Nostalgic: For Ireland

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Nostalgic: For Ireland

Two years ago yesterday we arrived in Ireland for our first visit (but definitely not last). Thought I would share some photos. We spent the first few days in Dublin...


Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square

O'Connell Street and the Spire

General Post Office - Main site of the 1916 Easter Uprising

Daniel O'Connell Monument at foot of O'Connell Street

Bachelor's Walk

The River Liffey

St. Patrick's Well

Christ Church Cathedral

Bible in Christ Church Cathedral

Oliver St. John Gogarty's in Temple Bar

4 comments:

Luckie.April 11, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Absolutely beautiful Sharon!:-)

Luckie.
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Janet IlesApril 11, 2010 at 1:08 PM
The photos are beautiful. It is great to have photos to remind of us of special places.
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JennaApril 11, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Great photos, looking forward to seeing more!
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BarbaraApril 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM
I'm so glad you posted them, they are as enjoyable looking at as reading about somebody's genealogy (at least, I think so). Ya, bring on the photos.
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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 ~