Another round of Irish
Dec 14, 2018 19:35:17 #
The little boxes where you can enter bits for the uploads won't big enough for these explanations so here goes.
This set is from Saint Columba's Paris Church in Drumcliffe, County Sligo, Ireland. The final resting place of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats who was born in County Dublin in 1865. He died in Cannes, France in 1939 and was relocated to St. Columba's in 1948
The priest had the gift of Blarney and told us many stories. This one, and yes, I completely blew the timing, involved a tale about God and Spock's Vulcan hand sign (don't ask, but was was completely entertaining).
In the last one is a Highcross purported to be made just after the birth of Christ.
This set is from Saint Columba's Paris Church in Drumcliffe, County Sligo, Ireland. The final resting place of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats who was born in County Dublin in 1865. He died in Cannes, France in 1939 and was relocated to St. Columba's in 1948
The priest had the gift of Blarney and told us many stories. This one, and yes, I completely blew the timing, involved a tale about God and Spock's Vulcan hand sign (don't ask, but was was completely entertaining).
In the last one is a Highcross purported to be made just after the birth of Christ.
A little dark but this was the best angle.
George was his great grandfather who was a a Rector back in the day.
Almost got the Vulcan hand sign.
The 2000 year old Highcross
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Dec 14, 2018 23:15:47 #
kdogg wrote:
Ireland is on my bucket list.
It was amazingly pretty. Take time to take the roads less traveled.
Thanks for viewing.
Dec 14, 2018 23:25:25 #
UTMike wrote:
Excellent set, Mike!
Thank you for the kind words Mike. They are bordering on touristy but this is not always a bad thing and I really enjoy sharing places with the folks that aren’t able to actually go there.
At the end of the day, who doesn’t like a free vacation? Look at it this way, the price of your chair didn’t quadruple (nearly) from the time you sat down to the time that you arrived at Uhh as our rental car did.
Dec 14, 2018 23:28:08 #
Bmac wrote:
Brings back memories...thanks Mike for the posts. 
Thank you, if part of what we do is to inspire an emotion then I am happy in the knowledge that it worked.
Dec 15, 2018 00:58:21 #
Always nice to see Ireland.
I took a dna test and traded in half Danish for 40% Irish, it's what I call 'instantly Irish'.
I took a dna test and traded in half Danish for 40% Irish, it's what I call 'instantly Irish'.
Dec 15, 2018 07:13:33 #
Mike D. wrote:
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Very nice pictures. Both my parents were immigrants as coincidently was my wife's. Both our fathers were born in Ireland. We have been over many times. Because the birth of our parent we have Irish citizenship. Just for the sake of having.
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Katydid wrote:
Always nice to see Ireland.
I took a dna test and traded in half Danish for 40% Irish, it's what I call 'instantly Irish'.
I took a dna test and traded in half Danish for 40% Irish, it's what I call 'instantly Irish'.
The folks there were some of the friendliest of any country that we have been in so this is a good thing. Look at it as an upgrade.
Dec 15, 2018 15:14:56 #
traderjohn wrote:
Very nice pictures. Both my parents were immigrants as coincidently was my wife's. Both our fathers were born in Ireland. We have been over many times. Because the birth of our parent we have Irish citizenship. Just for the sake of having.
That's awesome! We were seriously thinking about moving until my wife talked to a woman who lives there. Apparently she had an American friend who moved to Ireland and they kept her dogs in quarantine for over a year. We have some older dogs, one of which is a purebred Pomeranian, that wouldn't survive that experience.
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Dec 15, 2018 15:16:24 #
avery48
Loc: Jefferson City
Nice photos. The high crosses didn't come around till ninth or tenth century. I've seen and photographed quite a few. They are a fascinating part of Celtic history.
Dec 15, 2018 16:02:06 #
jaymatt wrote:
Interesting.
Ironically, the priest's name was Malcom which is Scottish and means Saint Columb's Disciple.
He was the kind of guy that made religion interesting. He was not only the second most knowledgeable man of God that I have ever met, but he gave of himself by blending more current events into certain tales. He chewed our ears for about 45 minutes telling all kinds of history relating to St. Columba's and the church in general.
He also told us that we would be seeing him again and he wasn't referring the afterlife either. I believe that statement to be true.
Some may say that if you've seen one Highcross you've seen them all but if you are ever in County Sligo, do stop by Saint Columba's Parish Church, if for no other reason than to see a Highcross purported to be made around the birth of Christ. Malcom would be icing on the cake.
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