[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