Quick Tour of Ireland, July 2006

pollanbeach
Pollan Beach, view from hotel
fox
Fox in field full of rabbits
rabbit
One of many
pete-celia
Celia & Pete
oldcastle
Ruins of ancient castle
beachrose
Beach rose
mailintown
Malintown
malinhead1
Malin Head, northernmost point in Ireland
malinhead2
Malin Head
heather
Heather at Malin Head
uncle-johnpaul
Uncle John Paul and Celia in his home
pat-catriona
Celia's mother and aunt prepare tea and toasted soda bread
celia-gm
Portrait of Celia's grandmother
pollanbeach-sunset
Pollan Beach sunset
scott-sandy
Scott & Sandy at rehearsal dinner
myra-cj
Christopher explains a double play to Celia's relative Myra
eliz-barb
Eliz & Barbara
lagg2
Lagg Chapel in grass-covered sand dunes between hills and sea
lagg1
Lagg Chapel, where wedding takes place
font
Stone font in Lagg Chapel is from an 8th century Irish abbey
lagg-window
Lagg Chapel window
tag
Limousine plate
wedding-grp1
Wedding group picture
oliver-sandy
Celia's cousin Oliver and Sandy dancing
billychurch
Billy Church, near Bushmills, Co. Antrim
billychurch-cem
Billy Church cemetery, resting place of possible ancestral cousins
billychurch-cem-w-b
Wayne & Barbara looking at Nunion Stewart gravestone
stewart-1684
Nunion Stewart, d. 1684, possible relative of Margaret Stewart, wife of my ancestor Petheric McCurdy
high-cairn
"The Cairn" (High Cairn part), Co. Antrim, N. Ireland, where Petheric McCurdy settled in 1666 after escaping from Isle of Bute, Scotland
high-cairn2
Ruins of High Cairn settlements
low-cairn
Ruins at Low Cairn
ballintoy-church
Ballintoy Church, near where Petheric McCurdy settled
blue-wf
Blue flower at nature preserve near Armagh
swans
Swans on lake near Armagh
st-patricks
St. Patrick's Cathedral (R.C.), Armagh, N. Ireland
viaduct
Old viaduct and cornmill south of Armagh
fishing-erne
Fishermen on river border between Republic of Ireland & N. Ireland, Belcoo
belleek
Belleek town street scene
benbulben
On way to Sligo; Benbulben in background
yeats-sligo
Yeats statue, Sligo
innisfree
The Lake Isle of Innisfree in Lough Gill, near Sligo
waterfall
Waterfall at Glencar Lake, near Sligo
sheep-shepherd
Driving sheep along road by Glencar Lake.
drying-peat
Stacks of drying turf (aka sod, peat) and sheep in high bog, Co. Donegal
silverstrand-sheep
Sheep near cliffs on Donegal coast
glengesh-pass2
Valley view from Glengesh Pass, Co. Donegal
stonefort
The Grianan of Aileach, an ancient stone fortress, Co. Donegal
swilly
View of valley and Lough Swilly from the Grianan of Aileach