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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[<strong>Mether</strong>]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Tower House Parlor]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[On the table in the Tower House Parlor sits a “mether,” which is a four-sided, four-handled Irish drinking vessel carved of wood.  Other examples are found in the Great Hall.<br />
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An example from the 16th century with the provenance “Kilcolman, Co. Cork” is currently in the Limerick Museum.<br />
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Other tabled objects here, in the Great Hall and in the Ground Floor Parlor, are modeled after Tudor-era facsimiles in wood and pewter found at Barrycourt Castle,  Co. Cork.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[<p>Links: <br /><a href="http://museum.limerick.ie/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/213" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://museum.limerick.ie/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/213</a> [accessed 12/5/2013] [The mether in the Limerick museum]</p>]]></dcterms:publisher>
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