Volume 3

Volume 3 of the RSAI's Du Noyer Collection contains 232 sketches and watercolours. A number of items are undated, with the earliest year being 1840 and the latest year being 1863. The majority of items in the volume are from Co. Meath and Wexford, although there are images from Counties Louth, Kildare, Offaly, Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Limerick, Derry, Clare, Waterford, Wicklow, Tipperary, and Laois, and two sketches from India.

Subjects in Volume 3 include architecture, landscapes, sculptures, crosses, monuments, geological features, and heraldry.

County of Meath [AD PRAEMIER TOUJOURS DU NOYER]

Trim Castle from the New Jail. Geo. V Du Noyer. Aug 1859. Oil sketch from Nature

The Keep Trim Castle

Trim Castle Co. Meath. GVD 1859. Aug 1859. Geo V Du Noyer. Evening

Longwood.1713. On the pillars of the ?castle ?near Trim. 3 rows of cross pate. 3 rows of ermine. The arms of the Edgeworths [Heraldry]

Trim Castle from the NE. Geo. V Du Noyer Delt. Dec 29 1843. The water gate and tower

From the porch of the Parish church of Trim, Co. Meath 1' 2" by 1' 11 1/4". Dillon Dillon De Bath

Trim Castle from the Dublin Road. Geo V Du Noyer. Dec 29 1843

Outwork of Trim Castle Co. Meath

Trim Castle Co. Meath. Dec 1843 Talbots Castle. The Yellow Steeple

Trim Castle Co. Meath. Trim Castle unfinished

Interior of Water Gate Tower. Trim Castle. Looking to the exterior. Arch of Barbican

Trim Castle Recess in S wall of flank tower N siude of the keep. Windows in W side W flank tower Trim

Water Tower and Barbican Trim Castle. 16 Sept 1859. The Keep beyond. Tower. River Boyne

Trim Castle from the New Jail. 16 Sept 1859. The keep of Trim Castle from the new jail. Church steeple The Yellow Steeple The Water Tower

Keep of Trim Castle. 14 Sept 1859. [measured plan] Section of base of Keep of Trim Castle. [interior elevation] looking E

Trim Castle. Main entrance gateway. The Keep in the distance from the Courthouse Yard

The keep of Trim Castle 12th Sept 1859. from the entrance gateway.

Water Tower and Barbican Trim Castle. 16 Sept 1859.

Street in Trim. Outwork of Castle. The Keep Beyond. 16 Sept 1859

The Yellow Tower Trim. Dec 29 1843. Height - 126 feet or according to some 140

Trim Castle

The Yellow Steeple Trim. 29 Dec 1843. Height 140 feet

Tablet over the doorway of Talbot's Castle at Trim Co. Meath. Furnival and Talbot Arms

Yellow Tower Trym Co. Meath 1859

Room in Talbot's Castle at Trim. Co. Meath. Geo V Du Noyer. Sept 1859

Dangan Castle. The birth place (?) of the 1st Duke of Wellington

Obelisk at the ford of the Boyne. The site of the Battle

View of thw Obelisk locn of the Battle of the Boyne. From King William's Glen June 21 1842

The skull of the Duke Schomburg! Preserved in the Cathedral of St Patrick, Dublin. Feb 1841.

The Boyne Water from the gate of Old Bridge House. June 19 1842. Under the group of trees on the island the

Gen: or Col: Caillemots Grave near the Gate House of the Old King's House, Drogheda. GVD Delt. Jan 1842

The old house of Ardagh in which King William is said to have slept the night before the Battle. GD. Jan 20 1842

Back view of the old house of Ardagh Co. Louth. See other sketch. GD January 20 1842

Old castle near Drogheda. Vide Hall's Ireland

The old house of Sheephouse near Drogheda. Vide Hall's Ireland. The rallying point of the Jacobites

The old church of Donore wherein King James placed himself during the Battle of the Boyne

St Johns Tower on the old wall of Drogheda

Mill Mount Barracks Drogheda. GVD Delt January 22 1842. Some of the old fortifications of Drogheda. St John's gate

Castle Fennor Slane. George V Du Noyer Delt. May 1846

The Barracks Drogheda

St Johns Tower looking NW. Drogheda. Drogheda January 21 1842

St. Lawrence Gate Drogheda

St Mary Magdalene Steeple Drogheda

St. Mary's Friary Drogheda January 21 1840 Geo: V Du Noyer

Dunmoe Castle on the Boyne above Stackallen Ridge

Dunmoe Castle on the Boyne near Navan

Font Dunmoe Church 11 inches ? 10 high

Dunmoe Castle [window]

Dunmoe Old Church. Doorway to the Church of Dunmoe Castle

Dunmoe Castle on the Boyne below Navan. Ardmulchan tower

Slane Abbey

St. Erc's Abbey Slane

St. Erc's Abbey Slane Co. Meath. Built by Christopher Fleming Lord of Slane a.d. 1512. unfinished

Church and Round Tower of Donoughmoe between Stackallen and Navan

The great cross at Monasterboice Co. Louth. Height about 13 feet

Monasterboice Round Tower. Co. Louth

Round Tower Kells. From a sketch by G. Petrie esq.

Maiden's Finger and Tower looking N. (The Maiden Tower Boyne Mouth)

Maiden Tower Mouth of the Boyne. Tower circular inside with winding stairs to first offset at top. After this it is ? And flat topped.

Quarry S side of Carbury Castle, Co. Kildare. July 29, 1859. Upper Limestone

Excavation and change of spoilation Carbury Hill Co W Meath [recte Kildare]

W end of large quarry on the N face of Castle Carbury Hill, Co. Kildare. G.V Du N. July 29 1859

Co. Meath [tree in parkland setting]

Carbury Castle in Co. Meath [sic]. Looking N. July 1859

Trimblestown Castle. Near Trim Co. Meath

Dangan Castle. 27 April 1859

Screen Old Church Erected AD 1340. Small ? Tower divided in the interior into four floors At the SE angle a spiral staircase leading to

Moymet Castle Co. Meath 2nd May 1859

Gateway Moymet Castle near Trim

arms [heraldry] of Dillons, Baths, Trimblestown, Barnewalls, See Castle of Trimblestown carved stone. Also Sir Lucas Dillon chief Baron of

Main entrance of Castle Jordan Co. Meath and so old ??? 30 July 1859

Castlejordan Co. Meath. 30 July 1859. from the ?wood

East window Rathmore Abbey Co. Meath. June 1859

Effigy built up in the wall of the Courtyard. Slane Castle. Oct 25th 1845. 5ft4in high at present, 1-9 across shoulders

Stone from the old castle of Macetown Co. Meath. Preserved in the yard of Mr Thomas Beggs house near Macetown Geo V Du Noyer 1860

Mill near Edenderry, Kings Co. July 1859

Standing stone in the grave yard of the of the church on Tara Hill Co. Meath. 27 June 1859. The cross of St. Adamnan? Supposed by Dr.

Cross in the graveyard of the Church on the top of Skreen Hill Co. Meath. 30 May 1859

Doorway Round Tower of Taghadoe Co. Kildare

Liss Ruark? Old church on the road to Castletown Co. Meath. Granite

Font Slane Abbey. Internal diameter 1-4. depth 7 3/4 in. hole in the exterior depth exterior face 9in

Ballymoon Castle. 134 ft square. Walls 7 and 7-4 thick

Old Leighlin Cathedral. Aug 1848 [window]

Cathedral Old Leighlin Aug 1848 [window]

Old Leighlin Cathedral Carlow

E window from building attached to the N wall of the present cathedral church of Old Leighlin Co. Carlow. Aug 1848

Kilkenny Castle

Leighlin Bridge. Sept 1848. from the Church. Geo: V Du Noyer Delt

from Old Connell Abbey Stamullin Co. Kildare. March 22 1847. dimensions. Inscription around the effigy recorded. 'I believe this work to be

White Chapel Old Church Co. Carlow. East window White Chapel Co. Carlow. Plan. The door of this church evidently flat-topped

St. Peter's Church Ferns Co. Wexford. 'it strikes me that this window is the remodelling and lengthening of an older window. The pointed

"White Chapel" Co. Carlow (Sheet 19.4). Sept 1848. on the NW flank of Mount Leinster

Rookstown Castle Co. Limerick. Jan 1846

Old church of Gowran Co. Kilkenny. Aug 1848

Plinth of stone cross, Kildare. Course gray granite. West face

granite cross. Kildare Cathedral. March 12 1847. The … and half of granite and identical in substance with the door of the round tower Cashel

Kildare Abbey. [Sepulchral slab] monumentum feri fecit ob in … Avvric Fitzgerald. Anno domini 1576?. De Lackage Militis Qvundam

Banagher Old Church Co. Derry

From the Golding tomb St. John's Church ?? Drogheda. Golding Golding Golding

From the Golding tomb St. John's Church ?? Drogheda Dowdall

Bridge over the Liffey at St. Wolstan's Co. Kildare. Erected a.d. 1308. G. D. Delt. August 1847

Kildare. Slab in the porch of the Cathedral Kildare. See inscription ? Very illegible

Doorway Kildare Round Tower. 10 August 1857

Keep of Dudley Castle from the outer yard 14 September 1857

Kildare Abbey [Cathedral]. 10 August 1857

Enniscorthy Co. Wexford

Enniscorthy from St. Johns. Oct 62

Enniscorthy Castle from the Street. Oct 62

Doorway to the Castle of Enniscorthy. Oct 62. Granite casing to doorway

Enniscorthy Castle

Loops from the Castle of Enniscorthy Oct 1862; Rough Plan of Enniscorthy Castle

Dunbrody Abbey Co. Wexford. Looking N.E.

Doorway of old church of Clone. Near Ferns, Co. Wexford. Sheet 15/4-. G. V. Du Noyer 16 June 1862. Height from cill to chin of centre head

Details of the doorway of the old church of Clone, Co. Wexford

Doorway of old church of Clone Co. Wexford. Interior Sheet 15/4

Ancient sundial from the bank of the stream 200ft ESE of the old church of Clone. Co Wexford.Sheet 15/4. G. V. Du Noyer 16 June 1862

Plan of old church at Clone; Cross and Circle inscribed in a polished block of ? Close to the old church of Clone near Ferns Co. Wexford

Granite block either a very rude Font or Holy Water Stoop or the base of a simple stone cross. [near Clone] Co. Wexford Sheet 14/4

Plan of the doorway. Old church of Clone near Ferns Co. Wexford. Geo: V. du Noyer. Scaled plan

Dunbrody Abbey looking NNE. Sept 1862

Dunbrody Abbey looking NNW. Sept 1862

Dunbrody Abbey

Grave yard of the Parish Church Ferns Co. Wexford. Shaft of Cross. Sept 21 1848. Granite. South

Ferns, graveyard of the present church. Co. Wexford. Shaft of Cross. Sept 21 1848. granite. N face E fave

Ferns Co. Wexford from the NewtownBay Road. 21 Sept 1848

S wall window in SE tower Ferns Castle

Chapel tower Ferns Castle

Interior Battlement W wall Ferns Castle

The Chapel Tower Ferns Castle Co. Wexford

Loop from Ferns Castle Co. Wexford

Ferns Castle Co. Wexford. Sept 21 1848

Ferns Castle Co. Wexford 1862. Looking E ?Round Room (Chapel) ?Round Tower. Diameter of circular room 17ft 6in height to apex

Ancient doorway at Killaloe Co. Clare.

Ferns Castle. East wall

Corbel and portion of groining in arched circular room - Tower of Ferns Castle. July 1862

Enniscorthy June 1862. Still life Watercolour flower

Niche in the circular room (chapel) Round Tower of Ferns Castle, Co. Wexford. July 1862

Plan of Circular Room in Tower of Ferns Castle Co. Wexford. July 1862. 17ft 3 in inner diameter of tower.

Plan of Fethard Castle Co. Wexford. May 1863.

Interior Ferns Castle Co. Wexford

Ancient Font from Bannow Old Church. at present in RC Chapel Carrick. Nov 13 1849

Round Tower of Ferns Co. Wexford. St. Edan or Mogue

Plan of covering stone and ? Supporting it forming Kishvaen Or stone ?grave On the southern slope of Bree Hill Co. Wexford. July 1862

Kishvaen or Stone Sepulchre Southern slope of Bree Hill Co Wexford. July 1862. looking due west. 10ft 6in

Cromlech or rather "Kist baen" on the southern slope of Bree Hill Co. Wexford. July 1862. View looking South. Internal measurements 5 by 5

[Cromlech] View looking northwards. Parish of Killowanmore Co. Wexford. Sheet 31/2 Td. Of Ballybrittas

Boley Castle N of Clonglen Co. Wexford. Sheet 41/1. August 1862. exterior bawn. A little too ?narrow

Boley Castle. From the Moat. Looking West. August 1862. Co. Wexford Sheet 40/1 West of Clonglen

Tower of Hook Co. Wexford. Lower Limestone. Geo: V Du Noyer. June 1856

Duncannon Fort looking S. E. Aug 1862.

Duncannon Fort from the Arthurstown Road. 30th August 1862. Loftus Hall. Hook Tower

Buttermilk Castle Nook Bay ??

Duncannon from Dollor Bay. Geo: DuNoyer April 1850

Buttermilk Castle, Ballyhack Co. Wexford. GDN. From Nature June 1850

Doorway Ballyhack Castle Co. Wexford. 30th Aug 1862. Window W wall upper floor

Ballyhack Castle. August 1862

Ballyhack Castle from the River

Ballyhack Castle [windows west side]

Window Ballyhack Castle Co. Wexford

Ballyhack Castle Co. Wexford. North side [windows]

Interior of castellated church. Clonmines. Looking East. Geo: V DuNoyer. 1860

The long stone in road side dur north of the cromlech in the townland of Castletimon Co. Wexford (& north of Arklow)

Cromlech at Castletimon S of the old church on the S bank of the ?

St. Catherine's Chapel Ballyhack Co. Wexford. West Gable. Geo: V DuNoyer 1860

Ferry Carrick Castle Co. Wexford. Sept 1862

Passage from the Waterford Road Sept 1862

Killesk Castle Co. Wexford. Near Campile

Crook old church Co. Waterford. Near Passage. East gable. August 1862. [and sketch plan]

loops further out of Round Towers of the old city wall of Waterford (? Train railway station). July 63

view of the Tower of the old wall of Waterford (near the hanson railway station) July 10 1863

semicircular tower of the old city wall Waterford. July 63

view of the old Tower of the ? City wall Waterford July 63. Tower semicircular

Dunhill Castle Annstown Co. Waterford

Dunhill Castle Co. Waterford near Annstown Sept 1863

Dunhill Castle looking Eastward. Annstown Co. Waterford. 31 Aug 1863

Cullen Castle Co. Waterford. Looking NE. Sheet 17/3. June 1863

[Tau cross] from the site of the old church of Ballylaneen Co. Waterford. Sheet 24/2. One half of the church now missing; the circular

Font. Ballylaneen Co. Waterford

Kill St. Lawrence church, Co. Waterford. Sheet 17/2. 2 miles S of Waterford 2 June 1863. late 13th century. [Door, window, plan & elevation]

old church of Killurin. View looking north. 2 miles S of Waterford. Sheet 17/2 Co. Waterford. 2 June 1863

Gaulstown Cromlech Sheet 17/3 Co. Waterford. View looking South. 1863

Plan of cromlech Td of Gaulstown Co. Waterford. Sheet 17/3

Cromlech northern end Td of Ballynagurgh Co. Waterford. Sheet 25/2. Sept 1863

Cromlech on road to Annstown Td of Dunhill and close to the RC chapel. Not marked on OS map. Sheet 25/2 Waterford

View looking eastward from the ?? On the east side of Stradbally Cove Co. Waterford. August 1863

[Scaled] Plan of the old church of Stradbally Co. Waterford. Sept 1863.

Loughdaheen Castle Co. Waterford. 5th October 1863

from the Priory of St Saviour Glendalough. October 1842

Priory of St Saviour Glendalough. October 1842

Base of pillar of choir arch St Saviour's Glendalough. Oct 1842

St Kevin's Kitchen Glendalough. October 1842

Cathedral Glendalough. October 1842

Pillasters S side choir arch Priory of St Savious's Glendalough for Petries Round Towers. Oct 1842

Stones of choir arch St Saviours

Cross from Reefert Church Glendalough

Discovered by me in the farm yard near the Cathedral Glendalough. Oct 1842 GVD

from east end of ? Building in the graveyard of the Cathedral Glendough Oct 1842

Monaincha Roscrea

Monaincha Choir arch. Monaincha Roscrea

Mona Incha church Roscrea

Doorway Timahoe Round Tower

Doorway Round Tower Timahoe

Capital of Pilaster Doorway RT Timahoe

Timahoe Round Tower

? Windows on top of round tower Timahoe

Timahoe Round Tower

Round Tower Roscrea

Roscrea R Tower

Bass relief over main doorway Cormac's Chapel Cashel

Doorway old church Rahan

Circular Exterior Window Rahan Church

Base of Pilaster Doorway of old church Rahan

Rahan Church

text legend

book of kells; book of Durrow; Liber Hymnorum;

book of lecan; leabhar na h-uidre; characters of the book of Kells; autographs of the four masters; Book of Molling

[Facsimile of ancient Irish alphabets from MSS in the Library of Trinity College Dublin]

ancient Irish alphabets from the Book of Kells; Book of Molling;

characters Liber Hymnum; Book of Kells; Leabhair na h-uidhra; Book of Leacan; Annals of the Four Masters

Crosses in connection with the ?Crimean in the Nermal jungle Sack of Nagpour. India 19 March 1867. Col: Meadros Taylor

Cromliar from the Nirmal jungle South of Nagpoor India. March 19 1867. from a photograph sent to Col: Meadros Taylor