The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary holds probably the most significant grouping of ecclesiastical buildings surviving from the medieval period in Ireland. Its largest building, the cathedral, was abandoned […]
Read More →Across 1 William ‘Guillermo’ ———, Cork-born scientist who helped establish Spain’s Natural History Museum (6). 5 Reverend Nicholas ———, appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at Maynooth in 1826 and credited […]
Read More →Across 8 The Muse of history (4) 9 Alternative name for Rameses the Great, pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt, celebrated in a famous poem by Shelley (10) […]
Read More →The basic fare was two properly baked loaves of bread daily. Other foods were prescribed at different times of year but varied according to the rank of the injured person. […]
Read More →Across 1 Spanish galleon that ran aground off Lacada Point, Co. Antrim, in 1588 (6). 5 Fanny ———, Russian political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (6). 10 […]
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