No film has dominated the Irish film landscape as much as John Ford’s The Quiet Man, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of its release last year. The worldwide success of Ford’s classic may have also partly inspired the making of a German ‘Quiet Man’, partially set and shot in Ireland and dating from 1953—complete with … Read more
Across 1 George Coppinger ———, Irish architect noted for his work on churches and cathedrals (6). 5 Sixth-century British cleric and author of De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (6). 10 Clock Gate Tower and Tynte’s Castle are found in this Irish port town (7). 11 This treaty brought the War of the Spanish Succession to … Read more
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
Although born in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, William Godfrey Dunham Massy (1838–1906) belonged to a prominent County Tipperary family and entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1854. He abandoned his studies, however, to volunteer for service in the Crimean War. Despite being aged just sixteen, Massy was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 19th Foot and … Read more
The map is in the archival collection of the library at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and has several additional elements, including the coats of arms of several families. It has been an object of interest and fascination for many, including James Joyce. James Hardiman in his History of Galway (1820) claimed that the map … Read more