24th October 2022: Lakes of Killarney, Ireland

Thank You very much Sammy!

Ireland: National Museum of Ireland

On Saturday I got five postcards: one from Ireland and four from Germany.

The card from Ireland shows the Tara Broch from the collection of the National Museum of Ireland. The National Museum of Ireland is the most important museum in Ireland. Its collections are centred on Irish archaeology, art, culture, history and natural history and are divided between four branches. The Tara Broch is shown in the archaeological branch in Dublin. It is one of the most famous exhibits there and was featured in the book A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. 

With a nice stamp:
EUROPA (from set of two) (issued 11-04-2019)
The stamp can be scanned with the free CEE-App to listen to the bird.

Thank You very much Anna!

Ireland: The Elf on the Shelf

Last Saturday I got four postcards: one from Ireland, one from Australia, one from Italy and one from Germany.

The card from Ireland is about The Elf on the Shelf. The Elf on the Shelf is a children's picture book written in 2005 by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell. It tells the story of elves who visit the children between Thanksgiving and Christmas to tell Santa Claus who was nice and who was naughty.

With a matching stamp:
Wild Flowers (from set of five) (issued 12-04-2005)
Wild Flowers (from set of eight) (issued 09-09-2004)
The Elf on the Shelf (issued 01-11-2018)

Thank You very much John and Irina!

RMS Leinster and Armistice Centenary

100 years ago the Entente and the German Empire signed the Armistice of Compiègne and thus brought an end to World War I. 

Perfect in time for the jubilee I got a new World War I card from Ireland on Monday. It shows RMS Leinster. RMS Leinster was an Irish ship that was used for Royal Mail service. On 10th October 1918, when she was on her way between Ireland and Wales, she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Over 500 people lost their lives. Still today this is the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.

With a matching stamp:
RMS Leinster 1918 (issued 10-10-2018)

Thank You very much Sile!

On Tuesday I also got this year's British stamps about World War I (issued 20-09-2018), which I had ordered online.

In the last four years I built up a collection of World War I postcards, stamps and postmarks. In the last months I have rearranged my collection and wrote six new posts on my history blog. Now you can see the complete series here. I will continue my World War I collection until the end of the year to fill some gaps and will then stop it. A big Thank You to everyone who have helped me! ^___^

Republic of Ireland: New Irish Postcrossing Stamp

On Wednesday I got two postcards: one from Ireland and one from Italy.

The card from Ireland was printed for the new Irish Postcrossing stamp.

The card was signed during a Postcrossing Meet-up.
With the new stamp:
Postcrossing (issued 05-10-2017)
with First Day Special Postmark

Thank You very much Amit!

Republic of Ireland: Newgrange

Yesterday I got seven postcards including one from Ireland

It shows the entrance stone of Newgrange. Newgrange is a Neolithic monument, but there is no agreement about what the site was used for. It is one of the most important Megalithic sites in Europe and a popular tourist site. Newgrange is as part of the Brú na Bóinne, the Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne, since 1993 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamps:
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Fly Orchid (from set of five) (issued 12-04-2005)
Autumn Gorse (from set of five) (issued 20-02-2006)
Common Knapweed (from set of eight) (issued 20-04-2007)
Irish National Parks (from set of six) (issued 06-06-2011)
Irish Orchid (from set of five) (issued 12-04-2005)

Thank You very much Paula!

Republic of Ireland: Skellig Islands

On Friday I got my two first cards from the Republic of Ireland.

Skellig Michael is known throughout the world of archaeology as the site of a well preserved monastic outpost of the Early Christian period. It was inhabited since the 7th century and is located 12km off the coast of south-west Ireland. Skellig Michael is since 1996 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Small Skellig is equally renowned in matters of ornithology as the home of some 27000 pairs of gannets. It is the second largest colony of gannets in the World.

Stamp:
Contemporary Public Buildings-Croke Park (from set of four) (issued 17-10-2013)
The Croke Park is a stadium in Dublin. The Croke Park is the largest stadium in the Republic of Ireland and the fifth largest in Europe. It has a capacity of 82300 spectators.

Thank You very much Lea!

Republic of Ireland: Dublin Docklands

On Friday I got my two first cards from the Republic of Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland is a country on Ireland bordering on Northern Ireland which is a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland is a member of the EU, of the UN and of the OECD.

One of the cards comes from Dublin. Dublin is the capital city and most populous city of the Republic of Ireland. The card shows for example the Samuel Beckett Bridge and the Convention Centre Dublin. Both are located in the Dublin Docklands, a modern business hub.

Stamp:
Definitive-Viper's bugloss (from set of five) (issued 20-02-2006)

Thank You very much Lea!