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22-513: James Graves may refer to: James Graves (antiquarian) (1815–1886), Irish antiquarian and archaeologist James Graves (New South Wales politician) (1882–1964), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council James Graves (sport shooter) (born 1963), American Olympic sport shooter James Graves (Victorian politician) (1827–1910), member of

44-520: A Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1839. He was ordained in 1840 and appointed curate to Skeirke in County Laois . He rapidly obtained preferment, and as curate of St Patrick's Kilkenny, was attached as Treasurer to St Canice's Cathedral , before gaining a living in the county. In 1863 he was appointed to the parish of Ennisnag (Inisnag). Although married, he had no children. He had an interest in plants which found expression in his collection of ferns,

66-449: A geologist and apiarian . His fame rests in his antiquarian and archaeological interests, rather than in his clerical pursuits. A close friend of John O'Donovan , he was also acquainted with George Petrie , and like them devoted his life towards the preservation of the antiquities of his native country. His main point of interest however was the architecture of his own city and county, and his interests therefore were focussed not on

88-448: A close friend of Prim's to the end of his life. Its subscription rate, at 5 shillings a year, was also very modest in comparison with most English archaeological societies, many of which adopted high subscription rates with the intention of promoting a socially exclusive and often highly aristocratic membership. The Society's foundation was no doubt influenced by the general revival of interest in ancient Irish antiquities and history which

110-458: A comprehensive effort to photograph the antiquities of the 32 counties of Ireland. The RSAI publishes an peer-reviewed Journal, generally abbreviated as JRSAI. A volume appears each year, but this is often published in a 1st and a 2nd part. The parts can however be ignored for the purposes of citation as pages are numbered continuously through the volume. The volumes are numbered consecutively or by series. The volume that appeared in 1921 for example

132-592: A far wider area, with the Society changing its name only five years later to the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society , both to attract wider membership and to reflect the interests of those who had already joined. By 1868 it had become the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland , reflecting its exponential growth, partly due to the widespread circulation of its Journal. In 1869 it

154-540: Is one of the most respected publications in the field of Irish archaeology and history. The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland was founded in 1849 as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society , by a group of young men with archaeological and historical interests who were based in the Kilkenny area. The aim of the Society was the preservation and illustration of the antiquities of Kilkenny, city and county, although this later spread to cover

176-863: The Ordnance Survey had sparked off. George Petrie (1790–1866), who had been actively involved in the OS was also revitalising the Antiquities Committee of the Royal Irish Academy , and opening up critically sound debate on early Christian buildings in Ireland with the publication of his book The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland: An Essay on the Origins and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland , in 1845. Nevertheless, it

198-479: The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland After the Society's move to Dublin in the 1890s, it came eventually to occupy the premises on Merrion Square , where it is still to be found. It now fulfills its original aims through the maintenance of its library and provision of lectures and excursions, as well as the continued publication of its Journal, which

220-495: The 1830s, while Prim had found time despite his hectic schedule at the 'Kilkenny Moderator' to start collecting Irish ballads and transcribing from medieval manuscripts as early as 1841. Their knowledge of local antiquities was matched by the idealism of the organisation itself, which was non-sectarian, including the Catholic Robert Cane, later Mayor of Kilkenny, as well as Philip Moore, a Catholic priest who remained

242-576: The Revd. James Graves (1815–86), and John G. A. Prim (1821–75), a newspaper man, were responsible for its initial success. These cousins had had an interest in Kilkenny antiquities from their youngest days, when they had rambled as far afield as Kilfane Church to see the famous tomb sculpture of Cantwell Fada. Graves had been making sketches of the ancient monasteries of the vicinity since his student days in Trinity College Dublin in

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264-525: The Victorian Legislative Assembly for Delatite James E. Graves Jr. (born 1953), American judge James Robinson Graves (1820–1893), American Baptist preacher Jim Graves (born 1953), American hotel executive and political candidate Bau Graves (James Graves), American musician, musicologist and arts activist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with

286-463: The conservation of several important ruined medieval churches. Although he is never accorded the degree of fame as a founding father of Irish archaeology which is given to Petrie , his effort towards the preservation of medieval Irish buildings was highly significant. In particular, as a respectable Anglican clergyman, he was able to gain the ear of the establishment more easily than some of his Catholic contemporaries. This proved of importance after

308-519: The disestablishment of the Church of Ireland left many then ruinous church sites in an ambiguous position, which was rectified by their being taken into state care as National Monuments. There are several occurances in the Transactions that bear no author's name, but where James Graves was instrumental in the research and might be the author. These have only partly been published and are held by

330-413: The land. Meanwhile, many of the standing buildings were in increasing danger from the effects of rain and frost, as much as from wanton vandalism. The Society's early aims therefore included the conservation of endangered buildings, and they carried out valuable work at Clonmacnoise , County Offaly , Jerpoint Cistercian Abbey , County Kilkenny and St. Francis Abbey in Kilkenny city. However, with

352-653: The passing of the Church Temporalities Act in 1869, many of these structures came to be vested in the Board of Works, which then took over the duty of conserving them, appointing Thomas Newenham Deane Inspector of National Monuments in March 1875. This relieved the Society of its responsibilities in active preservation of buildings, although it continued to participate by drawing the Board's attention to individual cases. The Society's interest in preservation

374-425: The pre-Norman period of Irish history but on the period from circa 1169 onward. In particular, he was responsible for the careful conservation work on St Canice's cathedral in Kilkenny city , while he was treasurer, and in the 1860s and 1870s he worked through the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , of which he was himself a founding member, when it was founded as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society , towards

396-524: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Graves&oldid=1098380728 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Graves (antiquarian) James Graves (11 October 1816 – 20 March 1886

418-523: Was a time of increasing danger for the heritage of Ireland, as the Irish language suffered severe setbacks after the Famine of the 1840s, and was vanishing from County Kilkenny even around the time the Society was establishing itself. As superstitious beliefs died out, people became less cautious of destroying the field monuments such as raths and stone circles, which hitherto had been avoided in cultivation of

440-609: Was also reflected in the museum it built up of objects donated by various members, as well as those objects found during the archaeological excavations it carried out itself. Many items from the Museum subsequently became part of the collections of the National Museum of Ireland . The Society achieved its aim of illustration of antiquities, not only through the published Journal , which from its creation contained both lithographs and engravings (and later photographs), but also by

462-507: Was an Irish clergyman, antiquary and archaeologist of the Victorian era . A native of Kilkenny , James's father, Richard Graves (himself a reverend), kept a school in the city, and James himself was born on St Canice's day, 11 October. He stated his nurse regretted he had not been named Kenny, after the patron saint to whom he thus had a double allegiance. He went to Trinity College, Dublin in 1834, from where he graduated with

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484-519: Was granted a Royal Charter , and the right to elect Fellows, and in 1890 it moved to Dublin , changing its name to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , as it took on what it saw as a national role, becoming in 1891, according to its Honorary Secretary Robert Cochrane, "not only the largest Antiquarian Society in Great Britain and Ireland, but also the largest in the world". The two first, and highly dynamic Honorary General Secretaries,

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