Irish Collection (page 23)

Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835. Lardner (1793-1859) was Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at London University (University College)

Robert John Kane, Irish chemist, c1860. Kanes (1809-1890) name is remembered in Ireland for the book published in 1844 entitled The Industrial Resources of Ireland

Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Artist: John Kay
Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Patrick O Brien (c1765-1804), the Irish giant, being measured for a suit by an Edinburgh tailor

Lord Rosses 72 in / 1. 8m reflecting telescope, 1849
Lord Rosses 72 in/1.8m reflecting telescope, 1849. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), Irish astronomer and engineer

Robert Boyle, Irish born chemist and physicist, c1689-1690. Boyle (1627-1691) was the seventh son of the first Earl of Cork

Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist and Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870
Robert Boyle, 17th century Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870. Papin (1647-1712) is pointing to Boyles (1627-1691) air pump

Longitudinal section of a steam turbine fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, c1904. The turbines for the Queen were designed by the Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

Longtudinal sections of two steam turbines. 1: Parsons marine turbine; 2: Rateaus marine turbine. Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

Steam turbines fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, 1904. The turbines were designed by the Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

John Tyndall lecturing on electromagnetism at the Royal Institution, London. May 1870. Irish-born British physicist Tyndall (1820-1893)

Robert Boyles second air pump, c1660 (1725). The pump is being used to evacuate a bell jar to examine the effect on an animal inside it

Air pump built for Robert Boyle by Robert Hooke, 1660. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was a physicist and chemist who carried out many experiments on air, vacuum, combustion, and respiration

Robert Boyles experiments with air pumps, 1725. Using this apparatus, similar to Guerickes water barometer, Boyle (1627-1691) found that water could only be raised 33ft 6ins

Robert Boyle, 17th century Irish chemist and physicist, 1739. Artist: George Vertue
Robert Boyle, 17th century Irish chemist and physicist, 1739. After attending school at Eton, Boyle (1627-1691), the seventh son of the 1st Earl of Cork, spent six years in Europe

Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Artist: Spy
Robert Stawell Ball, Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Ball (1840-1913), Lord Rosses astronomer at Parsonstown, Ireland

Hypnosis subject suffering from imaginary toothache, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin

Subject going into a hypnotic trance, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

Subjects hypnotised by the sound of a gong, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Hypnotised subjects attracted by a matchbox, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley giving a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Midlands and Great Western Railway (Ireland) 2-4-0 locomotive Rob Roy, 1873. Built by Neilson & Co of Glasgow

Celtic Penannular Brooch from Ballynaglough, 8th century
Celtic Penannular Brooch from Ballynaglough, c5th century- c10th century. Especially associated with the beginning of the Early Medieval period in the British Isles

3 bronze sickles, Buckinghamshire, London and Ireland, c1100BC-700 BC

St. Brigid in West Window of Hereford Cathedral, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
St. Brigid in West Window of Hereford Cathedral, 20th century. Medieval stained glass window in Hereford Cathedral depicts Saint Brigit of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland, one of Irelands patron saints

The Monymusk Reliquary, 8th century
The Monymusk Reliquary is a blend of Pictish and Irish style, probably made by monks. It is said to have been the brechbrennoch of St Columba

Pictish-Irish Penannular Brooch, 8th century
A pictish-Irish pennanular brooch from Ballynaglough, County Antrim. The brooch is silver gilt and glass, 8th century

Early Christian cross-slab, 7th century

Kilnasaggart cross, 8th century
Kilnasaggart cross, an inscribed pillar. This is the oldest datable Christian monument in Ireland. One one side it bears ten crosses, each inscribed in a circle in relief

Interior of a passage grave, 26th century BC
Interior of a passage grave at Fourknocks, 26th century BC

Moone Cross, 9th century
Moone Cross, showing a detail of the base, with five loaves and two fishes, 9th century

Proleek Dolmen, 21st century BC
Proleek Dolmen. Legend has it that if you throw a stone onto the roof and it stays there, you will be married within a year, 21st century BC

Cloghan More Court Cairn, 21st 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

Pictish or Irish disc-headed pin, 6th century

Irish copper-alloy curved mount, 6th century
Irish copper-alloy curved mount, found in the River Shannon, near Athone, 6th century

Group portrait, 1931. Soviet Peoples Commissar Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933), theatre director Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) and Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Detail of a Celtic bucket from the Oseburg Ship burial, 9th century
Detail of a Celtic figure on a bucket handle from the Oseburg Ship burial in Norway. It appears to be Irish, from a Viking raid. Now at the Viking Ships Museum in Olso, 9th century

Silver penny of the Irish King Sigtrygg Silkbeard
Quatrefoil silver penny of Sigtrygg Silkbeard (989/995-1036) from Dublin. Silkbeard was a Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin

Irish Celtic High Cross, Clonmacnoise, Ireland. 9th century

Celtic chief helps Christian priest to set up a staff, Clonmacnoise, Ireland

Two Celtic warrior chiefs, Clonmacnoise, Ireland

Sheila-na-gig on Celtic cross-shaft, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Sheila-na-gig on Celtic cross-shaft, Clonmacnoise, Co.Offaly, Ireland

The Bishops Stone, Killadeas, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
The Bishops Stone, Killadeas, Co.Fermanagh, Ireland. Pagan+Christian

Celtic Christian figures, White Island, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, c8th century
Celtic Christian figures, White Island, Co.Fermanagh, Ireland, c8th century

Glencolumbkille, Donegal, Eire. Early Christian Cross-slab

St. Patricks Cross, Cshel, Co. Tipperary, Eire
St.Patricks Cross, Cshel, Co.Tipperary, Eire

Kilnasaggart Cross Pillar, Armagh, Ireland, c714. Inscribed with crosses and inscription. The oldest dateable Christian monument in Ireland

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