Kilkenny

      1 min read      Ireland · Photography

Last Friday Kathleen had a meeting in Kilkenny, a little over an hour north of here. We had decided to head for Dublin for the weekend, so I took the day off to save her driving back down here to get me. While she had her meeting, I did some sightseeing in Kilkenny, especially around the grounds of Kilkenny Castle. Pics are below. Click here for slideshow

World Ploughing Championships

      4 min read      Ireland · Photography · Rural Issues

Two weekends ago we headed to the World Ploughing Championships in Tullow, County Carlow, about 1.5 hours north of here. It was a 4-day long event, with the Irish Ploughing Championship the first two days and then the World Championship. In addition to the plowing, it was a big farm show along the lines of our Farm Technology Days. Let me say that it’s a really big show. Over the four days they had a total attendance of around 220,000 people.

Yep, we live here...

      1 min read      Ireland · Photography

![Kilfarrasy Beach](http://static.flickr.com/90/267818285_6aafb4f490.jpg)

How's This Working For You?

      1 min read      Uncategorized

As you can see in the few posts below, I’ve started to use a different method to post pics and descriptions on here. It’s working a lot better for me, but I’m wondering how you readers like it? Are you able to view the pics okay? Do you prefer this new way to the old way? Are the pics too small, or do you prefer them that way so they load quicker?

Kilfarrasy Beach

      1 min read      Ireland · Photography

We discovered a new beach just a couple of miles down the road from Tramore this past Sunday. This I think is the prettiest beach we’ve found yet. We’ve been there a couple of times now, at low tide and with the tide coming in. We’ll have to time our visits to low tide though, as there’s not much beach left to walk on at high tide. Click here for the self-running slide show.

Mahon Falls

      1 min read      Ireland · Photography

With our friend Bruce in town, we headed up to the Comeragh Mountains on last Sunday and hiked up to Mahon Falls. (I wrote a bit about Mahon Falls and the Comeragh’s here.) On this trip we had considerably better weather, as you can see from the pics. To view the pics below, you can click on the thumbnails, then navigate through by hovering over the pic and clicking Next or Previous.

Cobh and Kinsale

      1 min read      Ireland · Photography

We had our first visitor from the States the last few days. Our friend Bruce found his way from Seattle for a short visit. Last Saturday we headed down the Cork area to visit a couple of small towns, Cobh and Kinsale. Cobh’s claim to fame is being the last port visited by Titanic on her first and final voyage. It’s still a maritime port today. We were dogged by rain and fog while visiting Cobh, but still had time to check out the incredible St.

Sunday Paper

      2 min read      Ireland

I was greeted by this headline on Sunday’s front page. Now this is a country that knows a little something about the ravages of terrorism, invasion and conquest, and rule by a brutal empire. I think their opinion should carry a little weight. And the poll is actually even worse for America’s foreign policy than the headline makes it out to be. Of the remaining 20%, 8% don’t think Bush has made the world more or less safe, 4% don’t know, leaving only 6% of Irish who think the present American government has made the world a safer place.

A Note About the Pictures

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Though the site is called DennisDeery.com, it’s a joint effort. Everyone should know that Kathleen is contributing pics and ideas for the site as well. I haven’t convinced her to get her own site going yet, but I’m still working on it!

Off to Lismore

      4 min read      Ireland · Photography

Last weekend we decided to head for the town of Lismore and the famous Lismore Castle. We hadn’t gotten very far down the road before I saw a sign for “Mahon Falls” - given my penchant for following interesting signs, it was time for a detour. We live within sight of the Comeragh Mountains, but hadn’t ventured that direction yet. A short drive brought us to the Comeragh Drive, which very shortly had us parked near the top of the mountain overlooking a waterfall, fogged-in mountains, sheep everywhere, and an incredible view of the Mahon Valley.