A neat city with people with colorful hair and colorful places
M & S stores one finds all over here and in England, where I would buy my lunches
Ireland 2001
Dublin
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| Trinity College, where one finds the Book of Kells, the oldest known illuminated book. The spider? I think that in good Irish fashion they were getting ready for some party, some special event. |
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A neat city with people with colorful hair and colorful places |
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M & S stores one finds all over here and in England, where I would buy my lunches |
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Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin, not my picture - that I often crossed |
| As with the rest of the 2001 visits, camera memory ran out and new cards were expensive, however, there were more pictures, but I need to find where I secured them. |
Boyne Valley - Bru Na Boinne
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5000 year old graves and ceremonial mounds |
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I burdned the areas and placed arrows, to show where early humans carved marks |
Boyne Valley - Drogheda
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The Saint Laurence Gate in Drogheda, where our little group stopped for a delicious lunch of fresh-caught salmon |
Monasterboice
Celtic Crosses
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Muirdach's Cross (South Cross) 900-923 AD |
Muirdach's Cross, a side view |
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West Cross, Ireland's tallest |
One of the typical tall watch towers of this area |
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Don't know what all of that white stuff was, but I cleaned up a little of it on the cross on the left. Showing some detail here. |
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Muirdach's Cross, close up |
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Not all the graves here are ancient |
This is looking out of the window of the tower below |
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I remember this place being closed when we got there, and we had to jump the surrounding wall to enter |
Monasterboice
Mellifont Abbey
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The first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland |
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The abbey dates back to the 12th Century |
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Two members of our small tour group at the ruins of Mellifont Abbey |
Killarney
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The Killarney Station |
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Killarney traditional transportation |
