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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... ship that laid the transatlantic cable from Valentia Island to Newfoundland . Born in Wicklow , he had gone to sea at the age of ten and rapidly moved up the ranks . In 1865 , he was appointed master of the Great Eastern , the iron ship ...
... ship that laid the transatlantic cable from Valentia Island to Newfoundland . Born in Wicklow , he had gone to sea at the age of ten and rapidly moved up the ranks . In 1865 , he was appointed master of the Great Eastern , the iron ship ...
Page 178
... ship broke anchor . The crew sent up distress flares . The ship began to break asunder . Men were vainly trying to cling to the wreckage as they were pitched into the sea and still no help came from the shore . It was not until mid ...
... ship broke anchor . The crew sent up distress flares . The ship began to break asunder . Men were vainly trying to cling to the wreckage as they were pitched into the sea and still no help came from the shore . It was not until mid ...
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... ship astray on to the rocks . They denied this . Others believed that they had caused the disaster by turning the Cloch Thoraí , the notorious cursing stones of Tory , on the ship . The rock where the ship perished is still known as ...
... ship astray on to the rocks . They denied this . Others believed that they had caused the disaster by turning the Cloch Thoraí , the notorious cursing stones of Tory , on the ship . The rock where the ship perished is still known as ...
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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