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Category: Ireland

Youghal with a silent gh

Youghal with a silent gh

When the sun shines, as it did all day today, the grass in Ireland is not so much emerald green as florescent DayGlo green. You won’t get the full effect from this picture unless you sit in a darkened room with your monitor turned up to maximum brightness and contrast. This is the garden of the College of the Church of St Mary in Youghal. There’s been a garden here since medieval times. The college became a mansion and is…

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Ireland

Ireland

My first impression of Ireland is that they are good at ruins. The little seaside village of Ardmore where we are staying has got a ruined Cathedral… … several ruined watchtowers… … a shipwreck… … a ruined hermitage… … a ruined shed oratory, heavily restored in the 18th century… …and two ruined wells… Yep, that’s Paula taking a nose dive into St. Declan’s Well, to see if the water really does cure scurvy. Of course, it’s not going to have…

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