A wonderful day

What more could you ask for in a day? The sun was out for most of the day, we could see the ocean and the countryside was lovely as you can see.

Me at the Giant's Causeway - it was cold and very windy here

Sheep Island along the coast road

A house along the way

Titanic and PRONI

As you will read, today was not the best day all round but more positive than Dublin. It has been raining so I hope that the trip into the countryside will be fine tomorrow.

This is looking at the front of the Titanic Centre. You can see how grey the sky is.

One of the major buildings in Belfast

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We are in Belfast

Well as you will see,on the Northern Ireland page, it rained again today in Dublin and spoilt our tour around the city. I took two photos and these are below so you can see just how wet it was.

This is the Duke of Wellington testimonial built to celebrate his victory at Waterloo

These are the front gates of Kilmainham Gaol, built in 1796, a massive complex which the Irish see as a symbol of British repression, now a government building and museum

The weather has improved!!!

Given how much I write about the weather, I'm sure you will all be pleased to hear that it was quite lovely today. The sun was out and the wind was gone, though there was still a nip in the air. I wish we had longer in Dublin but I need to do some research on the Ruddells so to the north we must go.

Dublin Castle - the bit in the middle is called the Record Tower and it is the oldest part - built in 1228

In the middle of St Stephen's Green

The Huguenot Cemetery - one of Dublin's oldest and probably one of the smallest

OK now it's freezing

Today looked like it might be a good day - sunny, until we stepped outside into the wind which was bitterly cold. I really wasn't keen on leaving the car to take photos but as you will see, we managed to get some taken. I hope you are all reading what is on the pages for Ireland etc as well as the posts. Thank you also to the wonderful people who post comments (and the lurkers too, of course).

Duckett's Grove

 The entrance to Duckett's Grove - not the best shot

Another view

Ballinkillin, Slyguff and graveyards

A lovely day with much driving up and along and down country roads. Our GPS seems to favour us travelling off the straighter and wider roads, along the meandering narrow country lanes, taking much longer to reach our destination but seeing wonderful countryside.

Borris Castle - we were a bit cheeky and just drove in the gates to get this shot

Lorum Church - in the middle of nowhere

This headstone, in Ballinkilln cemetery, is for our gg aunt, (sister to our great grandmother), her husband and their son.

Now it's wet again

We can't win - great yesterday, terrible today and the Irish just keep smiling and saying, "Welcome to Ireland".

The Church of Ireland church in Bansha, now used as a cultural centre

The cliffs of Moher

 The trees were full of crow's nests in Killeshin