SCENES from IRELAND (Eire)

'Blogs' from County Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Louth, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.

Landscape images-picture-photographs and brief notes from our Irish walking holiday 'tours'

pages 1-12 2005, 13-26 2006, 27-46 2007

County Clare - West of Ireland

33. Kilfenora, The Burren, County Clare - Part 1 The Village

34. Kilfenora, The Burren, County Clare - Part 2 St. Fachtnan's Cathedral and the famous High Crosses

35. A Co. Clare Burren car drive from Kilfenora to the coast near Ballyvaughan - Part 1 Lemenagh Castle, Carron Church, Poulawack Cairn

36. A Co. Clare Burren car drive from Kilfenora to the coast near Ballyvaughan - Part 2 Caherconnell ring fort, Poulnabrone Dolmen and limestone hills and Atlantic Coast

37. Dysert O'Dea - A History Trail, near Corofin, County Clare - Part 1 Dysert O'Dea Castle, St Tola's Cross & Abbey

38. Dysert O'Dea - A History Trail, near Corofin, Co. Clare - Part 2 Dysert O'Dea Abbey church monastic site, Round Tower, Rath earthen ring fort, Rath Church, Loch Ratha/Raha and Rath Castle

County Cork - South-West of Ireland

14. Annes Grove Gardens, Castletownroche, County Cork

16. The Sheep's Head Peninsula (1), Co. West Cork, Seefin Mountain, the Hills and the Goats Road and some recent and prehistoric monuments

17. Toe Head, The Stags and Ballydehob, Co. West Cork

18. Gougane Barra and Kealkill prehistoric stone circle, County West Cork

19.  The Sheep's Head Peninsula (2), Co West Cork - Sunset studies (a)

20. Liss Ard Gardens and Barley Cove near Skibbereen and the Mizen Head Lighthouse, Co. Cork

21. Sheep's Head Peninsula (3), Co. West Cork - A walk around Sheep's Head

22. The Sheep's Head Peninsula (4), Co. West Cork - Sunset studies (b)

23. Lough Hyne (Loch Ine), Co.Cork

County Donegal - West of Ireland

1. The Urris Hills & Mamore Gap, Inishowen Peninsula  Co. Donegal

2. The Urris Hills coast & Dunaff Head, Inishowen, Co. Donegal

3. Doagh Famine Museum visitor centre, Doagh Island (Isle), Inishowen, Donegal

4a. Miscellaneous historical bits of the Inishowen Peninsular, Co. Donegal - Cloncha Church and Cross and Dunree Fort at the military museum and 4b. An unusual Art Exhibition at Dunree Fort

County Galway - Connemara - West of Ireland

6. Connemara National park, Co. Galway, Tully Mountain, views of the Twelve Bens

7. The 'light' moods of Connemara, Co Galway

8. Connemara coast, hedgerows and mountains in Co. Galway

9.  Some ancient to modern historical bits of the Renvyle Peninsula, County Connemara, Galway

10. Trip to Inishbofin Island off the coast of Connemara, Co. Galway

County Kerry - South-West of Ireland

39. Ballyferriter, the coast near by, Wine Strand Beach, views of The Three Sisters and Mount Brandon, Dingle Peninsular, County Kerry

40. Dingle Town and Harbour (An Daingean), Dingle Peninsular, County Kerry

41. The coast around Dunquin and Clogher and the Great Blasket Island Interpretive Centre (Ionad an Bhlascaoid)

42. A circular Slea Head Drive, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry

43. A stroll on Ventry Beach and the Fahan prehistoric beehive huts, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry

44. Two car trips from Dingle to (i) Inch Beach and (ii) Brandon via the Conor/Connor Pass (An Chonair)

45. Reask Monastic site and the Gallarus Oratory early Christian sites, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry

46. The Three Sisters, Sybil Head and Sybil Point Walk near Ballyferriter, Dingle Peninsular, Co. Kerry

County Kilkenny

24. The village of Kilmacow near Waterford, County Kilkenny

27. Granagh (Granny) Castle and Mooncoin Church, Co. Kilkenny, on the Waterford to Carrick-on-Suir road

31. The picturesque village of Inistioge on the banks of the River Nore, Co. Kilkenny

County Louth

12b. Return to England via Blackrock, Co. Louth, and the Belfast-Stranraer Ferry

County Sligo

5. Megalithic prehistoric tomb-cairn on the road from Donegal to Sligo and driving through 'Joyce Country' en route to Connemara, Galway

County Tipperary

32. Cahir Town and Cahir Castle, Co. Tipperary

County Waterford - South-East of Ireland

11. Dunmore East Harbour, Co. Waterford

12a. The Rivers Suir and Barrow, coast near Dunmore East & Tramore, Co. Waterford and New Ross, Co. Wexford

15. The Lismore Area, County Waterford

25. Sea scenes at Dunmore East, Co. Waterford

28. River Suir waterfront-quay scenes, Waterford Town-City

29. Scenes around Waterford Town-City

30. Reginald's Tower and Museum, Waterford

County Wexford - South-East of Ireland

(see Waterford for Hooke Head pictures)

County Wicklow

(see Dublin area for Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains scenes)

Miscellaneous

13. The journey from Dublin to Ballyhooly Co. Cork via Tipperary to south-west Ireland

26. Journey back Dublin and on to Holyhead

Pictures: Top, The Twelve Bens viewed from near the top of Tully Mountain, Connemara, Co. Galway.  Above left, looking westwards along the west coast of Cork from Toe Head.  Above right, the Pieta on the Sheep's Head Peninsula, Co. Cork, looking across to the sunset over the Caha Mountains on the Beara Peninsula.  Above, The 'jolly band' looking across Dublin Bay to the sunset over the Wicklow Mountains on the beautiful Howth Cliff walk north of Dublin City. Below, The long clean and very popular beach of Tramore, County Waterford.

Landscape images-picture-photographs from our Irish walking holiday 'tours'

*  Recommended Books  *

Mike Harding "Footloose in the West of Ireland" (a super entertaining read"

Margaret Greenwood, Mark Connolly & Geoff Watts "The Rough Guide to Ireland" (endless information)

Cary Meehan "The Travellers Guide to Sacred Ireland - A guide to the sacred places of Ireland, Her legends, folklore and people" (good for lots of historic-archaeological sites)

Paddy Dillon "Irish coastal Walks" (excellent walking guide)

Paddy Dillon "Collins Rambler's Guide - Connemara" (excellent walking guide)

Kevin Corcoran "West of Ireland Walks" (excellent walking guide)

Kevin Corcoran "West Cork Walks" (excellent walking guide)

Patrick Simms & Tony Whilde "Walk Guide - West of Ireland" (excellent walking guide)

Barry Raftery "Pagan Celtic Ireland - The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age" (very interesting and readable archaeology)

"The Hidden Places of Ireland" by David Gerrard

* Please get further publishing details from the internet *

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*  Glorious Ireland for good walking, family or mini-break holidays and something for every tourist visiting this beautiful and friendly country. Endless scenery and attractions and the hospitality and craic is just great with lots of accommodation and places to stay to suit all budgets.  *  Selected Irish holiday views  *  Selected 'tourist' views of Dublin  *  Pictures-notes of places to visit and buildings to see in Dublin  *  Site updated April 22nd 2008  *  EMAIL Phil Brown  *  Irish  holiday digital images-photographs-pictures-photos-webshots-views-snaps-snaphots-scenes-pics-blogs  © Dr W P Brown 2007  *  If you are interested in using any of the photographs email me, but any image used must involve permission and acknowledgement   *

* Phil & Molly's 'Docs Pics' Index of all the holiday-walking-touring holidays in England, Ireland and Scotland  *   Yorkshire Dales-East Cumbria-North Pennines walking landscape scenes and notes  *  Whitby and surrounding area scenes and notes  *  York - scenes around the City  *  The River Esk Valley and North York Moors walking Landscapes  *  Fragments of Archaeology and History on the North Yorks Moors  *  Helmsley, Coxwold, Kirkbymoorside & Rievaulx Abbey Scenes  *  Pickering in Ryedale, North Yorkshire Scenes and notes  *  Lastingham, Hutton-le-Hole,Appleton-le-Moors Scenes  *  Malton in Ryedale & Howardian Hills Scenes in North Yorkshire  *  Sutton Bank National Park Centre (walks on North Yorks Moors)  * North East England - Newcastle upon Tyne City, County Durham, Northumbria Scenes  *  Cleveland (NE England) Scenes  *  Northern England-selected views  *  Ireland - Dublin - scenes & notes on our 'tourism'  *  Ireland - Dublin - selected Irish 'tourist' holiday views  *  Ireland - selected Irish views from walking-touring holidays  *  Ireland - Irish Landscape holiday Scenes and Notes  *  Midlands Scenes of England  *  Archaeology sites from miscellaneous walking holidays  *  Paris Scenes and Notes  *  South West of England Scenes  *  A Scotland-rail trip  *  Cameos of London Town - Snapshots of the City of London  *  Can you identify?  *  Tea Rooms, Cafes, Pubs and B&B's, Hostels etc.  *  Domestic and rural animal Scenes  *  Nature scenes  *  Geological-Rock Scenes  *  The excellent Esk Valley Lealholm Hall holiday cottage near Whitby  *  Peter M. Hicks - Northern landscape artist-painter  *  Peter Rushforth, The sadly missed novelist ("Pinkerton's Sister")  *  Music  *  See also www.lealholmhall.co.uk/ and www.petermhicks.co.uk/