Scenes of royal life were a popular subject for depiction in parabaik folding books at the Burmese court of Mandalay during the late nineteenth century. These openings show the training of hunting elephants and other mounted exercises.
A Sense of Identity | Courts and courtiers | Animals
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List of convicts sentenced to transportation in Cavan, giving their ages, the length of their sentences, and their crimes.
A Sense of Identity | History | Social history
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This an appeal from the Relief Committee of Castlebar, County Mayo, for funds to relieve the starving inhabitants of the area during the worst year of the Great Famine, with vivid descriptions of the sufferings endured.
A Sense of Identity | History | Social history
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J.J. Clarke, from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, took a series of photographs between 1897 and 1904, when he was a medical student in Dublin. His photojournalistic approach to his subjects allowed him to capture vivid scenes from the daily lives of Dublin's men, women and chi
A Sense of Identity | Ó Ceallaigh, Seán T. (Seán Tomás), 1882-1966 | National Library of Ireland
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"Statuette of 'Hibernia' or 'Erin' in porcelain, Belleek pottery, Co. Fermanagh, c.1872. In a general sense Hibernia symbolises Ireland emerging from her past to assert national identity and self-determination, but the figure also represents the dawning of the new pottery
A Sense of Identity | Handicraft | Ceramics
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