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Robert Welch, photographer of Ireland
This photo is by Sir Benjamin Stone, probably from 1899. The harp is in Trinity College Dublin. For a long time it was rumoured to be the harp of Brian Boru, an Irish king and hero from around 1000 AD; the label on the Stone photo says this. However, it is now thought to date from the fifteenth century. It is the harp which appears on Irish coins.
Further sources of information
Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham on the Connecting Histories web site.
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