Kerry finds show grafitti is nothing new and Daniel O'Connell might even have indulged

The fashion for leaving a mark and scribbling signatures on walls in the 18th and 19th centuries even reached Derrynane in south Kerry and the historic home of Daniel O’Connell where the Liberator himself may have left his imprint.

During a survey of buildings at Derrynane, a collection of what the OPW term “graffiti” including ship graffiti, writing and inscribing was discovered.