_james-clarence-mangan_Dublin-Dublin.html
He has been described as the greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He died of cholera in 1849. The bronze bust by Oliver Sheppard was unveiled in 1909 on behalf of the National Literary Society.
In a niche in the pedestal is a marble head re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV6_haslam-memorial-seat_Dublin-Dublin.html
In 1925 a finely sculptured garden seat of Kilkenny limestone was placed in the park and inscribed on the back - "Anna Marie, 1829 - 1922 and Thomas Haslam, 1825 - 1917. This seat is erected in commemoration [sic - ?honour'] of their long years of…