Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rain in Ireland? In May? No? ;-) Cheers to the brave young couple, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 31 Dec 2018, at 23:48, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > The grave of Thomas Tuite who died in 1722. The headstone is in Loughcrew > estate graveyard near Oldcastle, Co. Meath. The wall on the right belongs > to the ruined and roofless Loughcrew church where my son is getting > married in May. "Roofless, ruined??" I bleated. To no avail, the couple > think it's romantic. Wait 'til it rains. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Meath/Tuite+1722.jpg.html > > By the way, the roof was ripped off the church in about 1650 by Oliver > Cromwell during his bloody Irish campaign during which he slaughtered over > 3,500 defenders and civilians in the nearby town of Drogheda. The estate > was owned by a catholic family - the Plunketts. Their son Oliver became an > archbishop and was falsely named in the fake Popish plot in 1678. Caught, > he was executed by being hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London in > 1681 - the last catholic martyr in England. He was eventually canonised a > saint in 1975. His head is in a glass case in a church in Drogheda. > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information