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This is one episode from our 17-episode series "Voices of the Rising" produced for the National Library of Ireland as part of the commemoration of the 1916 Rising in 2016. Commissioned by DHR Communications for the NLI, it is voiced by Katherine McSharry of the NLI, with actor voices. The series is available free on iTunes. It was also broadcast on a number of local radio stations throughout the 17 weeks leading up to the commemoration of the 1916 Rising in April 2016. www.nli.ie
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A view of the Harbour below, with the Quarry all around you.
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Friction wheels and gravity help bring the granite down.
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So what is an atmospheric railway, and how come Kingstown has one?
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Full wagons every two minutes, as the production intensifies.
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Landowners versus squatters, hospitals and strikes
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Track plats and wooden wagons help horses pull huge loads.
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How they broke up the rock to create level platforms
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The granite hillocks that were named the Three Churls.
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From glaciers to granite, and a lost Martello Tower.
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Come on an eye-opening excursion through layers of local history.
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On the Black Rocks, on land bought for 11 pounds, 17 shillings and sixpence.
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Shenick’s Island and Red Island towers, unchanged in limestone.
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A home with a library and a view of the cistern.
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Balcarrick on the beach overlooks Lambay Island.
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A tower that became a castle, near its conical Malahide neighbour.
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Red Rock views over the Creek and the North Bull.
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The most famous tower of all, thanks to Joyce and his friend Gogarty.
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On Bartra Rock by Bullock Harbour, now well hidden.
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Restored to its 19th century beauty, complete with cannon on top.
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Beachfront tower defending Killiney Beach, extended upwards.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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An Irish square at the heart of a busy market town, on a centuries old road.
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A fancy fountain for political and social meetings and who was Rosemary?
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A Franciscan Belfry, a beautiful altar, and the busy Abbey Hall.
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The old courthouse and school on a road full of history.
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Roscrea’s Mall lies between the river and the castle.
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A Norman Castle, a Queen Anne House, and a sensory garden.
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A true monastic treasure, and a Round Tower without a top.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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A truly peaceful atmosphere in an unique place.
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Saints Cronan and Canice, and a place of pilgrimage.
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The story of Cronan, and his monastery here on the Slighe Dhála.
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Railway and agricultural co-operatives remind us of Roscrea’s industrial base.
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An Irish square at the heart of a busy market town, on a centuries old road.
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A fancy fountain for political and social meetings and who was Rosemary?
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A Franciscan Belfry, a beautiful altar, and the busy Abbey Hall
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The old courthouse and school on a road full of history.
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Roscrea’s Mall lies between the river and the castle.
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A Norman Castle, a Queen Anne House, and a sensory garden.
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A true monastic treasure, and a Round Tower without a top.
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A walk through one of Ireland’s oldest towns with centuries of rich history and stories.
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Remembering marine tragedies and brave volunteers.
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Marconi, the Dún Laoghaire Regatta, and the very first radio report.
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Steam packets, mailboats, railways, and the HSS.
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A great dead Irish writer, and some living ones as well.
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The Greek word for wind and the Irish scientist who measured wind speed.
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The tragedy of Captain James McNeil Boyd and his crew aboard the HMS Ajax
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Victorian ladies take the sun, sheltering under the Turner White.
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From quarrying granite in Dalkey to the Russian connection.
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欢迎来到奥斯卡·王尔德雕塑。这座雕塑坐落在都柏林历史上乔治亚时期的五大著名广场之一—梅瑞恩公园。奥斯卡·王尔德是一位作家、剧作家、诗人，于1854年出生在梅瑞恩广场，就在你所在的位置的对面一条街。这件艺术作品由三个部分构成，王尔德、他怀孕的妻子和一个男性躯干。雕塑捕捉了奥斯卡·王尔德的浮夸和丰富多彩的个性，描绘了他40岁时—一个在职业生涯和个人生活的关键时期。这个雕塑由一位爱尔兰雕刻家丹尼·奥斯本在接受了爱尔兰吉尼斯组织的委托后创作并雕刻，于1997年完成。奥斯本利用了互补抛光的彩色宝石和变化的纹理塑造出栩栩如生的人物姿态，他身下这块重约35吨的白英石取自都柏林南部的威克洛山上。作者想要描绘的是王尔德对美的事物的热爱，包括石头以及他多彩的人物个性。
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Bienvenidos a la escultura de Oscar Wilde, situada aquí, en la esquina del Merrion Square
Park, en una de las cinco plazas georgianas históricas de Dublín.
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Welcome to the Oscar Wilde Sculpture located here at the corner of Merrion Square Park , in one of Dublin’s five historic Georgian
squares.
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Bienvenue à la sculpture d’Oscar Wilde, située ici au
coin de Merrion Square, dans l’un des cinq squares historiques de style
géorgien de Dublin.
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Fáilte go Dealbh Oscar Wilde atá suite anseo ag cúinne
Pháirc Chearnóg Mhuirfean, i gceann de na cúig chearnóg stairiúla Sheoirseacha atá
i mBaile Átha Cliath.
