Funded by public subscription and erected in 1907, the Fusiliers’ Arch was dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fought and died in the Second Boer War (1899-1902).
Ireland
Friday Photo: Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co. Clare, Ireland
A portal tomb in the Burren in Co. Clare, from between 4,200-2,900 B.C.. For more info click here and if you really want to see it in person I highly recommend taking a bus tour from Galway – Galway Tour Company do a nice one.
Brownshill Dolmen, Co. Carlow
previously posted on aroundireland.wordpress.com
This is probably one of the more surprisingly under-visited sites in Ireland. A portal tomb or dolmen dating back to between 4,000 and 3,000 B.C., it has what is believed to be the largest capstone in Europe weighing over one hundred tonnes. Even though it’s as old as Stonehenge, there aren’t the crowds visiting it that throng to Stonehenge- and at Brownshill, you can actually walk over and touch the stones. It’s likely that religious rites and possibly a burial occurred at the Brownshill Dolmen, but as it’s never been excavated little information exists about the history and usage of the site. Situated on a small hill about 3km outside Carlow town on the Hacketstown Road (technically the R726, though no one will know it by the number) on the right-hand side if travelling from Carlow town, it’s well worth a visit.
