My Trip To Ireland, part I

[funlvnman]

I want to post a bunch of photos, so I need to do it in several posts.

Last summer, my family took a trip to Ireland to assist my wife's boss in teaching therapists in Ireland about EAT, Equine Assisted Therapy. It is a technique that uses horses in administering psychiatric therapy. The basic technique is to try to get the horse to do what you want, and in the process you learn things about yourself. To date I've been the "offical" photographer for the EAT events rather than a participant. I have learned so much from just watching. It's a truly amazing process.

Anyway, while we were there I took some photos that I want to share. I joined XM after going to Ireland and only recently realized that I have not shared my photos.

Enjoy.

Rich

Druid Princess Burial Mound, somewhere betwween Galway and the Cliffs Of Moher. The top stone weighs 6 tons. The burial mound is 6000 years old.




Cliffs Of Moher


Little Cliffs Of Moher

[funlvnman]

My wifes family is from Athenry, so we stopped to see if we could find any relatives. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful. We could only spend one day there.

Street Sign in Athenry


Ancient Prison in Athenry


Statue in a park next to the prison

[funlvnman]

The train station in Dublin


The Brazen Head Pub, established 1198.


The Brazen Head, just after a man stripped off his pants to dance to a jig/reel. It was quite funny.


Some friends we made in the Brazen Head.

[funlvnman]

The view from the roof of the room we rented in Temple Bar. I tried to take some artistic shots. I hope you like it.


A church in Dublin not far from Temple Bar.

[funlvnman]

The reason we went to Ireland.
Two members of parliament that came to the EAT sessions. They were very interesting people.








At the time I took this picture I didn't know who these people were. So I asked if Mr and Mrs Doe could pose for a picture. They burst out into the biggest grin and just stood there smiling. I asked what what was going on and they just smiled at me, giggling slightly. Finally telling me that they werent' married, butnot telling me that they represented parliament. It want' until much later that I learned of my faux pas. Felt rather stoopyd I must say.



Sadly, this jewelry store is not relation to me despite having the same name. Bummer. The store is in Galway. Mere moments after taking the photo it occurred to me that standing in front of a jewelry store taking photos was probably not the smartest idea. Too bad I didn't get a chance to talk to the owner. Would have been a great photo op.

[Highlander31]

Nice photos. Great shots of the cliffs.

[george7]

My wifes family is from Athenry, so we stopped to see if we could find any relatives. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful. We could only spend one day there.

Street Sign in Athenry

So the Fields of Anthery are for golfing?

[beloitpiper]

Galway! Ireland! Hooray! I'm gonna like this thread. But one small thing. The portal tomb is called Poulnabrone, and was never used in druid rituals.

[SFCRick]

very nice pics

[cessna152towser]

Superb pics, very interesting, looks like you managed to see quite a bit of Eire.