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- Thursday Doors – Virtual Road Trip February 23, 2021
- Thursday Doors – The Old Church February 18, 2021
- Thursday Doors – Glenmona Lodge, Antrim February 11, 2021
- Thursday Doors – Family Time February 4, 2021
- Thursday Doors – A Mystery January 25, 2021
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Tag Archives: irishhistory
Thursday Doors – Edgeworthstown
This week’s Thursday Doors features Edgeworthstown in County Longford. There are some interesting murals on the walls of a car park, painted by artist Phil Atkinson, depicting the family the town is named after. One of its members was an … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgeworthstown, irishhistory, Longford, MarieEdgeworth, RichardLowellEdgeworth, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Coffee and History
Thursday Doors brings you a virtual coffee with a dash of history this week. Sitting in the cafe next to the Tourist Information Office in the center of Dundalk is a great way to start off a tour of the … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Historical Dundalk
This week’s Thursday Doors looks at a very historical town – Dundalk in County Louth, often called the land of legends. I think it’s appropriate to begin this blog with an image of Dundalk’s Tourist Information Office.* It’s one of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged dundalk, EdwardBruce, Ireland'sAncientEast, irishhistory, Louth, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Castle Archdale Part One
Castle Archdale in County Fermanagh features in this week’s Thursday Doors blogpost. These terraced buildings would have housed the servants’ quarters, the stables, carriage stores and estate offices and have been very well preserved. Let’s have a look around this … Continue reading
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Tagged CastleArchdale, fermanagh, irishhistory, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Old Town Hall
Cavan’s old town hall features in this week’s Thursday Doors. It has recently been given a makeover and looks so much better. No longer the town’s administrative building it’s now the Town Hall Cavan Arts Centre, where courses and events … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – All in One
This week I have only a single photograph for Thursday Doors but it’s an all in one image. A friend of one of my sisters sent me this great shot of a door that has so much I like in … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Castle Saunderson
Even after a dozen posts from the Cavan County Museum I’m still hooked on history for this week’s Thursday Doors – and it’s a castle this time. Would you like to have a look inside? Sorry, this is as close … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Cavan County Museum 12
Welcome to the last Thursday Doors post from the Cavan County Museum series. There is so much to see at this museum that I could have produced twice as many posts from my visit. This one features Clogh Oughter Castle, … Continue reading