Notes on Malahide, County Dublin

Notes on Malahide, County Dublin

Delving into its ancient roots with Viking refugees, Roman artefacts, and the Talbot dynasty at Malahide Castle, as well as pivotal figures like the regicide Myles Corbet, the heroic Tom Kettle and the Barings of Lambay. The article also explores connections to Canada...
Notes on the Howth Head Peninsula, County Dublin

Notes on the Howth Head Peninsula, County Dublin

When the ancient Egyptian cartographer Ptolemy sketched his map of the known world some 1900 years ago, he sketched the Howth Head peninsula on the north side of Dublin Bay as an island. Some hold that Howth was also known to the Phoenicians. Here are a dozen...