Sunday, August 21, 2011

Nightmare from Slane, Hill of Tara and Skerries Part 2

As promised! Here are the pictures from my trip to Slane, the Hill of Tara and Skerries!

Enjoy! :)


Our path near Hill of Slane.


View from Hill of Slane.


Slane's town center.


Slane


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


View from Hill of Slane.


Monastery on top of Hill of Slane.


Church and cemetery on the Hill of Slane.


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


View from Hill of Slane.


Hill of Slane


View from Hill of Slane.


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Tombstone in the graveyard of Hill of Slane.


Hill of Slane


Graveyard at Hill of Slane.


Graveyard


View from Hill of Slane.


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Church in Slane.


Houses in Slane.


Georgian house in Slane. This is at the town center. On the 4 corners of the town center, there are 4 identical Georgian houses. This is one of them.


Street in Slane.


Another church in Slane.


Slane


Slane


Sneak peak of the Slane Castle grounds.


Slane


Slane


Slane


Slane


Near Slane


Near Slane


Stain glass inside the church at the Hill of Tara.


The church at the Hill of Tara.


Art inside the church at the Hill of Tara.


The Hill of Tara


Mound of the Hostages at the Hill of Tara.


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


The Stone of Destiny. It said that I was going to be the king of Ireland.


Tombstone at the Hill of Tara.


View from Hill of Tara.


Fairy Tree! People write wishes they hope will come true. Hill of Tara.


Stone of Destiny


View from the Hill of Tara.


At the Hill of Tara there used to be circles created in the ground that can only be seen from the sky. That is why the ground in uneven.


The uneven ground of the Hill of Tara.


Hill of Slane.


Stone of Destiny.


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


People on the Mound of the Hostages. I believe that it is disrespectful to climb around a person's burial ground.


Hill of Tara


My Italian students and the Stone of Destiny.


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


Hill of Tara


This is my kind of tea! Osiris is the Ancient Egyptian god of the Afterlife. Dionysus is the Greek god of the grape harvest, winemaking, wine, ritual madess and ecstasy.


Hill of Slane


Hill of Slane


Ireland from the bus.


Mill of Skerries


Mill of Skerries


Mill of Skerries


Skerries


Mill of Skerries


Pond at the Mill of Skerries.


St. Patrick's Church in Skerries.


Harbor of Skerries.


Skerries


Harbor of Skerriers


Church Island in Skerries.


One of the island of Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Love the name Loughlin.


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Harbor of Skerries


Harbor of Skerries


Skerries


Skerries


Ireland from the bus.


Ireland from the bus.




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