Skip to content
History Ireland
  • Login
  • About History Ireland
  • Hedge Schools
  • Subscribe
  • Archive
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
    • Volume 4
    • Volume 5
    • Volume 6
    • Volume 7
    • Volume 8
    • Volume 9
    • Volume 10
    • Volume 11
    • Volume 12
    • Volume 13
    • Volume 14
    • Volume 15
    • Volume 16
    • Volume 17
    • Volume 18
    • Volume 19
    • Volume 20
    • Volume 21
    • Volume 22
    • Volume 23
    • Volume 24
    • Volume 25
    • Volume 26
    • Volume 27
    • Volume 28
    • Volume 29
    • Volume 30
    • Volume 31
    • Volume 32
    • Volume 33
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us

Gems of architecture

Howard mausoleum, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow

Sitting on a small rise a mile north of Arklow, overlooking the River Avoca, is a monument described by John Betjeman as the largest pyramid tomb ‘beyond the banks of the Nile’. It stands on the highest position in the ancient cemetery of Kilbride, dwarfing the ruins of the adjacent medieval church, and is easily … Read more

Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, Gems of architecture, General, Issue 2 (March/April 2013), Volume 21

Contact us | Guidelines | Subscriptions | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Company Registration details