Donaghmore, County Louth
Donaghmore Souterrain is a souterrain and National Monument located in County Louth, Ireland. Location Donaghmore Souterrain is located west of Dundalk, near a cluster of houses. Donaghmore Souterrain is found in a village named Kilkerley (translates to rulya fein). History Souterrains are cave-like structures built as places of refuge and storage, and in Ireland they date between the 8th and 12th centuries. The souterrain was discovered in 1960 during the construction of a Louth County Council cottage. It was excavated by Etienne Rynne who found trenches, a pit, two post-holes. sherds of souterrain ware, a bronze pin, a whetstone and iron slag. Description The souterrain at Donaghmore is a complex of tunnels lined with dry stone walls, floors and ceilings, with corbels and lintels. The ceilings are over in height and the total length of tunnel is . It is largely dug into boulder clay but also into Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spannin ...
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Thomas Wright (astronomer)
Thomas Wright (22 September 171125 February 1786) was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulæ were distant galaxies. Early life Wright was born at Byers Green in County Durham being the third son of John and Margaret Wright of Pegg's Poole House. His father was a carpenter. He was educated at home as he suffered from speech impediment and then at King James I Academy. In 1725 he entered into clock-making apprenticeship to Bryan Stobart of Bishop Auckland, continuing to study on his own. He also took courses on mathematics and navigation at a free school in the parish of Gateshead founded by Dr. Theophilus Pickering. Then, he went to London to study mathematical instrument-making with Heath and Sisson and made a trial sea voyage to Amsterdam. In 1730, he set up a school in Sunderland, where he taught mathematics and navigation. He later moved ...
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