Here Lies: A Guide to Irish Graves"Maeve Friel takes her readers down remote country lanes and up windswept hills to visit the graves of more than 500 of Ireland's famous, infamous, heroic, tragic and eccentric dead." --Back cover. |
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Page 17
... Battle of the Boyne , the last great pitched battle on Irish soil took place when the armies of King James II of England and William of Orange met at Aughrim , a battle that left more than 9,000 dead and decisively changed the balance ...
... Battle of the Boyne , the last great pitched battle on Irish soil took place when the armies of King James II of England and William of Orange met at Aughrim , a battle that left more than 9,000 dead and decisively changed the balance ...
Page 121
... battle of Vinegar Hill , stand in the centre of many Wexford towns , towns which witnessed so much blood - letting ... battle of New Ross , taken prisoner and " most cruelly executed at or near the old bridge " . The battle of New Ross ...
... battle of Vinegar Hill , stand in the centre of many Wexford towns , towns which witnessed so much blood - letting ... battle of New Ross , taken prisoner and " most cruelly executed at or near the old bridge " . The battle of New Ross ...
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... Battle of the Boyne . He was killed by a stray bullet during the battle on 12 July 1690 and was first buried there at the battle - field . In 1703 his " still inconsolable " widow Isabella had his remains disinterred and taken back to ...
... Battle of the Boyne . He was killed by a stray bullet during the battle on 12 July 1690 and was first buried there at the battle - field . In 1703 his " still inconsolable " widow Isabella had his remains disinterred and taken back to ...
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1798 rebellion Abbey Achill ancient Armagh Ballitore battle became Bishop body British burial place buried in St Captain captured carved Castle cathedral Catholic Celtic cemetery century Church of Ireland churchyard coffin commemorates Connacht Cork County Creggan cross dead Deansgrange death Dermot Derry died Dublin emigrants Emmet's English epitaph erected executed famine father Fenian Fianna Fáil Frank O'Connor Gaelic Gaelic League Glasnevin gravestone graveyard grounds Gweedore hanged headstone Henry Hill inscribed inscription Irish island James John Kilkenny killed King land later Limerick lived Lord Lough Mary mausoleum memorial Michael miles monument murder Newgrange Norman O'Brien Patrick plaque plot poem poet President of Ireland priest rebellion remains returned to Ireland ruined Saint Sean ship Sinn Féin Skibbereen slab St Patrick's St Patrick's Cathedral stone story Thomas tomb tombstone Ulster United Irishmen vault victims wall Waterford Wexford Wicklow wife William wrote Yeats young