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Derry Sundial
87Kb Photo An anniversary brass dial.
The dedications are in Gaelige -



The motto is in Latin - UT HORA SIC FUGIT VITA (As an Hour So Life Flies)

There is a Celtic Eternity Knot decoration, a Compass Rose and an Equation of Time graph.
For more on the Equation of Time see my webpage at
https://www.sundials-ireland.com/eoftime.htm


Lat 55° 1' 22" North    Long 7° 18' 30" West

Irish Grid   C   244235   419690


If you know the location of a sundial in Ireland (NOT a mass produced DIY Store garden ornament) please email it to me (Click here to email M.J.Harley) - a member of British Sundial Society
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