ALL TIMESCAPES > LANGUAGE           1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60           Cromwell’s Campaign Report In 1649 Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland and imposed his will on the people. He was responsible for atrocities at towns such as Drogheda. ...     Title Page of Old Testament At the end of the 17th century both the English and Irish languages were being used, often side by side. This title page of the Old ...     Demise of Bardic Schools The bardic schools for poets were no longer in existence by the end of the 18th century. Poets now had to support themselves by being ...     Protestant Interest in Irish By the end of the 18th century a number of the Irish gentry and educated middle classes developed an interest in Irish. Many folksongs ...     Symbols There is no evidence of a written language in Ireland at this time. However symbols and patterns such as these found in Knockmany ...     Examples of Written Language in the Early Medieval Period At the beginning of the period the ogham stones were still in use. With the coming of Christianity monastic schools were soon ...     Literacy Literacy levels in Ireland rose sharply in the late 19th century. The existence of census data from 1841 and the compulsory ...     Reading Book The National Schools concentrated on teaching the 3 Rs – reading, writing and arithmetic. The photograph shows pages from a National ...     Newspapers A combination of increased literacy among the population and the revolution in transport brought about by the railways created a new ...     Printing Press This Columbian printing press was built in 1844. It was hand operated and used in the printing of newspapers. The rising demand for ...     <>         1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60