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Andreas F. Borchert
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Computer scientist & church crawler living in 🇩🇪 who loves to travel in 🇮🇪 and 🇫🇷. Photographs are all my own except where noted.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! The stained glass window is from St. Mary of the Rosary, Cong, Co. Mayo, and depicts St. Patrick giving benediction to a king. Created by Earley Studios in Dublin.
March 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Oil painting by Sarah Purser (1848–1943), depicting the village of Doogort at the north coast of Achill Island, Co. Mayo. 150 x 220 mm; painted in 1923/4; was in the posession of Richard Irvine Best. Now in the collection of Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda. With their kind permission.
January 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ruins of the priory of Augustinian friars in Drogheda, founded end of the 13th century. The priory was surrendered 1543 and most of its building were demolished afterwards. The most prominent surviving elements are the tower and the arch of the east window.
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This engraving presents the Boyne Viaduct in Drogheda in its original design by John B. Macneill as built in 1851–1855 with a lattice truss structure in the three centre segments which were replaced in 1932. The photo has been taken with friendly permission by the Highlanes Gallery in Drogheda.
November 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Church in Saint-Marcouf, Manche, at the site where St. Marcouf founded a monastery in the 6th century. The crypt is still Romanesque and served as shelter during WW2. The baptismal font is from the 11th or 12th century employing a former base of a column. All other parts are 13th or 15th century.
November 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM