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Glendalough
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glendalough was awesome!!!!!! its in wicklow county, near bray. we took the bus to a national park there. it had some old medieval churches, but then we walked further down these beautiful trails, and came up on some lakes. it was gorgeous outside ...
Gleann Dá Loch - Glen of Two Lakes
today i went on a day trip with the international office at uni. we went to glendalough, a 6th century monastic settlement about an hour south of the uni campus. as soon as we got there i realised i'd forgotten my camera, i remembered the spare battery ...
Glendalough
I'm just throwing a few pictures up here from our field trip to Glendalough in Co. Wicklow as I am very far behind on my ...
Day 3: Glendalough, Dublin and Abbey Tavern
... where we saw a quick film and were able to walk around and look at some of the informative displays. Some of Glendalough's original high crosses are kept inside the display center to slow the deterioration process and models of the crosses are outside in ...
THE WICKLOW MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY TRIP - (6 videos)
... the roads are TOO NARROW, and it is a bit dangerous because the coach drivers are driving extremely fast!!! We had a stop at GLENDALOUGH village, and visited an Old Monastery there, and we entered a cemetary. I got many pictures and we enjoyed the trip. ...
A wet day with Kevin
... I think we were the barrier between them! Sunday we hired a car and headed south of Dublin to a beautiful little place called Glendalough. It is a very old religious site where an old monk Kevin went to live alone - except all the other monks thought ...
Back to Dublin - Glendalough
Second stop at Glendalough, an early Christian monastic site founded in the 6th century. Set at the Wicklow Mountains National Park, in a glaciated valley with two lakes, the monastic remains include a superb round tower, stone churches and graveyard ...
A Sunday jaunt to Wicklow County - Take 2
... 130m waterfall is pretty spectacular and as you can imagine Max and I had quite a good time snappity snap snap with our cameras. Glendalough was next on the trip list and we headed toward the Upper and Lower Lakes and also the Monastic city. The weather ...
incredible views
... was so excited to spend a whole day out hiking and walking... and it was raining!!! i couldn't believe my luck... but then again, it is Ireland! it ended up clearing up just after noon, so i still had a good 4 1/2 hours of daylight... off i went... not as ...
Glendalough
This is first stop on tour. Actually an old abby from the5/6 century. Scenery really fantastic. After finishing here we went down to see on of the famine ships, The Dunbrody. Again the history is really interesting. These ships carried lots of immigrants ...
Site Seeing in the Rain
The ruins and trails here were worth getting soaking wet. Asher might disagree as he had had enough of being stuck in the stroller with the weather guard trap him ...
Cork-Kilkenny-Glendalough-Dublin
Had a few beers at Killarney, went to a whisky distillery, walked around the pretty lakes at Glendalough before heading back to ...
One more set of old Irish ruins...
... rock walls and tall embankments and hedges. Like you are driving through a giant maze with curves. But once at Glendalough (pronounced Glendalock), we once again enjoyed another Irish history lesson, this one about St. Kevin and his abbey. ...
Two Lakes
... 's about a 3 k walk roundtrip, which was just perfect. Do not, however, attempt to eat a gluten free lunch in Glendalough. I ended up having a chocolate covered rice cake I'd bought in Galway. In the afternoon we headed out to see the ruins ...
In Glendalough there lived in auld Saint
... to my parents about my week in the ancient monastery. I found the faded fax in my files. Here's an abridged version: "In Glendalough lived an auld saint, renowned for his learning and piety, His manners were curious and quaint, and he looked on girls ...
Frolicking Through the Hills of Ireland
... feeling to go hiking out on the heather and the moss and the peat and over old rocks. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. We made it to Glendalough by lunchtime. We sat and ate our sandwiches and crisps before heading into the visitor center. There we got a tour around the ...
Journal Entry: 27 June 2007
... two days doing nothing but sitting and listening to lectures, fresh air was in order. The group of interns and myself went to Glendalough to look at fresh water ecosystems and hike around a bit. Glorious. The weather cleared to show some blue sky to make ...
step back in time
These photos are from Glendalough ('valley of the two lakes')...a really gorgeous, magical place. It's actually an ancient monastic site with lots of great walking and hiking. I was still feeling pretty tuckered from my trip over (hell, I still am!) but ...
Glendalough
Hopped a bus from Dublin. Can't say I'll miss it. I was looking forward to getting out into the countryside. Glendalough has an old Monastic Settlement that we spent a few hours milling about. It's a really beautiful place. The weather was nice and ...
Driving
Some more pictures I thought you would find interesting, Like Kevin driving on the wrong side of the ...
All aboard the Paddy Wagon
Who: Lauren and I Tours, Sites, and Attractions - City of St. Kevin, Glendalough – The Gateway monument to the monastic city, the round tower, the ruins of they Cathedral, St. Kevin's Church, ruins of Trinity Church Trials ...
Wicklow Mtns... just like in 'P.S. I Love You...'?
... time with them and would love to take them all back with me to the states! So while I was thinking of all this in Glendalough, I swear, I SWEAR, I saw a reality TV show star from the show 'The Real World.' I swear. It was very surreal, actually. After ...
Today sucked serious ass.
... , but as soon as he said "up the hill to Hollywood" he lost me. I was staying the night at The Lodge in Glendalough. After a shower, I took off to the Monastic City to wander through the ruins and graveyard. I never made it to the Upper Lough. A 2km ...
Happy Birthday Mum
... (By Mika). We were all in good spirits and celebrated our first Irish traffic jam (and second and third...). BRAY TO GLENDALOUGH We followed a Wild West carnival ride down the east coast of Ireland to the seaside village of Bray. Then we all ...
A Warm Day in Ireland
... hot out (if you think that 70 deg F is hot). It was so warm and sunny that David and I had trouble getting to Glendalough because it doesn't look the same as it does when it's grey and rainy. Anyway, we left Kiltale House at around 10:30 and drove ...
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