Nostalgic: For Ireland Pt 4

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Nostalgic: For Ireland Pt 4

Thursday we went south from Westport to Galway & Cong...

Near Leenane, County Galway

Kylemore Abbey

Roadside Shrine near Letterfrack, County Galway

Ballynakill Harbour, County Galway

Cong Abbey

Bridge at Cong Abbey

Monks Fishing Hut at Cong Abbey

Cong Abbey

Quiet Man Cottage (John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara Movie)

Ashford Castle

2 comments:

Pat O'Donnell KuhnApril 16, 2010 at 9:08 PM
beautiful pictures I loved Galway and Cong. in Cong, our tour guide was calling my sister and I "Quiet Man Crazies" we grew up on that movie and know it all by heart.
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JennaApril 19, 2010 at 10:34 PM
It's just like stepping back in time, love it!
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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 ~