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A Day of Information and Reflection
... size of the ship traced onto pavement that you could walk around. Given that it was Sunday, we could have opted to have tea, including champagne, in a lounge like the first-class lounge – but it was a very price-y meal!!! After a quick (cheap) lunch at the exhibit, we drove downtown and met up with the black taxi tour. This is a ride around the parts of Belfast where the troubles took place in the sixties through the eighties while the drive ...
Nifty Newgrange
... old, older even than the pyramids or Stonehenge.
A passage tomb is a man-made hill/mound where they have built or dug a passageway into the interior and use the inner bits to bury their dead. The interesting parts are that they are lined up with astronomical events. Newgrange lines up with the winter solstice, Dowth lines up with the summer solstice, and Knowth lines up ...
Ethereal Ireland
... site at Knowth was impressive and the artwork on the large kerb stones was really well preserved. There were many smaller passage tombs, called satellite tombs, crowded around the main tomb which made for an interesting landscape. We were also allowed to walk on top of the main tomb to see the rest of the valley at Knowth. Next we went to the Newgrange site which, unlike Knowth had a perfectly intact interior ...
Off to Visit in the East - We Get Around
Time to move on. We had decided to stay in the B&B at least one night. Betty would be tired from caring for her sister in law, so we decided not to impose. We drove back to the pub, where we had wifi. we received a positive response, thus, I had Blaire plug in the address in the sat nav. We were on our way. First stop, Clifden for coffee. Blaire was getting desperate. Then to the post office for the last of our postcards. We were on ...
History At Every Turn
... exploring the church grounds, high crosses and round tower. They have an informative board at the site, but it's good that we picked up a walking guide from the TI office. Most headstones at the church date back to the 18th century, but the high crosses and round tower go back much further. We found it odd that a posted sign stated permission was required before opening graves and erecting headstones in the churchyard. We figure ...
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