Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Mark, Once again great photos. Looking at those beautiful skies, I can feel the cold and penetrating dampness I grew up with. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
More great photos Mark! That's the Ireland i grew up in ... incessant soft rain. looking forward to more.
More great photos Mark! I once sailed into Ballyvaughan on a Galway "Hooker." It was October and it took us 10 hours from Inis Boffin, an island off the coast of Mayo. My friend described the seas as "lumpy." They scared the hell out of me. The reward was Monk's Pub. Great pint!
Thanks again for sharing.
Excellent photos Mark! I'm very familiar with all those ruins. Thanks for sharing.
Yes Mark. I recognize all of them. My house (not shown) would be just to the left in images 8 and 9. It looks directly across the bay at Dunguaire Castle. Great photos. Glad the tide was full in (the bay drains almost completely at low tide - about a 30' swing between high and low tide) and it wasn't raining.
Looking forward to the rest of your series.
Once again Mark, great images and narrative. Brings back memories.
Great series Mark!
Image #1 is actually Foy's House, not Dunguaire Castle. Foy's house was build in 1845 as a hospital/workhouse for victims of the Potato Famine. There's a mass grave behind it.
Great shot of the village of Kinvara with the "old castle" in the foreground. My family home, right on the water is hidden by the bush in the center of your photo. My sister lives there.
Lady Christobel Ampthill bought Dunguaire Castle in the mid 1950's and lived there until her death around 1970 when the Tourist Board took it over. She was an interesting character ... worth Googling.
Thanks for sharing
Oliver