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Johnstown Castle, Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow

Johnstown Castle estate has been home to two prominent Wexford families. The first owners were the Esmondes; a Norman family who settled in the county in the 1170s. They constructed the tower houses at Johnstown and Rathlannon during the 15th or 16th century. During the Cromwellian period of 1640s the estate was confiscated and changed hands several times before being acquired by John Grogan in 1692, whose descendents remained at Johnstown up until 1945. In this year Maurice Victor Lakin presented Johnstown Castle estate as a gift to the Nation

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What's missing from this picture? It's time you joined the U

What's missing from this picture? It's time you joined the UDR. And you know it./ Ulster Defence Regiment.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, 1974 (c).Prepared for the Ministry of Defence (Army) by the Central Office of Information.Published by the Ministry of Defence, February 1977.Recruiting poster with a photograph of equipment, uniform and vehicle.Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Date: circa 1974

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United Kingdom Sales & Marketing Map

A multi-purpose basic business planning map of the UK. Motorways are shown in blue with County boundaries and names displayed in red and Local and Unitary Authority boundary lines and names in green. The map includes motorways and primary routes, defines built-up areas, and distinguishes population bands in towns from less than 10,000 to more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. Also shown are international and domestic airports and, as an inset, a detailed map of the London metropolitan area. Population figures by County and Unitary Authority are also given. This map also displays an inset map of ITV regions (including overlap areas), as well as an inset map of the whole of Ireland defined by county (Northern Ireland is included on the main map). There is also a handy smaller inset map showing the breakdown of Postcode Areas within the UK

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