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A cross in Phoenix Park.
This park is gorgeous.
A herd of deer in the park.
Our guide, Ali, by our bus.
The outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
Another view of St. Patick's.
Amber, Kelli, & Caleb wait to go in the church.
Wonderful mosaic windows in the cathedral.
Another window.
The main sanctuary.
I used a flash for this one. It's the only church that I have been in that let us use flash.
A "small" chapel in the cathedral.
Pedestrians in downtown Dublin.
A pub in Dublin.
A Dublin street scene.
A bored shopper in a Dublin mall.
Trinity College where we saw the Book of Kells.
Irish castle ruins in Cashel.
A closer look at the same castle.
Sheep graze in an Irish pasture.
No wonder Ireland is called the Emerald Isle.
More sheep.
Our group at a rest stop.
More castle ruins.
More Irish countryside.
More of the same.
The bus ride went all through countryside like this.
Another scenic shot.
A rowing regatta in Fermoy.
The North Carolina group getting ready for Blarney Castle.
The grounds leading to Blarney Castle.
Well, it looked good at the time I took this of a small brook.
Blarney Castle.
Geneva, Amber, and Agnes at the top of Blarney Castle.
More of Blarney's grounds.
Well, here I am at the entrance to the castle.
A view from Blarney Castle.
The castle walls.
A breath taking view.
One tourist gets ready to kiss the Blarney Stone.
A look into the center tof the castle.
The Blarney Woolen Mill./A>
Back on the bus and into the country.
Photo of more countryside from the bus.
Two of our Tennessee group ready for a jaunt ride.
A house on the grounds of the Killarney National Park.
This is a beautiful park.
Irish fishermen on the lake.
Castle ruins in Killarney National Park.
Our boat ride on the lake.
What a tranquil view!
A look at a mountain on our water tour.
A bog village.
Houses as they used to look.
A tour of the Ring of Kerry.
Dingle Bay leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
More of the Ring of Kerry.
A sheep dog trainer and his dog.
Another scenic view of the Ring.
This hillside is rather rocky.
Islands in the bay.
A look to the east.
Waves crash the shoreline.
A rocky hillside.
Was it ever cold!!
Another look.
A look at the restaurant where we ate.
This would be a neat place to live.
More rocks.
A mountain view.
I look a bit more cheerful and warmer here.
Alan, Martha and Beverly at a stop.
The Forest Hills guesthouse where a few of us stayed. Nice!
The entire group at Cashel Castle.
Here I am about to kiss the Blarney Stone.
