Irish Door Knockers

Yellow Front Door

Just over 70 years ago, my parents, Phyllis Egan and Nigel Devitt, got married. As a wedding present from my father’s best man, they received a door knocker. It was a magnificent brass dolphin, a good 25 cm from nose to tail and weighing in at about 1.5kg. Because life can get confusing sometimes, Irish city councils are here to help you through This fine establishment on Nassau Street in Dublin sells door knobs and knockers, why? What did you think! 3. So you can either go hill-walking along the Irish Economy - Putting Brass Knocker on Barn Door: Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today stage a high profile launch of a "framework" plan for economic recovery on the day the Dáil, will adjourn for a 40-day break. Based on Government leaks over the past How many famous people lifted that heavy brass knocker on the door of Lady Augusta Gregory’s home at Coole She had told them that O’Casey would be one of the most talked about Irish playwrights of the century. They were anxious to see him. and even a door knocker from the GPO in 1916. "We collect them ourselves, some of them are donated, some came from private collections," said Brian Crowley of the Irish Volunteers Commemorative Organisation. "The interest is growing as we get closer to the The National Museum for Archaeology has an exhibit on mummified people who were found throughout the country in peat bogs, and the National Museum for the Decorative Arts has an exhibit called "What We Wore," featuring Irish clothing through the ages. .

What was the Algarve like before resorts, golf courses and Irish pubs sprang up along this coast with Something always drags you off course: latticework doors with door knockers in the shape of hands (a Moorish legacy); brilliant azulejo tiling Let’s away to Long Island, under a blue-bowl sky filled with whipped-potato clouds, to Irish Lane in East Islip exquisitely detailed down to the brass door knocker. Made of silicone, it droops wearily over a wheelbarrow. Under it lies a field Undeterred by the inclement weather, I soon got into the Irish way of Knobs & Knockers, and I just loved the name, I had no idea what was in store for me, but yes, that’s exactly what was in the shop, beautiful door knobs and brass knockers. Large signs in orange, white and green, the colors of the Irish flag, hang on the outside of the shop. The front door shouts out in Kelly green with a gold shamrock door knocker. "I'm off the main drag, so I needed to make it loud for people to notice me .