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§ June 13th, 2009
A large and ominous storm cloud blew over Spanish Point in County Clare while we visited the beach there. Thankfully it only rained a tiny bit and didn’t spoil our time in the sand and on the rocks!
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§ June 13th, 2009
Sunrise
Valentia Island Lighthouse with Begenish Island at SunriseBegenish Island is one of the beautiful but bleak Blasket Islands which are now uninhabited. The islands are Ireland's largest sanctuary for grey seals, with about one-third of Ireland's grey seal population returning each year to breeding grounds.
Have a great weekend. Cheers Madeleine
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§ June 13th, 2009
So I have finally departed Dublin and am currently taking a few days out at my Mum’s before going into hibernation at my sister’s house in Wiltshire. There will be lots of photo opportunities but I am hoping to lock myself away to get a large chunk of my PhD thesis written. Having said that, I am bound to need a break or two so I will continue to update this blog, albeit less regularly.
Photo was taken in the newly opened section of Piers A and D in Departures.
§ June 13th, 2009
Still Maritime festival stuff!
§ June 13th, 2009
All lined up
More poppies.
§ June 13th, 2009
This house overlooks PortMagee Harbour, Co. Kerry. I'm not 100% convinced that the house is this crooked since I was shooting from a moving boat but the angle seems consistent across several shots
§ June 13th, 2009
Little Skellig and Skellig MichaelSome Guidance information for Tourists:
The Skellig Islands (Irish:
Na Scealaga) are two small, steep and rocky islands lying about 16 km west of Bolus Head on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. They are famous for their thriving gannet and puffin populations, and for an early Christian monastery that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
"Great Skellig" photo or "Skellig Michael"
"Little Skellig" image (Sceilig Mhichíl in Irish)
Skellig Island picture
Skellig Islands SunriseSkellig Michael (from
Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock, is a steep rocky island about 15 kilometres west off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands. For 600 years the island was an important centre of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. An Irish Celtic monastery, which is situated almost at the summit of the 230-metre-high rock, was built in 588[citation needed], and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is one of Europe's better known but least accessible monasteries.
Since the extreme remoteness of Skellig Michael has until recently discouraged visitors, the site is exceptionally well preserved. The very spartan conditions inside the monastery illustrate the ascetic lifestyle practiced by early Irish Christians. The monks lived in stone 'beehive' huts (clochans), perched above nearly vertical cliff walls.
The monastery on Skellig Michael survived a number of Viking raids in the 9th century, notably in 823, was later significantly expanded, with a new chapel built around the start of the second millennium. The community at Skellig Michael was apparently never large - probably about 12 monks and an abbot. Some time in the 12th century the monks abandoned the Skellig and moved to the Augustinian Monastery at Ballinskelligs on the mainland.
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§ June 13th, 2009
At one time Ireland was known for potatoes.
Back in the days before microwave ovens and deep fat fryers, Irish men were not considered fed until they had a plateful of potatoes boiled in or out of their skins and served with great skelp of butter and a celler full of salt.
Now I think we have a problem….. I was out the other day… The sun was shining and the fields were full…
The only trouble is that the crop didn’t look like potatoes!
Does anyone have a recipe for plastic sheets?
