Ballynoe Stone Circle, Ballynoe, Co Down

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The Ballynoe stone circle is a large circle of over 50 standing stones, some as large as 2 metres high and is located near the town of Ballynoe in Co Down. It is thought that the site dates back to around 2000BC and was begun in the Stone Age. The original site was modified during […]

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1660 – Sir Mark Rainsford was the 36th Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1700 to 1701. During this period the statue of King William of Orange on College Green was unveiled by him, a monument which would become a centre of protest and celebration for generations in the capital. Rainsford was also the original founder […]

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31/03/2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions. 1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire […]

Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world but has not solved one yet. – Maya Angelou

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Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann. Slieve Bearnagh, Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Mac Creative Photography

Another day is a blessing. Don’t take it for granted. #quote

10/02/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann. ‘The Gap’, Slieve Bearnagh, Mourne Mountains, Hibernia Landscapes by Stephen Wallace

Dia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.

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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Mac Creative Photography

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

20/01/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Trying to blow out someone else’s candle won’t make yours shine brighter… Pursue your dreams with integrity. Success is abundant and there’s enough for everybody. Venus and Mars, in close conjunction, hanging low above the last embers of day’s end in the western sky above Spelga Dam, Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Alistair Hamill Photography

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

18/01/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. ‘Winter Sunset’, Slieve Corragh, Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Hibernia Landscapes by Stephen Wallace

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

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‘Animosity, resentment and envy doesn’t affect the heart of others – it only affects your own.’ Summit of Slieve Binnian, Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Captive Landscapes by Stephen Emerson. The optical illusion known as ‘Brocken Spectre’ is caused by atmospheric conditions casting the person’s shadow creating an apparition with a rainbow coloured halo.

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

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Don’t let the past steal your present. First light of sunrise, taken on the icy slopes of Slievenaglogh, looking down on the Trassey track up to Hare’s Gap, Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Hibernia Landscapes by Stephen Wallace

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

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Ballynoe Stone Circle, Ballynoe, Co Down

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