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Iconic image from Irish mythology, used in Rynne's review of Prionnsias Mac Cana's "Celtic Mythology" 1970
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Mythology of the Hill of Tara, represented by Midland Great Western Railway loco No. 139 'Tara', pictured brand new at The Broadstone workshops, Dublin, 1895. #EYAMythology #ExploreYourArchive #irishrailarchives

Early 20th century photo showing the Tudor hunting lodge. There are tall trees on the right, plus low trees and a long fence in front of building.

Black and white sketch of staircase, 1925. This shows three steps at front leading to the Upper Room, seen through arched doorway at rear.

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Chingford, built c1543. Did Queen Elizabeth ride up the stairs on her white palfrey to celebrate the defeat of the Armada? This is the local legend, yet to be proven as far as we know!
📷 Photo VHM collection; sketch from Essex Field Club history 1925. #EYAMythology

Emblem of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Labourers' Union, including images of dock scenes and the figures of Justice and Hope on pedestals.

Hope & Justice watching over the docks

Scenes of everyday dock life & classical symbols combined in the 1891 emblem of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Labourers' Union

Look deeper into dockland life through 'The Dockers Record', 1901-1921, at
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

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Faery nights: Oicheanta Sí: published in 1922 by Talbot Press, written and illustrated by Micheál Mac Liammóir
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Tales of the Gaels: stories of Finn and the Fianna retold. Published c.1921 by the Mellifont Press. It was written by Aodh de Blácam and richly illustrated by Austin Molloy. This copy is from the collection of Aebhgríne de Ceabhasa.
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Alt text - black and white image of a male officer in helmet and tunic with the collar number ...43B (@MPSKenChel) talking into the telephone in a police telephone post, a slimline version of the better-known TARDIS.

Back when phones had a #handle and telephone posts and boxes weren't a thing of time-honoured legend ... #Museum30 #EYAMythology #ExploreYourArchive

rom an early age I remember old men in my native district of Falcarragh County Donegal coming at night to our old house, smoking their clay pipes around our turf fireside, and talking about Colonel Olphert, the Landlord of that huge area of Donegal, and how his Battering-ram had terrified the native population, and especially the people like my parents who followed the orders of Michael Davitt and the Irish Land League leaders, to retain their rents as a nation wide protest against petty injustices. My parents with many other small-holders agreed to back the Land League leaders. The result of this action brought the fury of this unjust man, and his callous flunkeys into every district. Olphert issued a proclamation forbidding the people to cut turf as the bogs were the property of the Landlord. They could not take seaweed to fertilize their land from their own shores, as that also belonged to Colonel Olphert. Eithne Coyle O’Donnell, 1974, UCDA P61/1

In this draft of Eithne Coyle O'Donnell's account of Maud Gonne McBride, Coyle O'Donnell (1897–1985) recalls the injustices wrought by Wybrants Olphert during the Land War of the 1890s. It is a mythic account of a conflict that left a long and bitter memory. #EYAmythology #EYAMiotaseolaíocht

Ironically the popular urban legend claiming he invented cornflakes to stop masturbation is largely a myth in itself. They were invented as part of a larger campaign by Kellogg to encourage bland diets for good digestion, which he saw as a key part of clean living

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Large, worn bound book with the title 'Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine. Kellogg'

Book opened on a page describing 'Stimulants and narcotics'

John Kellogg's (yes he of cornflakes!) 'Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine' (1896) instigated a popular myth: that 'self-gratification' would turn you blind & lead to poor digestion, memory loss, impaired vision, epilepsy, and even insanity

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Gladstone was often sent poems by the public and this extract is taken from a poem that is six pages long. It is based on the Epic form, and was composed ‘in the autumn of 1858’, but received by Gladstone in 1865. Who would you send a poem to?

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Photograph of an ancient stone circle, surrounded by a modern protective wall, with trees in the background.

This 1963 photo by Don Farnsworth shows the Nine Ladies stone circle, Stanton in Peak. Legend has it they were once actual ladies, turned to stone for dancing on the sabbath.

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Pencil sketch of a man in armour riding a horse

Here's a glimpse into Greek mythology for you today, featuring a preliminary drawing for a tapestry depicting Perseus and Andromeda.
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image from an address by Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey at the official opening of the Knowth National Monument 15th July. Text reads: Address by the taoiseach, mr. charles J Haughey, T.D., at the official opening of the Knowth National Monument Complex, Monday 15th July 1991 at 11am. Ladies & gentlemen, It is with particular pleasure that I welcome you this morning to this complex of ancient monuments at Knowth. The Royal County of Meath has always played a central role in our history. Here in this county we are reminded of the Neolithic builders of the great 5000 year old passage tombs, of the Celtic High Kings at Tara, The early Christian Monks of Kells & Bective, the mediaeval Normans of Trim. It was here at the Boyne water that the great decisive clash of kings took place in 1690; it was from the villages and townlands of Meath that the United Irishmen and their followers went out in 1798; and it was on the broad plains of this county that Daniel O'Connell held his monster meetings in the last century.

Todays #ExploreYourArchive theme is Mythology! Read about the Celtic High Kings from an address by Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey at the official opening of the Knowth National Monument 15th July 1991. bit.ly/416MTTQ #EYAMythology #EYA2024 #dcuarchives 📚🗄️🗃️

King Arthur's Camelot is the mythological site connected with the South Cadbury shield, a bronze age find, brought to Salisbury Hospital for x-ray before conservation. Thin metal embossed with 1000s stamps, it's likely a ceremonial object (now in Museum of Somerset) #ExploreYourArchive #EYAMythology

black ink illustration of a folly consisting of a stone arch or gate with a tower and a running figure on the top.

'Jack the Treacle Eater', Barwick Park, Somerset, is one of Barbara Jones' follies. Said to have been built by the Romans for a treacle-eating messenger as well as in memory of a 13thC treacle-loving murdered milkman #Mythology #EYA #EYAMythology
B.Jones Archive, Follies & Grottoes (1974) pp228-229

A small silver token with the words LONDON HOSPITAL printed around the edge. In the middle is an image of a woman, identified as Hygieia, standing on a plinth

This token, from the 1930s, was given to members of the London Hospital League of Helpers. Members paid a shilling and received this token in return. It features the Greek goddess of sanitation and good health - Hygieia

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Large stone with a hole through it, hanging from a piece of rope.

Small stone with a hole through it, hanging from a piece of rope.

Hag stones are thought to have magical properties and be able to ward off the evil eye.

These stones can be found in the folklorist Theo Brown's archives, which contain fascinating records relating to Devon folklore, legends and mythology.

📷 EUL MS 388

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An extract from an old handwritten book, a modernised version of which reads '...that struck her into the rickets and consumption being got at first by ill milk of two nurses. And notwithstanding all possible means I used to her, and had her at the wells at St Mungos (with my little daughter, Nally) for it, she did grow worse for it and very weak...'

Thornton took her infant daughter Betty to dip in St Mungo’s Well, Copgrove, in 1656, hoping to cure her rickets. Edmund Deane (1626) mocked its popularity as appealing to 'the common sort...especially the female sex, as ever more apt to be deluded' by superstition. #EYAMythology #EarlyModern 🗃️ 📜

The Alchemist ✨ at work, perhaps on the #mythological ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ turning base metals into gold? Or creating an elixir of life? From the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists collection (Image published by Bayer Pharma[?]) #EYAmythology #EYAMiotaseolaíocht @araireland.bsky.social

Photograph of a Programme for a production of Brendan Kennelly's version of Euripides’ Medea

Photograph of a programme for a production by Theatre Cryptic of Brendan Kennelly's version of Euripides’ The Trojan Women

Did you know that Poet and academic Brendan Kennelly not only wrote poetry, but he also adapted three plays from Greek Mythology. Such as his version of Euripides’ Medea and The Trojan Women #EYAMythology #VirtualTrinityLibrary #CuardaighDoChartlann #EYAMiotaseolaíocht @araireland.bsky.social

Day 6 of #ExploreYourArchive and is the white-gloved archivist a guardian of history or a modern-day myth? Find out below for #EYAMythology! @dmuleicester.bsky.social
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Photo showing the back of one ward and the gardens. Veranda can be seen in the middle of the photo

Postcard showing an aerial view of the horseshoe shaped hospital

Photo showing the front entrance and tall water tower with cars parked in the front

Later colour photo of the front entrance, water tower and bowling green on a beautiful sunny day

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A progressive Edwardian Mental Hospital and NOT a Victorian Asylum as many think. Opened in 1908

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Hospital prospectus (pre 1948)
Postcard c.1930
Photo c1970s/1980s
Later photo (pre sec fence)

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