Eire Collection (page 3)

Decorated Celtic slab, 32nd century BC
Decorated Celtic slab, at the back of the recess of Cairn T, Loughcrew Hills in Co. Meath, 32nd century BC

Irish Celtic crucifixion plaque, one of the earliest in Ireland
Irish Celtic crucifixion plaque, made of copper-gilt. One of the earliest surviving cruxifixions in Ireland, from St John s, Rinnagan

Irish burial cairn in County Sligo

Celtic round tower, 11th century
Celtic round tower at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, 11th century

Base of the east face of the Moone Cross, 7th century
Base of the east face of the Moone cross, showing the temptation of Adam and Eve, the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, and Daniel in the Lions Den, 7th century

This little pig... infant amusement rhyme, c1860. Here the rhyme is being recited in the home of a poor Irish family, with the real pigs on which they depended, outside in the farmyard

William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, at the Battle of the Boyne, 1690. William (1650-1702) became king in 1689

Demonstration against Joseph Chamberlain, Ireland, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Demonstration against Joseph Chamberlain, Ireland, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st December 1899

Base of the south cross at Castle Dermot, with Celtic huntsmen and animals

Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions, 1886
Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From The Illustrated London News, April 1886. Wood engraving

Evicted Irish peasant family, 1848. Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to blight, evicted from their tumbledown cottage

Aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886
The aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886. Distress in Ireland as people Collect limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland

Irish Potato Famine, 1842
Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood engraving

Queenstown / Cobh, harbour for Cork City
Queenstown/Cobh, the harbour for Cork City. Between 1845 and 1860 above 2.5 million people emigrated from Ireland through Cobh. Also last port of call the SS Titanic

Suspense, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Suspense, 1881. Hibernia, with two Irish children, awaits the forthcoming Land Reform Act. This was introduced by the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone

Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Mr Isaac Butt, the moderate leader of the Irish Home Rule Party opens a box labelled Home Rule. Ireland sits by her small fire with her meagre possessions on a stool beside

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