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You are bidding on two, rare, hard to find, art collector's tankards/mugs by ARKLOW (see town history below). The picture is called "Pursuit" and can also be found on Noritake by Keltcraft dinnerware. These decorativetankards/mugs measure 5" in height. They are in "mint" condition. "Pursuit" scene is surround by a gold border. The back of the tankards/mugs state, "Art Collection by Arklow, made in Ireland, decorative use only". They are truly a beautiful piece of art work! Timeline of Arklow - A Detailed Insight c.8000BC Arrival of first men in Ireland across land bridge from Scotland. c.6,400BC 1st Evidence of habitation in Arklow by the Menapi tribe. c.3,000 BC Arrival of New Stone Age men who built Newgrange. c.300-100 BC Arrival of Gaels in Ireland. 432 AD St. Patrick arrives on the East Coast. Two legends about St. Patrick which may be true. Prior to arriving as a missionary, Patrick had been taken from his home in Wales and sold into slavery in Armagh. He escaped Southwards and managed to get a boat back to Wales. On his return with a group of followers he tried landing in Arklow but was met with a barrage of stones. One of his followers had his teeth knocked out. They sailed on to Wicklow w the "Toothless One" Mantan stayed and established a small Christian community. The area was named after his church, Cill Maintain-the Irish name for Wicklow. c.700-900 AD Gaelic-Christian Golden Age. Book of Durrow, Book of Kells and the Ardagh Chalice show Irish culture in an otherwise Dark Age. 795 AD Seafaring adventurers from Scandinavia (called Norse, Danes or Vikings) arrive in Ireland. Sailing West from their homeland they plunder the British Isles from the north of Scotland to the South of Ireland. But the East Coast of Ireland provides good harbours for Longships and decent agricultural land nearby. The Vikings settled on all the main estuaries of the East Coast which include Wexford, Arklow Wicklow, Dublin, Drogheda etc. The real history of Arklow begins with establishment of the Norse settlement. The wide estuary or 'Inbhear Mor' gives the local area its Irish name. TheVikings gave it the modern name of Arklow from Arnkell, a Norse name and Lo -a low-lying meadow near a river. They established a small fortification on the rocky outcrop w the remains of the later stone castle are today. They developed trade with other Viking centres in Dublin and further afield and they improved local boatbuilding skills. 1014 AD The Battle of Clontarf High King Brian Boru is killed after victory over Norsemen and their Irish allies. 1169 AD The Normans arrive in Co. Wexford at Baginbun. 1170 AD The Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow) arrives in Ireland at the invitation of Dermot MacMurrough. 1172 AD Theobald Fitzwalter is granted the town and its castle. Later, he founded a monastery for the monks of the Cistercian order, whom he brought over from the Abbey of Furness in Lancashire. 1185 AD The Cistercians are invited to establish a monastery in Arklow. The site offered was the "Island of Arklow" w the river divided, roughly Kavanagh's Garage in present day Ferrybank. It is not known whether they took up the offer, but burial remains found in the 1830's on the site, and the style of burial suggest a religious community. Theobald Fitzwalter IV (the great grandson) was more successful when he invited the Dominicans to come 1264 AD Dominicans granted a large tract of land, which is now known as Abbeylands and the area comprises of Abbey Street, Abbeyville, Abbey Park and Abbey Heights. They built an Abbey, which became known as the Priory of the True Cross or Holy Cross Abbey because it supposedly housed a relic of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. 1285 AD Theobald Fitzwalter IV replaced the wooden stockade "castle" with the present stone castle. By the 14th century the Normans, now regarded as English, secured an area around Dublin which they called the Pale, outside of which they had no control. It varied in size as the fortunes of war dictated. Arklow was sometimes on the very so...
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