CULLENSTOWN, CO. WEXFORD By Damian Murphy Vernacular houses are a familiar but increasingly endangered hallmark of the Irish landscape. They are informal in character, designed and built by their original […]
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Read More →By Conor Carley WHY I PICKED THIS TOPIC I picked this topic because I love reading about the War of Independence. Even more interesting to me is the fact that […]
Read More →By Fiona Fitzsimons After the 1641 Rebellion, the Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian Conquest, the Commonwealth was obliged to redeem debts owed to soldiers and adventurers with land in Ireland […]
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