ARUM MACULATUM

 This plant has more than ten names, including 'Cuckoo Pint', also 'Lords & Ladies'. Highly poisonous red berries appear on the female plant. 

Much more information about the plant on

www.askaboutireland.ie 

Princesses Eithne and Fidelma

 A window in a Drogheda* church.

The baptism took place at Ogulla Holy Well, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon.

(well worth a visit)

The two were daughters of King Laoghaire of Connacht

and grand-daughters of Niall of the Nine Hostages. 

* name not recorded

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Lá 'le Pádraig shona daoibh go léir!

Mayfield House

 The basement and ground floor of part of the building.

                                                      Soon to become a first class hotel.                                                                                

The Irish Robin

 An Spideóg  -  Erithacus rubecula

Traditional Musician in Curraghmore . . .

 https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41090242.html

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Comeraghs Snow, March 10th 2023.

 Luckily for us, there was little or no snow near at hand, despite the dire warnings for much of the rest of the country. Above can be seen the position in the nearby mountains at 2.00 pm today, 10.3.2023. Snow on the Comeraghs was heavier earlier in the year!

St. Patrick's Day 2023

 St. Patrick's Day - 17th March.

Lá Fheile Pádraig - 17ú Márta.

                                                                                                                                                                    Trees from near Tower Hill  Cottages!

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Read all about his writings at:   https://www.confessio.ie/more/article_kelly#

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 Former Court House - now an Arts Centre

(I should have spelt Tinahely correctly!!!)

Curraghmore Sheep

 

Tree by the river Barrow

 

Near the village of Kill

 

Kilfarrassy

 

C R O C U S E S

 Among many others in own garden.

Curraghmore Landscape

 

Thoughts on Valentine's Day 2023

 Illustration:  Love Lies Bleeding from own garden in 2021.

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BRENT GEESE

 Lots of them, far away from their usual habitat in Arctic Canada, now on their annual visit to S.E. Ireland. 

"Anoic teacht an Earraigh . .. " 6ú lá dFheabhra 2023.

 "Anoic teacht an Earraigh,

Beidh an lá dul chun shíneadh"

"Now with the Springtime, the day will grow longer"

- le Antaine Ó Raifteirí (1784-1835).

Some statistics to date

 

Tipperary Hillside Trees

 

Leafless Beeches, Curraghmore.

 Modified, obviously!

On eve of St. Bridget's Day . . .

  . . . and now a bank holiday from this year onwards on the following Monday!

Local Whiskey.

 The location, eventually, of Curraghmore Whiskey.

The hill, Cruachán, in the background, also part of the Comeraghs.

The distillery will be located in an area to the left outside the area shown here.  

Connemara Wreck

 Pibroch, piobaireachd or ceòl mòr is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. Strictly meaning "piping" in Scottish Gaelic, piobaireachd has for some four centuries been music of the Great Highland Bagpipe.^[1] Music of a similar nature, pre-dating the adoption of the Highland pipes, has historically been played on the wire-strung Gaelic harp (clàrsach) and later on the Scottish fiddle, and this form is undergoing a revival.   - ex Wikipedia. 

Leafless Trees now coloured!

 

Old-style telephone dial?

 

Dolmen at Ballyquin, Portlaw.

 Accessed with permission from the land owner.

Comeragh Snow 2010

 

Tranquil scene at Newtown, County Kilkenny.

 

Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

 We accessed Mull from Skye, as the ferry for Iona departed there from village of Fionnphort. 

Plenty of info about Mull on:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Mull

Dredger on the Suir

 

Old Windmill