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John Mackintosh (Irish: Seán Mac an Taoisigh; c. 1780 –1841) was a luthier, author and maker of violins from Dublin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Towards the end of his career, he wrote a short publication on violin making and the Cremonese school, where he claims to have rediscovered their forgotten technique of wood preservation . [ 3 ]
Plan of Dublin Google Map interface; 1821 Maps of the county of Dublin William Duncan 8 sheets. Duncan was commissioned by the Dublin Grand Jury to produce a set of maps of Dublin for administrative and planning uses. Southern 4 sheets [layer "Duncan (1821)"] 1835 Leigh's new pocket road-book of Ireland: Published by Leigh & Son 1836
The map was one of the first accurate maps of the modern Dublin Georgian streetscape and includes 20 notable Dublin buildings and structures which are embedded as vignettes within the borders of the map. [3] [4] [5] As of 2024, a number of these structures remain intact.
Rowntree Mackintosh plc [1] (/ ˈ r aʊ n t r iː ˈ m æ k ɪ n t ɒ ʃ / ROWN-tree MAH-kin-taw-sh), trading as Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery, was an English confectionery company based in York, England. It was formed by the merger of Rowntree's and John Mackintosh Co. The company was famous for making chocolate brands, such as Kit Kat ...
1702 – State Paper Office established in Dublin Castle. 1707 – Marsh's Library incorporated. [1]1707 - The original Custom House opens on Custom House Quay, Dublin.; 1708 – The Registry of Deeds is established by an Irish Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for the Publick Registering of all Deeds, Conveyances and Wills that shall be made of any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements or ...
Airfield Estate is a agritourism site in Dublin, Ireland. Describing itself as "Dublin's only urban working farm and gardens," it incorporates Airfield House, an Anglo-Irish big house, [1] and welcomes visitors to learn about farming and the site's history. As of 2016, it had 75 employees and 280,000 annual visitors.
During this time the gate was the traditional starting point for the Camino pilgrimage from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain). [2] Though the original medieval gate was demolished in 1734, [ 3 ] the gate gave its name to the area in which it was located, [ 4 ] and in particular to the St. James's Gate Brewery (which was taken ...
Oxmantown was a suburb on the opposite bank of the Liffey from Dublin, in what is now the city's Northside. It was founded in the 12th century by Hiberno-Norse Dubliners or " Ostmen " who either migrated voluntarily or were expelled from inside of the city walls of Dublin after the Anglo-Norman invasion and the 1171 beheading of Hasculf , the ...