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A dish of chocolate for the times : addressed to the Reverend Edward Young, LL.D.

In verse. -- Printed in the year, MDCCLIV [1754].

Ireland -- Social life and customs | Conduct of life | Manners and customs

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Object A dish of chocolate for the times : addressed to the Reverend Edward Young, LL.D.cover

A scene from an Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World, 1924.

Maureen Delany, Arthur Shields and Sara Allgood in a scene from the Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge.

A Sense of Freedom | Arts | Drama

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Object A scene from an Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World, 1924.cover

Costume design for Cuchulain from On Baile's Strand by William Butler Yeats.

Costume design, by Charles Ricketts, for the character of Cuchulain in the 1915 production of On Baile's Strand by William Butler Yeats, at the Little Theatre, London.

A Sense of Identity | Arts | Drama

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Object Costume design for Cuchulain from On Baile's Strand by William Butler Yeats.cover

A scene from The Field by John B. Keane, 1980.

Scene from The Field by John B. Keane, Abbey stage, 1980. The cast includes Eamon Morrissey, Peadar Lamb, Joe Lynch, Emmet Bergin and Colm Meaney.

A Sense of Place | Arts | Drama

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Object A scene from The Field by John B. Keane, 1980.cover

Jahangir celebrates the Hindu festival of Holi from the Minto Album.

This folio is from an album compiled for the Mughal emperors Jahangir (r. 1605-27) and Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) between about 1612 and 1640. In his memoirs, Jahangir, whose mother was Hindu, describes Holi, the exuberant Hindu festival: ‘Thursday is the Holi, which in their

A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Religion

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Object Jahangir celebrates the Hindu festival of Holi from the Minto Album.cover

Prompt script for Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge.

Prompt script for the world premiere of Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge, Molesworth Street Hall, Dublin, 1904.

A Sense of Place | Arts | Drama

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Object Prompt script for Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge.cover

The training of elephants from court amusements and ceremonies.

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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