Mapping the Irish Rebellion

I've been experimenting a lot recently with the Leaflet-IIIF plug-in. The plug-in allows you to display IIIF manifests in Leaflet maps. This map of Van Gogh's Self-Portrait Dedicated to Gauguin shows how you can use the plug-in to pan & zoom around an IIIF manifest. While this Compendium of Victorian Map Games shows how you can load different manifest URLs into the same Leaflet map.

One of the

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Irish Winter

Ireland is known for it's beautiful, lush green countryside.  It's green because it rains so bloody often.  The joke is that it doesn't matter what season it is because you always need an umbrella.

It has rained every day that I've been here this trip.  Some days had quite heavy rain and some days there has only been a slight drizzle.  But rain every day none the less.

Until today!  Today was absolutely beautiful.  It was a bit chilly, it is December after all, but nothing like the cold back in Brno.  It was so nice walking around the Dublin city centre, with the sun out, and not a rain cloud in sight.

I just hope that I haven't jinxed it for the rest of the week.

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