Street in Galway
Date: 04/10/2006
Lynch's Castle
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16th century castle, now a bank.
Pub Ceiling
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Inside the Front Door Pub in Galway. A labyrinth of stairs, levels, and tables.
Vodka 1
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Wall of vodka and the Living Room in Galway.
Vodka 2
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Ooo artsy.
Jenniffer
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Apparently Jenniffer is feeling blue in this photo.
Phones
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Wall of phone in the Living Room...they like their "walls-o-stuff" there.
Abbey
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Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St. Nicholas in Galway.
Rapids
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River Corrib.
Fish Hatchery
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Hatchery Again.
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Eyre Square
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This is a tourist attraction in Galway...of course like everything in Ireland, it's been getting renovated for a few years.
JFK
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Somewhere in there is a bust of JFK...they like him here.
Jenniffer Planning
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Trying to figure out what to do the next day.
Galway Bay
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as seen from Salt Hill.
Galway Bay
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Galway Bay
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Blue Water
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The water was very pretty in these little ponds and lakes on the way to Clifden.
More Blue Water
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As a sidenote, while on this trip, in one day we say sunny skies, rain, hail, and even heard some thunder. Just wait 10 minutes in Ireland and the weather will change.
Mountains
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The Twelve Bens Mountains in Connemara National Park.
Random Sheep
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with red butts...and frighteningly close to the road at times.
Lowrys
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Pub in Clifden we stopped in for a drink and use of their facilities. Nice bartender there who talked our ear off...and old men speaking Irish in the front of the bar.
Churches
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So this is our rendition of every photo of Clifden ever taken. Of course of the churches in the photo is Catholic and the other is Protestant.
John D'Arcy Monument
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So we were going to walkup this hill to go see this monument and get a great picture of the city but....
Horses
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....there were scarey horses in the way.
Clifden Castle
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Built in 1815 by John D'Arcy, Clifden's founder.
Clifden Bay
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Taken from the Sky Road. A 3-mile road my mother would not enjoy. (very curvey and high up)
Clifden Bay
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Looking out towards the Atlantic.
More Bay
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Just another picture. There are some houses down there and B&B's.
Clifden Bay
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Very Windy
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(I was in the car, it was too windy)
Kylemore Abbey
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In Connemara, this was a house built in the 18th Century as a husband's gift to his wife. During World War I it becamse an Abbey and is now a girls' boarding school.
Kylemor Abbey
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Fjord
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Located in Killary Harbour, this is Ireland's only Fjord.
Jenniffer
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Just enjoying the Fjord...and wind. (I was starting to get sick at this point)
Rainbow
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The weather was crazy during this trip.
Mountains
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Kind of took some backroads to get over to Cong.
Locke's Distillery
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Old distillery in Kilbeggan where they used to make Locke's whiskey. Thanks to US prohibition and bootleggers making a horrible version of this whiskey, they went out of business, but the distillery remians. (and they still produce barrels for another company)
Locke's
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Grain miller.
Locke's
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The thing that stirs. (mash ton?)
Locke's
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One helluva blender
Locke's
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Water wheel connected to a drive shaft to run some of the equipment.
Locke's
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Water supply
Locke's
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Big Barrel
Locke's
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outside of the big barrel
Locke's
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Thing to fill the barrels prior to aging.
Locke's
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What it would look like if they were filling a barrel.
Locke's
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Worker's would keep a small bottle on a string to get their own samples.
