Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
Derrynaflan is best known for its medieval metal work, including a two-handled chalice known as the Derrynaflan chalice, on display in the National…
Some shots of stained glass from New Birmingham/Glengoole , Slieveardagh, Tipperary
Kilcooley Abbey is near Gortnahoe in the Slieveardagh area of Tipperary . It is home to Tipperary’s only pyramid (as far as I know) Above: A mermaid holding a…
This is reblogged from the wonderful Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland site. I have blogged about Fethard heritage here and here – this is a far more informed guide! On Thursday…
A while ago I blogged about Albrecht Durer’s engraving of St Jerome in his study. I linked to and quoted an article on St Jerome by James R Edwards which…
In The Church of the Assumption, Booterstown, Dublin we find the above poignant plaque. Here is the text as the above turns out to be a little blurry: MADDEN. Of…
From Geoffrey Moorhouse’s fine bookSun Dancing A clinical diagnosis of Aedh’s erotic and other visions would doubtless have concluded that , whatever shaped them in his psyche, they were triggered…
Brittasdryland (Bhriotás an Drílinnigh) – “Briotás” a borrowing from Anglo-French “bretesche”, wooden stronghold from “big oak tree” (see here and here) and “Dreeling” Lousybush (Sceach na Míol): And my favourite, Mortgagefields which sounds…
Séamus Sweeney 