The Mrs-"Safe Home!"

[CC1]

Originally Posted by The Mrs

Thanks for the wonderful send-off Bro. Ron!

In less than 24 hours we will be in the air!

I'm grateful that we'll get to fly overnight during our normal sleep cycle and arrive there Monday morning ready to go.

And if I have to learn THAT language...well...let's just say I'm gonna be in a whole lotta trouble!!!

Guess I better get used to liking green, huh???

I was just on the telephone today with a woman in Limerick Ireland!! I think her name is cool. "Mags". I assume it is short for Margaret in lieu of "Maggie".

[The Mrs]

No great European city would be complete without their Street Artists...





Here is a chap playing what looks like a cross between a harp and piano. I have no idea what it's called, and have never seen one before. He's using little padded sticks to hit the strings. It made such a beautiful sound!






And of course, the Street Comedian...We were told that if we went to Dublin, we would have to look for this particular comedian. We just happened to run across him...we were told he is hilarious, and we were not disappointed. He was a hoot!

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by CC1

I was just on the telephone today with a woman in Limerick Ireland!! I think her name is cool. "Mags". I assume it is short for Margaret in lieu of "Maggie".

Or it might have been Megan. The Irish form of Margaret is Megan. (I know, cuz that's what I named my daughter!)


I have seen some VERY interesting Irish names while here. One gal at the grocery store next door had a name I just HAD to ask how she pronounced. It was spelled Browanwaugh, but pronounced Brawn-way. She also added it means something like 'serious one' or 'somber one'...or something like that, I can't remember now. And she really was. I can't remember what I said back to her either, but my husband noted that I made her smile and laugh.

Another gal here at the hotel has a really wild name...it's spelled Aoiffne. Or something like that...I'll have to remember to catch it again...and find out the pronunciation! It must be from the Gaelic...er...Irish language.

[CC1]

At one time it looked like I might be going to Ireland on business this spring but alas it did not work out. Arghhhh!!!!!

Love the pics. Maybe Pianoman will know what that starnge instrument was sort of like a piano.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by CC1

At one time it looked like I might be going to Ireland on business this spring but alas it did not work out. Arghhhh!!!!!

Love the pics. Maybe Pianoman will know what that starnge instrument was sort of like a piano.

Is that not a Harpsichord?

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by CC1

At one time it looked like I might be going to Ireland on business this spring but alas it did not work out. Arghhhh!!!!!

Love the pics. Maybe Pianoman will know what that starnge instrument was sort of like a piano.

We took a leisurely drive in the country on Sunday. We drove southwest to Cashel. I just looked on the map, and it is very close to Limerick! Maybe 30-45 minutes away it looks like.

The drive in the country was beautiful! We started out in cow country, and ended up crossing horse country as we neared Cashel. It's interesting to see the landscape change. In cow country, the fields and roadways are all lined with low stone walls. Or hedges in some places instead of stone. But in horse country, the stone walls were taller. Of course there were tall wire fences as well, but the ancient stone walls are still in place.







The landscape was definitely much richer in horse country. The newer houses were larger, more elegant...the fencelines were precise...the driveway entrances much more regal.

[The Mrs]

[Felicity]

Oh my! I just checked this thread for the first time. I'm loving these pictures!! England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are on my list of places to visit and have been for some time!

[The Mrs]

Everywhere you turn around here in Ireland there is an ancient church! Here is just one of dozens we passed along the way.



Looking out across any smaller city you will see no less than two or three ancient church spires. In the bigger cities along the way, there were more like dozens of churches!

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by The Mrs

Everywhere you turn around here in Ireland there is an ancient church! Here is just one of dozens we passed along the way.



Looking out across any smaller city you will see no less than two or three ancient church spires. In the bigger cities along the way, there were more like dozens of churches!

The countryside reminds me of when I lived in England, between Oxford and Banbury. There were lots of hedgerows marking off the fields. The poor hedgehogs were the roadkill! Wales is really beautiful with rolling hills, very green and old castles and all.