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Cillín Phádraig at Maumeen near Maam Cross. A cillín (plural cillíní) is a historic burial site in Ireland, primarily used for stillborn and unbaptized infants. These burial areas were also used for the recently deceased who were not allowed in consecrated churchyards, including the mentally disabled, suicides, beggars, executed criminals, and shipwreck victims.
The Black Rock, commemorating thousands of Irish "ship fever" victims. The Irish Commemorative Stone (also known as the Black Rock) is a monument in Pointe-Saint-Charles, island of Montreal, Quebec commemorating the deaths from "ship fever" of 6,000 mostly Irish immigrants to Canada during the immigration following the Great Irish Famine in the years 1847-1848.
Some say a sister cross, it is so true to the original. It is positioned on a prominent hill in the city in 2008, with Irish President Mary McAleese present at the unveiling. Providence, Rhode Island: an Irish Famine Memorial is situated along the Riverway, dedicated on November 17, 2007. Sculpture and a commemorative wall are the key elements ...
On a 1756 map of Dublin, Baggot Street is marked as The Road to Ball's-Bridge, and in 1800 Baggot Street Upper was marked as Blackrock Road. [3] Darkey Kelly, a madam, or kip-house keeper, and alleged female serial killer, was executed by burning on Gallows Road (modern Baggot Street) in 1761. [4] [5] The street was renamed Baggot Street in ...
Grafton Street has featured on the Irish edition of the board game Monopoly since the first edition in the 1970s. [65] Dido features a track entitled "Grafton Street" on her album Safe Trip Home. This song is a tribute to Dido's deceased father, who was Irish. [66] Grafton Street is mentioned in Ed Sheeran's song "Galway Girl" on his album ÷ ...
The street runs from Merrion Square to McKenny Bridge over the Grand Canal which connects the street with Northumberland Road. Mount Street Upper runs parallel to the street to the south. [3] The street is intersected by a number of junctions including Grattan Street, Grant's Row, Love Lane, Love Lane East, Verschoyle Place and Stephen's Place.
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Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...