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Old Posted Apr 5, 2007, 1:50 AM
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A Winter in Ireland

These Pictures are from a trip I took in Ireland in February of 2006 and never posted. This was the first camera I've ever owned so a lot of my night and evening shots cam out blurry. I'll probably skip most of those, anyways here it is:

1. Dublin street scene:



2. St. Stephan's Green, Dublin:



3. Charming Street in Dublin:



4. Alley full of Kegs. I love Ireland!



5. Large Church in Dublin:



6. Tiny Medieval Doors on the Church:



7. Rock of Cashel:



8. Inside the Church on Cashel:



9. Old abbey in the countryside:



10. Cahel Castle(closed for winter):



11. Cork:



12. Blarney Castle, A must see just for the gardens:



13. More of Blarney:



14. More of Blarney:



15. The witches kitchen at Blarney:



16. Blarney Gardens:



17. Drombeg Stone Circle (In the middle of nowhere, one lane dirt road):



18. The Bantry House (also closed, I dont even know if we were supposed to be on the grounds):



19. More Bantry:



20. Cool staircase(wanted to go to the top but didn't want to get spotted by the grounds people):



21. More Bantry:



22. My little rental on a mountain "Highway":



23. Killarney National Park (This whole area and the town are wonderful):



24. Ross Castle in Killarney (under renovation):



25. Muckross Abbey Graveyard:



26. Muckross House (The grounds were my favorite part of the trip):



27. More Mukross:



28. Georgeous Gardens:



29. Remember, this is in February:



30. More:



31. A moss covered tree in the arboretum:



32. Near the old boat house:



33. A lookout over the Killarney:



34. King John's Castle in Limmerick (way to commercialized, wouldn't recommend):



35. Knappogue Castle (in the middle of nowhere and closed but one of the neighboors was kind enough to let us climb over the gate):



36. Cliffs of Moher (so windy I could hardly hold the camera still):



37. Those little white things are seagulls to give you an impression of size:



38. If you look closely it's a very curvy road on the way to Galway:



39. Dunguaire Castle (didn't even know it was there, we just got lucky and drove past it):



40. A small town across the lake from the castle (I couldn't capture it well because I don't know how to use a camera, but it made me want to move there badly):



41. I think this was the original city gate near trim castle:



42. Malahide castle near Dublin (closed of course):



43. Back to America aboard Aer Lingus:




Overall a very fun trip. The driving was exciting on those tiny roads and I was getting a little cocky towards the end. For castle lovers, not the best time to go because many were closed and others were under scaffolding. I still wish I had more than a week there so I could have visited the northern half of the island and a lot more in between. Thanks for looking!
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Old Posted Apr 5, 2007, 3:04 AM
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its winter...but i dont see snow...does it snow there??



nice pics btw
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wow, absolutely fantastic! ive gotta get back to the homeland! haha. i would like to head out there for about a month!

GREAT pictures! i thouroughly enjoyed them.
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Awesome tour. Thank you for sharing!
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I was in Dublin for a day trip in December and it was awful. Cold driving rain most of the day. I wish they had a better connection to the airport, but Dublin was a weird, fascinating place. Definitely would like to go back.

How many days did you stay?
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Blurry or not, I have to say this is my favorite thread I've ever seen here. Beautiful... Thanks for posting.
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I was in Dublin for a day trip in December and it was awful. Cold driving rain most of the day. I wish they had a better connection to the airport, but Dublin was a weird, fascinating place. Definitely would like to go back.

How many days did you stay?


Thanks guys. I was in Ireland for a little over a week and in Dublin for three days. Two on arriving and the night before leaving. The trip to the airport does suck but I'm in love with Dublin. There is a bar every third storefront it seems.
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Awesome pictures..Ireland looks amazing
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Winter, winter, I love the winter.

You can you enjoy it very well.

Specially in a country like Ireland, everything is....mystic.
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