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Coved ceiling in Hickford's Long Room, c. 1878. A coved ceiling is a ceiling that has had the visual appearance of the point where the ceiling meets the walls improved by the addition of coving. [1] It can also refer to a ceiling, like in a Mosque. [2]
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
The architecture of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, small whitewashed thatched cottages and Georgian urban buildings.
Bed-mould or bed moulding: Narrow moulding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling, found under the cornice, of which it is a part. [2] Similar to crown moulding, a bed mould is used to cover the joint between the ceiling and wall. Bed moulds can be either sprung or plain, or flush to the wall as an extension of a cornice mould. [3]
Gallaunmore is a standing stone and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. [4] [5] Gallaunmore is located 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Dingle and 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Lispole, south of the N86 and north of the Trabeg Estuary. [6] [7] The stone stands 4.2 m (14 ft) tall and is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) wide.
An interesting feature of the church is that it has no distinct walls or ceilings inside, the interior consisting entirely of a parabolic arch. Legend has it a person walking anti-clockwise with one's eyes closed, two or three times around the church at midnight, reciting the 'Hail Mary' backwards will meet the Devil, a tale probably created ...
Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón, meaning 'seal's rock') is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway.Lying opposite the island of Inishnee on Roundstone Bay, by road it is 76 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of Galway and 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Clifden. [2]
Ardmore (Irish: Aird Mhór, meaning 'great height') [2] is a seaside resort and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. [2] As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 468. [1]