In celebration of Ireland, and St. Patrick's Day, the Library of Congress has posted high resolution scans of over 100 photochroms of Ireland from the Detroit Publishing Company. These are all from the last quarter of the nineteenth century or the beginning of the twentieth century. They include images of Blarney Castle, the home of the fabled Blarney Stone:

And, along the coast in County Clare, not far from Ballyvaughan, the Cliffs of Moher:

And here, a modern version of the same shot of the Cliffs of Moher:

According to myth, a young woman named Mal fell madly in love with the great Irish hero, Cú Chulainn. Unfortunately, he did not return her feelings. Nonetheless, Mal pursued Cú all over Ireland, until he reached Loop Head, on the southern tip of County Clare's coast. But as Mal drew closer, the mighty Cú Chulainn proceeded across the sea-cliffs by leaping from one stack of stones to another. Unfortunately, Mal was less agile, and slipped at the point known as Hag's Head; the coastal town of Malbray is named for her, as is the tidal wave at Loop Head known as Tonn Mhal, for the great cry of anguish it appears to utter as it rises.