Nostalgic: For Ireland Pt 2

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Nostalgic: For Ireland Pt 2

On Tuesday we rented a car and headed west to Westport, County Mayo...

The Wyatt Hotel (on the Octagon) is where we stayed

Clew Bay

St. Patrick on Croagh Patrick

Murrisk Abbey

Old Celtic Cemetery at Murrisk Abbey

National Famine Monument at Murrisk

Westport Town

Carrowbeg River and the Mall, Westport

Matt Molloy's Pub (Member of the Chieftans)

Mourners walking behind Hearse down Main Street

1 comment:

JennaApril 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM
I like the bright colors on the buildings!!
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Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
~ Author Unknown ~