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28-JAN-2009

Underneath the blue carpet

...a significant piece of Irish history in Rome, : the graves of the Earls who fled from Ireland in 1607. For some basic information on the Flight of the Earls click here

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Guest 06-Feb-2009 17:41
Lot less trouble than digging thru 10 feet of soil. :)
cits_4_pets06-Feb-2009 08:23
Wow, what a find! LOL at Phillip...
Jola Dziubinska06-Feb-2009 00:43
Wonderful secret find.
Sheila05-Feb-2009 23:48
What a wonderful and interesting entry!
Barbara Heide05-Feb-2009 19:30
what an interesting story!
Guest 05-Feb-2009 18:58
Wow, great find! I am curious how you came upon it? Reminds me a bit of the Da Vinci Code novel :)
Maaike Huizer05-Feb-2009 08:02
That is some find!!! Very interesting and great shot.
Guest 05-Feb-2009 07:21
The earls have been swept under the carpet? ^_^
Paco López05-Feb-2009 07:12
Very good and beautiful work! V!
Yvonne05-Feb-2009 05:11
What a fabulous piece of history, thanks for showing it to us Máire!
carol j. phipps05-Feb-2009 01:02
Excellent historic piece!
Russ Rose05-Feb-2009 00:31
Wow. what history. Very cool and important to the people of Ireland.
Cindi Smith04-Feb-2009 23:53
Wow, why would anyone want to cover that up? What a great shot and great work of art hidden and found!
Walter Otto Koenig04-Feb-2009 23:29
Very interesting. Thanks for the link. I learned something new.
Gail Davison04-Feb-2009 23:16
Facinating.... and LOL at Phillip.
Sheena Woodhead04-Feb-2009 22:43
That's a very interesting piece of history you've captured there!
Laryl04-Feb-2009 22:18
?? yes tell us more
Nancy Good04-Feb-2009 21:50
Blue belies the history ... wonderful shot!
Phillip Normanton04-Feb-2009 21:45
Fascinating peek under the covers... but I don't think you're supposed to take the carpet up, just for a photo ;-))
Linda Willets04-Feb-2009 21:06
so interesting..
Mairéad04-Feb-2009 20:50
Safe from the hoards of tourists' feet.
J. Scott Coile04-Feb-2009 20:06
What a great piece of hidden history. During the first "Stuart" monarch?
beverley harrison04-Feb-2009 19:59
under your carpets? ;)
Johnny JAG04-Feb-2009 19:24
Did they go Ryanair?
royalld04-Feb-2009 19:09
Hidden treasure?
Isabel Cutler04-Feb-2009 18:59
You have to tell us more about this.
Isabel