Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning


The start of the New Year’s Day walk at Lough Gur.

Ireland Photo Of The Day Nr 13 – St John’s Church


At Knockainey, Limerick, South West Ireland. Dating from 1592.

Ireland Photo Of The Day Nr 12 – On New Year’s Day


Climb of Knock Fennel & walk around Lough Gur lake

Ireland Photo Of The Day Nr 10 – Rainbow over Bruff RFC


Rainbow over Bruff Rugby Club this morning. Lots of Leprechauns about!

Ireland Photos Of The Day Nr 9 – The baptism of baby Ava


Baptism of baby Ava M, age 7 weeks, at Bruff Church on 28 December 2013. Holy water & the oil of Chrism.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy


Sharjah animal market, November 2011. Eid holiday weekend.

Ireland Photos Of The Day Nr 7 – Lough Gur


The newly refurbished Lough Gur Heritage Center & lake view. South West Ireland.

Ireland Photo Of The Day Nr 6 – Crows


Irish crows! Outside my house, Christmas morning.

Black & Tan Raid at Caherguillamore, HX, South West Ireland


On 27th December 1920, the British Black & Tan military forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans were tipped off that an IRA fund raising dance was taking place at Caherguillamore House in the county of Limerick, South West Ireland. The Tans carried out a raid on the event and in the process killed 5 IRA members. Each year on the Sunday before Christmas, an anniversary Mass and after-Mass commemoration…

Ireland Photos Of The Day 5 – Christmas Eve Midnight Mass


Patrickswell Church, HX, Limerick. 24 December 2013. Prayers for Syria, Gaza & Sudan. And the story from the Great War (WW1) of the football match of 1915 on the Western Front between the Germans & the Allied forces. Cigarettes & wine shared, family photos shown, hymns sung. 3-2 football victory to the Germans, allegedly. And hours later the slaughter started again.

Ireland Photo Of The Day Nr 4 – Reardons Bar, HX


Sunday night at HX. Barman Podge.

Ghosts @ HX


Today’s daily writing challenge is ‘Ghosts’. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/writing-challenge-ghosts/ But a picture speaks a thousand words. And many pictures much more than that. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202289356184123.1073741846.1497695183&type=1&l=955217fbea