Waterford Museum
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Well, these days some of us might be stuck at home rather a lot, and even if we aren’t we may not find a museum of other attraction actually open. So the advent of “virtual yours” is a great help. There we are, in our comfortable armchair, sauntering around the like of the British…
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I have never been to Waterford in Ireland, but having just browsed at leisure through their museum’s wonderful website, I feel as if I know the city intimately. There are virtual tours that really do make the viewer feel present. Thoroughly recommended! This figure is from one of the virtual tours, and depicts an incredibly…
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A SWORD OF EDWARD IV IN IRELAND
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Bishop of Annaghtown, Calais, Dublin Castle, Earl of Desmond, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, George Duke of Clarence, House of York, Ireland, Ludford Bridge, rebels, Reginald’s Tower, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Stoke Field, Trim castle, Waterford Mint, Waterford MuseumThe House of York always had a strong connection with Ireland. Richard Duke of York and his family lived there from a while, sometimes at the imposing Trim Castle (beloved of movie makers from Excalibur to Braveheart) and sometimes at Dublin Castle where George of Clarence was born. Later, after the battle of Ludford Bridge,…
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