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Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture 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.
Graham Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cause of death, donegal, donegal abbey, epitaphs, ireland, wordless wednesday on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Literary Parade
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged author, brendan behan, cenotaphs, dramatist, dublin, george bernard shaw, ireland, james joyce, jonathan swift, nobel prize for literature, novelist, occupation, oscar wilde, poet, samuel beckett, satirist, st. patrick's cathedral, st. patrick's park, william butler yeats, writer on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
In St. Patrick’s Park in Dublin, Ireland, there is a long brick wall with what is called the Literary Parade. The wall has a series of niches, each of which houses a plaque of a famous Irish author.
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Brigham Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged child, children, donegal, donegal abbey, ireland, wordless wednesday on May 22, 2013| Leave a 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 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.
Aikins Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged donegal, donegal abbey, ireland, tombstone tales, wordless wednesday on May 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Like a vision
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged donegal, donegal abbey, ireland, mary, rosary on May 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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