monuments ireland

Belfast City
Belfast City is modelled on the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, which were heavily industrial cities during the reign of Queen Victoria. Most of it's most famous sights are Victorian. The Albert Memorial Clock, which was erected in 1870 is one of the more familiar landmarks, which was erected in honour of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who died suddenly, leaving his disconsolate wife, who mourned him for over fifty years! Another Victorian building which s...

Lough Neagh has been described as a huge fish factory. It is the biggest lake in the British Isles, and it covers 153 square miles (400 km). Its uncanny similarity in size and shape to the Isle of Man gave rise to the legend that the mythical giant Fiann McCool scooped out a huge lump of earth and threw it into the Irish Sea - the lump of earth formed the Isle of Man, and the hole filled with water became Lough Neagh.

For the tout angler its main interest is the dollaghan, a unique...

There may have been an early Christian monastery in the valley where, according to tradition, St. Colmcille banished demons who enveloped the valley in a fog. The most conspicuous remains are the pillars decorated with cross-motifs and geometric designs which are now the  'stations of the cross' of the pilgrimage which takes place on the Saint's feastday on June 9th. The pillars are spread over an area in the valley 3.5 miles long and the pilgrimage takes as many hours to complete.
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A Memorial column designed as a replica of Pompey's pillar, erected in 1841 to the memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby....

Dublin's widest and principal thoroughfare, O'Connell Street takes its name from the leader of the Catholic Emancipation movement, Daniel O'Connell. It has undergone several tranformations since it was first developed in the early eighteenth century by Henry Moore as Drogheda Street. Dublin owes much to Luke Gardiner and to Bartholomew Mosse, who between them planned the transformation of the street into a grand new avenue.
Badly damaged in the 1916 Rising and in the civil war of 1922...

The Anna Livia Fountain was built on O Connell Street in Dublin to commemorate the millennium of the city in 1988. Anna Livia is the spirit of the River Liffey.

It is commonly known to Dubliners as the "Floozy in the Jacuzzi".
The monument has now been removed from O'Connell Street and is expected to be moved to the Croppies Memorial on Dublins North Quay....

More has been written about James Joyce than about Shakespeare.
The eldest son of a spendthrift who brought his large family from prosperity to poverty without relinquishing his standards, Joyce was educated by the Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College, one of the finest private schools in the country, until the money ran out.
He was then offered a free place at Belvedere College in the centre of Dublin to continue his secondary education. Precocious in many respects, he had his fi...

As you approach this village look out, on the left, for an inscribed rock which commemorates a 'monster' meeting held here in July 1823 by Daniel O'Connell, known as the Liberator for his crusade for Catholic Emancipation in Ireland....

The Diamond in Donegal Square contains an obelisk, which is a memorial to the Four Masters.


Also situated here are the premises of Magee & Co., established in 1866. The company is synomymous with the great handweaving tradition for which Donegal is famous....

On Grand Parade, also once a waterway, stands the grandiose National Monument , recalling the Irish patriots who died between 1798 and 1867. Bishop Lucey Park, off Grand Parade, has a section of city walls and a fine gatewary from the old cornmarket....