[caption id="attachment_1514" align="aligncenter" width="346" caption="St Patrick\'s Black Bell"][/caption] Above: Black Bell of St Patrick Bells seem first to have been made of iron, hammered and riveted,   the joints  filled  afterwards,   and  the whole then dipped in  bronze.    They were quadrilateral in form,  andi would seem to have been sounded by being struck on thei outside.    Their height varied from four to fourteen inches, and some of them were six by nine inches, even more, across the   mouth.    These   bells   belong   particularly   to   Ireland, whence ... Read More

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="aligncenter" width="172" caption="Innisfallen Crozier"][/caption] Above: The Croziers of Innisfallen Croziers, in great variety, survive to our own time. Their custody was hereditary in particular families and attended by privileges such as grants of land. One of the largest and most interesting still remaining to us belonged to the abbey of Durrow and is believed to be the crozier of Colm Cille. This crozier, which must have been a beautiful example of native art, was preserved in the MacGeoghegan family. It is over ... Read More