Ireland Up Close 2006

Scenery is just one way to experience Ireland. Here are close-up images that were also part of the Ireland trip.

Church window in Westport Ireland has lots of sheep. Here they come. They make a ewe turn. Peat turf drying Peat bogs were full of heather and other wildflowers. Bog Orchid St. Johns Wort Heather branches Beach runners Leaves on a pond Sheep's Bit Scabious Lily at Glenveagh Castle garden Glenveagh Castle garden Rock on Inshkea North Stone nest sculpture, Inishkea North Lichen on granite "Pavement" on Tory Island Painted rock near Glencolmkille More stone eggs, near Glencolmkille Lobster nets Our favorite brew, Guiness brewery in Dublin Temple Bar, the party center of Dublin. Gogarty's Pub, one of many in Dublin