Posts Tagged ‘sculpture’
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on June 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on June 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on May 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cenotaph, cenotaphs, dublin, grave art, guinness, house of commons, ireland, mayor, occupation, sculpture, st. patrick's cathedral, statue on May 30, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The name Guinness may be world-famous for brewing, but they played other roles in Irish history. Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness was the grandson of Arthur Guinness, founder of the brewery. Born in Dublin in 1798, Benjamin became Lord Mayor of Dublin, and in 1865, he was elected to the House of Commons to represent his native city. His statue sits outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral because he personally funded the restoration of the cathedral in the early 1860s. He was made a baronet in recognition of this philanthropy.
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
A bleeding heart
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged bleeding, blood, blood droplets, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sacred heart, sculpture, symbolism on May 16, 2013 | 1 Comment »
When I wrote about the Sacred Heart previously, I mentioned that sometimes the heart would have blood droplets as if it was in the act of bleeding. This heart shows that feature very clearly.
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Celtic crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses on the Hill of Tara
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, county meath, cross, Crosses, grave art, hill of tara, ireland, sculpture, symbolism on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
On this trip to Ireland, I got to revisit the little cemetery at the visitor center on the Hill of Tara.
