Carrot Buy Me Love
“I don’t carrot too much for money
Money carrot buy me love”
(Lennon/McCartney)
July 11, 2009
I Carrot Dance
Carrot - Attempting to Dance
I carrot dance, I carrot talk.
Only thing about me is the way I walk.
(Genesis)
July 10, 2009
Richmond Penitentiary
Richmond Penitentiary - Grangegorman, Dublin
The former city gaol was designed by Francis Johnston and built between 1812 and 1816.
In a major redevelopment of the Grangegorman site it will become part of the the new urban campus for Dublin Institute of Technology.
July 9, 2009
Red Sails
Red Sails - Smithfield, Dublin.
“Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me”
(Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams)
July 8, 2009
The King’s Inns
The King's Inns, Dublin
James Gandon’s last great public building in Dublin, built between 1795 and 1827.
July 5, 2009
BMW by Calder
BMW by Alexander Calder (1897-1976)
From the Irish Museum of Modern Art – This BMW 3.0 CSL was decorated by Alexander Calder and driven in the Le Mans 24 hr race in 1975.
July 4, 2009
Heuston Station – Dublin
Heuston Station, Dublin
The imposing facade of Dublin’s Heuston Railway Station.
Originally called Kingsbridge Station, it was designed by Sancton Wood and opened on the 4th of August 1846.
July 1803
Gravestone Inscription
McFaul gravestone inscription – Straid, Clonmany, County Donegal
McFaul Gravestone
McFaul Gravestone - Straid Churchyard
Inscribed gravestone in the old churchyard at Straid, Clonmany, County Donegal
July 2, 2009
Now That’s A Beach….
Tullagh Bay
Sun breaking through on this lovely Donegal beach near Clonmany.
Some TLC Required
Cottage - Some TLC Required
Tullagh Bay, near Clonmany, Inishowen, County Donegal
July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009
The Ould Llamas’ Fair
The Ould Llamas' Fair
Spotted this weekend just outside Clonmany, Donegal. As you can see this is quite a young llama – in its prime. In former times in Ireland, apparently it was the older llamas that were the most prized for their meat and wool, which was soft and superior to the Irish sheep’s wool. The largest and most celebrated annual trading event used to be in County Antrim – at the Ould Llamas’ Fair in Ballycastle..O 
