The main street of Kilkenny during an Arts Festival in late August, 1995.
Photographic Memories of Ireland Page 2
The following photographs were taken during our travels across Ireland. Click on any one of the images to view it full size.
Our week in Ireland were rather hectic, moving into a new house (in the Blackrock section of south Dublin, just off Booterstown Ave.). But we still made time to take a short trip to Kilkenny and visit several other places of historic interest near Dublin.
The main street of Kilkenny during an Arts Festival in late August, 1995.
Kilkenny Castle
A High Cross at Monasterboice, an ancient Celtic monistary in County Louth, north of Dublin
The Loughshinny coast north of Dublin. Chevron folding of Lower Carboniferous carbonate turbidite beds. These beds show very nice Bouma sequences.
I spent several days during July of 1995 with Jim Hendry and several others looking at evidence of mineralization in Lower Carboniferous rocks on the Isle Of Man. I took this photograph one evening on the west coast of the Island when we were looking for a Pub.
The next three photographs were taken at Glendalough (The Valley of Two Lakes) in the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin. Photographs do not do justice to this place. It was here that St. Kevin established his monastery during the 5th century (I think). The monastery grew into a center of culture and learning known throughout medieval Europe. Personally I would have to rate this as the most beautiful place I have ever been. I have never been anywhere where there is a more profound sense of peace, and I am not the only one to have experienced this. Many visitors to Glendalough have the same feeling of a deep peace while there. If you travel to Ireland and have the chance to visit only one spot, it should be here. It truely is a holy place.
A Celtic round tower at Glendalough. Round towers were typical of Celtic monasteries.
The Church of St. Kevin at Glendalough.
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