My Pictures Of Ireland, County Wexford

Fr. Tom MacLean and I went to Ireland, and spent four days at County Wexford.

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A waterfall we passed.
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Arriving at Glendalough
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Glendalough is (was) a monastery founded by St Kevin, a hermit monk who died about 618.
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An impressive, graceful round tower.
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Today there are mostly just ruins of several early churches.
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As you have seen, Glendalough is in a spectacular natural setting.
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St. Helen's Bay Golf Course
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A beautiful day on a scenic course - here I am on hole 17th.
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Fr MacLean on the signature 18th hole.
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A new sport for us: Lawn Bowling
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Basically a combination of Bacci Ball and Shuffleboard.
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Only by rolling the balls on a huge grass court.
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Arriving at Hook Peninsula.
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Hook Head Lighthouse
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Interior of the lighthouse, built in early 13th century, it is one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world.
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Views from the Lighthouse, which according to legend dates back to a 6th century monk.
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If you notice a large boulder on top of the far rock, they said it was thrown up by a powerful storm.
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Here you can see the landscape of the peninsula, with water on both sides.
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Ballyhack Castle
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Built by 15th Century crusaders, the Knights Hospitalers of St John.
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Fr. MacLean in the chapel of the tower.
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The tower has a copmmanding view of the Waterford Estuary.
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The Dunbrody at New Ross
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A full-scale reconstruction of a 19th century famine ship.
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An entire family and all their belongings have to fit in one bunk.
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Storage belowdecks.
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The first class cabins and captain's room.
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Since New Ross is the birthplace of the family of former American President Jonh F Kennedy.
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So the Irish-Americans decided to dedicate an Arboretum.
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A nice rainbow while leaving the Kennedy Arboretum.
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St Mary Island
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St Mary's was an ancient place of pilgrimage.
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But in October 1649, Cromwell attacked, killed the priests, and the Church has been destroyed since then.
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The "Island" is actually a peninsula in the midst of a salt-water lake.
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The moden parish of St Mary
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A view of St Mary Island from the Church.
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A crucifix that a young man tried to save from the Church, but alas was shot down by the brutal soldiers. The crucifix was found in the lake in 1887.
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We bicycled down to Kilmore Quay, just a few kilometers south of where we stayed.
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The local parish of St Mary in Kilmore.
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We said Mass here each day.
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One is welcomed to the town of Kilmore by a nice grotto of Lourdes.
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The Keating farmhouse where we stayed in Kilmore.
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An old barn on the farmhouse, with our rental car.