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The Bar => Pictures & Photoshops => Topic started by: CG6468 on September 03, 2011, 04:55:46 PM
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This is one of my wife's favorite photos I took in 2006 during our visit to Ireland, specifically on Inis Mór, aka Inish Mor.
BTW, it's exactly the kind of photo I like to take. 100% un-posed, with lots of memorabilia around - like the old pair of shoes, and the flat tire on the boat trailer, and the old man with the Irish cap. I just saw this man looking into the boat and grabbed the picture.
My wife also took a hike up to Dun Aengus, a fort situated on the edge of a cliff at a height of 100 meters overlooking the Atlantic.
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Ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh... That really is a nice shot!
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Beautiful!!!!!
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Well, OK. I didn't want to bore everyone, but here goes.
More of our trip to Ireland:
From Dublin.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/Dublin_Botanic_Garden_191.jpg)
Killarney American Legion post.
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The church in Gortnahoo, Tipperary, Ireland, where my wife's 3rd great grandfather was married. The original church burned down, and this is its replacement. The owner of the farm B&B (below) knew of my wife's family on her maternal side (Ryan), and she took us to this church.
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A farm B&B where we spent 2 nights, about (as it turned out) 4 miles from the above church. Our room was the closest one on the 2nd floor. We did a LOT of family tree research here. The owner and her husband corrected a lot of the mis-spellings and locations I had entered.
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And yes, I really am married. Here we are with the farm's B&B owner.
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That's enough for now. Are you bored yet? I have a lot more pics. :rotf: :cheersmate:
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Love it!! Keep sharing!
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Beautiful pics! the Motherland, or as a typical American I'm a mutt, so 1 of the Motherlands LOL.
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Here are some more. I hope I can remember some of the details... :whatever:
All of these are from Inish Mor.
Inish Mor Coast Guard station.
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Irish coast Guard rescue boat.
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Nice name for a boat!!! :lmao:
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Traditional Irish carriage.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/HorseandCarriage.jpg)
Dun Angeus fort.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/DunAngus.jpg)
Road sign.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/DSCF1659.jpg)
On the way out to the islands. It was "somewhat" choppy!
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Waterford Glass Works.
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Old farm equipment.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/DSCF1483.jpg)
Ready to go! :-)
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CG, I've come to learn just very recently that my paternal great-great grandfather emigrated from Ireland to Canada when he was a young boy of somewhere between 7-12 years old. I have no idea specifically where in Ireland he came from, only that various census records list him as being "Irish".
I have an account on ancestry.com, which has yielded a ton of information, but I cannot determine when he died. Census records from 1911 show that he was alive, but when his wife died in 1916, her marital status is listed as "widow" and I have not been able to uncover a death record of him. Nor have I been able to uncover precisely when he emigrated and through which port -- most likely Montreal, but it's anybody's guess right now.
Even if I learn nothing more about my ancestry, I never knew that I came from Irish stock until about 6 weeks ago. So your pics are very interesting to me. Mrs. E are even talking about doing a bike tour of Ireland in a couple-three years or so.
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BTW, the 2nd photo of Waterford Glass is their SCRAP crystal items storage. It's remelted and used again.
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CG, I've come to learn just very recently that my paternal great-great grandfather emigrated from Ireland to Canada when he was a young boy of somewhere between 7-12 years old. I have no idea specifically where in Ireland he came from, only that various census records list him as being "Irish".
I have an account on ancestry.com, which has yielded a ton of information, but I cannot determine when he died. Census records from 1911 show that he was alive, but when his wife died in 1916, her marital status is listed as "widow" and I have not been able to uncover a death record of him. Nor have I been able to uncover precisely when he emigrated and through which port -- most likely Montreal, but it's anybody's guess right now.
Even if I learn nothing more about my ancestry, I never knew that I came from Irish stock until about 6 weeks ago. So your pics are very interesting to me. Mrs. E are even talking about doing a bike tour of Ireland in a couple-three years or so.
The Ireland to Canada to USA stuff in my wife's family is so confusing. Geez, my hair turned even whiter than normal! :lmao:
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More pics:
Lost? This road sign should help you find something. What, is anyone's guess.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/DSCF1588.jpg)
Colb (Queenstown). The buildings are painted different colors; Ireland has a contest every year for the most beautiful towns.
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A street market on the Ring of Kerry.
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More... can't remember the locations right now. I'll try to come up with that info.
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This is the sign for the B&B we stayed at on the farm. The shamrock on B&Bs indicates that they are inspected and approved by the country's government.
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My friends and I went to Ireland in April of this year. I hope you won't mind if I throw a few pictures in here as well :)
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Saint Bridget's Cathedral in Kildare (my patron saint is Saint Bridget, so I had to see it)
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Blarney Castle (yes, I kissed the Blarney Stone)
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A picture of me somewhere along the Ring of Kerry
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My friends and I went to Ireland in April of this year. I hope you won't mind if I throw a few pictures in here as well :)
Toss 'em into the mix! :cheersmate:
Very nice picture of you somewhere on the Ring of Kerry. :-*
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now we're getting somewhere!
very nice photo collection.
and celtic rose's "Saint Bridget's Cathedral" is beautiful
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Some more
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I believe these cliffs were on Inish Mor island
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Rock wall with Ivy on Inish Mor
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Alley view of Matt the Millers ( I think this was taken in Kilkenny, and I think this may be a back view of the Matt the Miller's building picture that CG has above.)
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Alley view of Matt the Millers ( I think this was taken in Kilkenny, and I think this may be a back view of the Matt the Miller's building picture that CG has above.)
Kilkenny! You are correct! Thanks! :cheersmate:
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Street sign in Dublin.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/IRELAND/DSCF1339.jpg)
Also from Dublin.
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View from our hotel room in Killarney.
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Muckross House.
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Toss 'em into the mix! :cheersmate:
Very nice picture of you somewhere on the Ring of Kerry. :-*
Yeah, that red hair of hers goes all the way to bonnie Monday a week. :-)