Back to Dublin - Our Final Installment

We enjoyed some great summer weather while we in Ireland. Before we arrived they were suffering one of the wettest summers ever. 

Here's a local man taking advantage of the warm sun in St. Stephen's Green.

This is a building on a corner of O'Connell Street.

I could show you any number of blurred shots where I tried to get a picture of sheep, but thanks to Ann's relatives, in Kildare county, Ann was able to take this up close shot of the famous, (or infamous, depending on who you ask), Bluebutt, quite possibly the most dangerous sheep in all of Ireland.

Karen and Kathleen, Ann's kin, showed us a number of sights in Ann's ancesteral stomping grounds, including this castle. The picture was pretty dark. I think it looks better in black and white.

Next is the headstopne of Laurence Levy an ancestor of Ann's. He was burried in 1781. The small marker to the side, is likely the gravestone of a child.

The cemetery these graves were in, was well off the beaten path. Not far from the castle above, the cemetery was down a dirt road and tucked behind a grove of trees across a meadow.

The station at Newbridge, near where Karen and Kathleen live.

Ann is pictured here with Daniel O'Connell, a politician who championed Catholic Emancipation. He's a very big deal, (hence the very big statue).

Last but not least, a picture of the Temple Bar area, where people from all over the world go to drink and forget their cares and woes...(their hotel keys and manners at times, as well).

And there you have it. Our trip to Ireland in words and pictures. We had a great time and were especially delighted by the hospitality Karen and Kathleen showed us. I knew we were in good hands when Kathleen said, "Go on, have another biscuit. Go on."