#co down
An itty bitty meteor passing by during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday night as seen from Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
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Spent some time amongst the big boys yesterday.
| Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, Newcastle, Co.Down, Northern Ireland |
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#OTD in Irish History | 25 May:
#OTD in Irish History | 25 May:
1315 – Edward Bruce (brother of Robert Bruce, king of Scots), having been invited by some Gaelic chiefs, leads an expedition to Ireland with the aim of conquering it, creating a kingdom of Ireland and driving out the Norman-Irish settlers. He lands at Larne on this date and is proclaimed king of Ireland.
1705 – On this date, May Eustace Sherlock, gentleman, petitions the Commons for relief from…
Oh it’s six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Ballymagee Street in Bangor, County Down on a fine day with an omnibus complete with destination plate to put our location on the map, so to speak! I do love posting photographs like this with so much going on, shops, awnings, clothing, traffic etc. The title comes from the song The Auld Orange Flute Oh, it’s six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee Now Bob, the deceiver, he took us all in He married a Papist called Bridget McGinn Turned Papish himself and forsook the old cause That gave us our freedom, religion and laws Photographer: Robert FrenchCollection:Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_11218 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
