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Visiting the ancestral home
... give a good enough reason for why they were found in the place they were in. The guide commented that their greatest crime was probably poverty. The gaol was built in 1796 and decommissioned in the 1920s. They had public and later private hangings here till the late 1800s and many of our Australian forebearers (and probably more than a few of our latives) were deported from this prison to our fair shores. The tour was an interesting history lesson and it the only way you ...
Day 26
... thrashing:):) Down we went to the gate. Good thing about Ryanair, if your carryon luggage dosn't fit in the frame then they turn you away. Well me and The were in fts of laughter waatching people trying to squeeze a bag twice the size of the frame into it. To their credit the staff wouldn't budge. Lots of grump people trying to make a bag shrink. One young woman had a bag that she sqeezed into the frame then couldn't get it out. ...
My Turn
Brenda is off to a meeting this morning and I have a few hours to catch up on a few things, like writing this blog and finally start laying out some image ideas for the upcoming book, UpNorth.
I brought along everything I need to get this work done but its hard to lay down serious dedicated time to get really into it. Being here is a whole new experience and I don't really want to miss anything if I can help it.
So far we have not travelled ...
Exploring Dublin
After a full Irish breakfast, 3 out of 5 of us hit the street to catch the hop on/ hop off bus tour. We rode around the whole circuit to see where everything was and hopped off at Trinity College. We had a great campus tour by a student before going thru the library to see the Book of Kells. Fabulous!!! Back on the bus to see more sights of Dublin. Next stop was the infamous Kilmainham Gaol. More history, especially about the ...
You Don't Need to Know How to Jig to Jig
... had no idea what to expect tonight, but we never thought it could be this good. We were seated in a very large room with three or four hundred other brothers and sisters. There was a big stage with lots of instruments, and some projection screens to the side. After an opening prayer, we got to see several different sisters perform traditional Irish dances. It was so much fun to watch, and they made it look so easy I was even tempted to raise ...
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