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Sapphires and Rubies

Sapphires and Rubies are gems of the variety known as Corundum. Corundum occurs is a wide variety of colors. Of course Ruby is red but sapphires come in all colors...

Sapphires and Rubies

Sapphires and Rubies are gems of the variety known as Corundum. Corundum occurs is a wide variety of colors. Of course Ruby is red but sapphires come in all colors...

IRISH ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION.

As the Irish economy took off in the early 1960s, an alliance of property developers and politicians set about dismantling Dublin's architectural heritage. The city's elegant Georgian streetscapes and squares...

IRISH ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION.

As the Irish economy took off in the early 1960s, an alliance of property developers and politicians set about dismantling Dublin's architectural heritage. The city's elegant Georgian streetscapes and squares...

IRELAND'S TRAVEL NETWORK HISTORY

After Ireland's first settlers crossed the narrow waters separating it from Scotland, they found a thickly forested country, hard and dangerous to penetrate except along the coastline and the banks...

IRELAND'S TRAVEL NETWORK HISTORY

After Ireland's first settlers crossed the narrow waters separating it from Scotland, they found a thickly forested country, hard and dangerous to penetrate except along the coastline and the banks...

IRELAND LIFE ON THE LAND.

For most of Ireland's history the overwhelming majority of her people lived close to the land. Planting and harvesting or grazing and tending herds.Yet this relationship was a surprisingly unstable...

IRELAND LIFE ON THE LAND.

For most of Ireland's history the overwhelming majority of her people lived close to the land. Planting and harvesting or grazing and tending herds.Yet this relationship was a surprisingly unstable...

MEDIEVAL IRELAND.

As Lord of Ireland, Henry 11 recognized Strongbow as Earl of Leinster but created a counter-weight to Strongbow's power by naming one of his own men, Hugh De Lacy as...

MEDIEVAL IRELAND.

As Lord of Ireland, Henry 11 recognized Strongbow as Earl of Leinster but created a counter-weight to Strongbow's power by naming one of his own men, Hugh De Lacy as...

IRELAND'S PLAYWRIGHTS AND PHILOSOPHERS.

Although Swift spent much of his later life in Dublin, most 18th-century Irishmen who hoped to make a living by the pen headed for England; the only other distinguished exception...

IRELAND'S PLAYWRIGHTS AND PHILOSOPHERS.

Although Swift spent much of his later life in Dublin, most 18th-century Irishmen who hoped to make a living by the pen headed for England; the only other distinguished exception...