Left at the lamb : a flavour of the history and heritage of the Blessington area
Cruise, Aidan
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Archaeology and history --- The Ice and Stone Age ---- Palaeolithic Mesolithic and Neolithic ---- Cairns ----- The Bronze Age ---- Piper Stones ---- Standing Stones ---- The Iron Age ---- Hillforts ---- Early medieval ---- Raths and ringforts ---- The age of Christianity ---- Ogham stones ---- The Vikings ---- The Normans and the birth of Blessington ----- The Lordship of Ireland ---- Early modern Wicklow ----- Wicklow, the last County ---- Nine years war ---- Rebellion, defeat, confiscation , plantation ----- Archbishop Boyle, The Downshire and Blessington Estate ---- The Manor House and the Estate of Blessington ----- Wicklow and the 1798 Rebellion ---- Edward Heppenstall "The Walking Gallows" ---- The Wicklow Military Road ---- Captain Michael Dwyer ---- The 1800s ---- Blessington by trap or tram ---- The Scrap Iron Express ---- The Blessington Lakes ---- Wildlife in the area ---- The Blessington Game and Wildfowl Conservation Association --- A trip to the lake ---- Tallaght to Brittas ----- Saggart - Teach Sacra ---- Crooksling - Cnoc Slinne ---- Brittas . An Briotas ---- Kilteel . Cill Cheile --- The lamb ---- Hempstown ---- Golden Hill --- Kilbridge Loge, Glen Heste Hotel and the Airfield ---- Lime Kilns --- Quarries at Golden Hill, Three Castles, Oldcourt and the Dowrey ---- Manor Kilbride ---- St Brigid's --- Hedge Schools in the area ---- The Hollywood Grave slabs ---- Mooney's Pub ---- Cloghleagh --- The Church of St. John the Baptist ---- Kilbride Army Camp ---- Seefin --- Kippure --- Boglands ---- Ballylow ---- The Coronation Plantation ---- Ballysmuttan. Buaile na Smutan, "The summer pasture of the tree stumps" ----- Oldcourt ---- Ballyward ---- Three Castles ---- Interview with the Late Paddy Phibbs ---- Crosscoolharbour and Crosschapel ---- The Church of Our Mother of Mercy ---- The sandpits ---- The fair day ---- Gobbit's Picture House. ( The Cottage Cinema ) Nevil Gyves ---- Blessington Bridge ---- Knockieran ( Cnoc Iarainn - the Hill of Iron ) and Dwyer's Brook ---- Carrig and Rathnabo. ( Rath na Bo-Enclosure of the Cows ) ---- Lacken --- Lacken's Schoolhouse -- St Boden's Well ---- The Cillin ---- Templeboden ( Teampall Buadain ) ----- Kylebeg / Kilbeg ( Coill Beg - Small Wood ) ---- Mullaghcleevaun Mountain ( Clefed Hill ) ---- Blackhill ( Cnoc Dubh ) ----Ballyknockan Granite --- Ballyknockan ( Bhuaile an Chnocain ) ---- Valleymount ( An Chrois ) ---- Humphreystown ---- Balytboys-Bhuaile Bui ---- Dame Ninette de Valois ---- Quakers ---- Tulfarris ( Tulach Fherghuis - Fergus Hill ) ---- Baltyboys schoolhouse ---- Hollywood ---- Poulaphouca ----- Dance Halls ---- Russborough House ---- Interview with the Late Frances O'Donoghue ---- Russellstown House ---- Killmalum ( Cill Moloma ) ---- The dispensery ---- Burgage ---- Burgage Castle ---- Blessington ---- Garda Station ---- New school ---- Boys' schoolhouse ---- Downshire Agents House ---- Downshire Inn ---- St. Mary's Churchyard and St. Mary's Church of Ireland ----- Church of our Lady of the Most Holy Sacrament ---- Downshire Monument ---- The Four Stone Tree ---- Court House / Market House built 1820s ---- St Joseph's Hall and the Band Hall ---- Some of the locals ---Sport
Príomhtheideal:
Left at the lamb : a flavour of the history and heritage of the Blessington area / Aidan Cruise, David Harrington and Seamus Balfe; Editor, Professor Tom Barragry.
Leathanaigh in ord:
280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 30 cm.
Rangúchán Dewey:
941.84941.84 Blessington941.84 LH 941.84 LH
I dteanga:
English
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BRN:
2968583