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    Irish Journeys 1964-66
    Irish Journeys 1964-66
    Irish Journeys 1964-66
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    Irish Journeys 1964-66

    By Gunter Rau

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    The IRISH JOURNEYS are a summary of impressions from a
    time before tourism.

    They include a brief review of Irish history and culture through
    its NATIONAL MONUMENTS (Volume I) and a special tribute
    to the beauty and unique qualities of the Irish Landscape and the
    people living in it (Volume II).

    Each volume contains over 100 original photographs in black &
    white or colour chosen for their importance or merit. Highlights are
    the early Christian High Crosses (Volume I) and pictures from the
    Atlantic coast-land (Volume II). Ireland is beautiful and interesting
    in all its aspects.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJul 10, 2013
    ISBN9781481789417
    Irish Journeys 1964-66
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    Gunter Rau

    Dr. Gunter Rau, retired museum director and university lecturer in Germany, is author of many books and articles about archeology, ancient glass, social history, and anthology. His latest publications are about protection of wildlife, survey and studies of wild swans in Ireland, his second residence.

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      Irish Journeys 1964-66 - Gunter Rau

      IRISH JOURNEYS 1964 – 66

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      Gunter Rau

      Assistant-Editor:  Penelope Eades-Alvarez

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      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2013 Gunter Rau. All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

      or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/02/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-8940-0 (sc)

             978-1-4817-8941-7 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      IRISH JOURNEYS 1964-66

      Volume I : National Monuments

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      Introduction: It was an invitation from the National Museum of Ireland that was the starting-point of my advanced studies in Irish archaeology, involving an extensive tour of Irish National Monuments. It all started in 1964 with a repeat visit in 1966. Dr.Joseph Raftery,Keeper of Antiquities in the National Museum, provided the necessary information en route, as well as invaluable assistance and directions to the most important National Monuments and the key to get into preserved sites. I am also grateful for the help of many friends too numerous to mention here. My focus of interest was mainly historical-cultural, but in the course of my travels I found myself falling under the spell of the beautiful landscapes of Ireland with its friendly people even in the most remote areas.

      The publication of images now half a century old reveals undisturbed views of an era before traffic and tourists. It was the time of sleeping sheep on the road, haycocks in the fields and people at the roadside to talk to, without the proliferation of houses across the Irish landscape. Therefore many views are now unique, unrepeatable. The book is a documentation of the heritage of the mid nineteen-sixties. Only a selection can be shown but nearly all the pictures speak for themselves. The text explanations focus on the place-names and the meaning of objects, as well as social facts of importance. There is a certain preponderance of images of the Atlantic coastline, but that is simply due to the sheer, impressive beauty of the counties of the West of Ireland.

      My cameras were PLAUBEL 6x9 and VOIGTLAENDER 24x36, films AGFA and ISOPAN B&W.

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      Pictured in County Sligo (assisted by the Sligo Field Club, guided by Pat Kitchen 25.8.1964)

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      Irish Passage-graves are the most striking neolithic monuments built in either huge mounds or cairns. They date from the second half of the third millennium B.C. The cruciform stone-built chambers are connected with the outside through a passage. The mound is surrounded by a ring of often decorated kerbstones. Their typical location on high ground is impressive. In the Boyne Valley on the Meath/Louth county border are the three famous mounds of NEWGRANGE (above), KNOWTH and DOWTH (below). They have however decreased in height in the past few centuries and their appearance today is flatter than it once was because of stone-picking for the building of roads and houses. Newgrange is still 10 m high and since its excavation 1967-70 has become a public tourist attraction. Dowth was badly misused by local landowners. It suffered an early ill-construed excavation in 1847 and lost most of its beautiful decorated

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