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Rapeseed

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:43 -0700

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Cattle Grazing over Brideswell at Nightfall

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:15:52 -0700

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The home of folk poet Owen Bresnan, Knockbologue, Lough Gur

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:17:46 -0700

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Owen Bresnan (1847-1912) was a renowned poet of this area and lived all his life in this house. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Teampall Nua on the shores of Lough Gur.

This image was taken in 2008 and I think it has been totally removed since then - such a shame.

Ruin

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:06:06 -0700

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Taken at Ballyellis, Gorey.

This is quite an old house and locals say that it hasn't been lived in for 150 years. At one stage it was the home of the Jervis-White family in the early 18th Century but they were not living there during the 1798 Rebellion. It was a well constructed house and some further research is required.

Aughrim Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:21:32 -0700

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Conary Mine

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:21:30 -0700

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Across from Conary Church amid the fenced off spoil heaps is a gaunt ruin of an old winding tower. This served a duel function of hauling up the ore and pumping water. Eleven deep shafts punctured the hill and the 'Connoree Copper Mines' produced many tons of the metal during it's most profitable years from 1840-1850

The Meeting of the Waters

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:21:27 -0700

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The Meeting of the Waters by Thomas Moore

There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet
Oh the last rays of feeling and life must depart
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart

Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene
Her purest of crystal and brightest of green
'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill
Oh No 'twas something more exquisite still
Oh No 'twas something more exquisite still

'Twas that friends, the belov'd of my bosom were near
Who made every scene of enchantment more dear
And who felt how the best charms of nature improve
When we see them reflected from looks that we love
When we see them reflected from looks that we love

Sweet vale of Avoca! How calm could I rest
In thy bosom of shade, with the friends I love best
Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease
And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace
And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace

Holy Trinity Church, Avoca

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:22:48 -0700

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The Church of Ireland community is served by the imposing and elegant Holy Trinity church situated in the town-land of Kilqueeny, known fondly as Holy Trinity Castlemacadam and often referred to as Castlemacadam, as this church was built to replace, the old Castlemacadam in 1870.

The new church site was presented by Viscount Powerscourt Lord of the Soil and consists of 2 acres of land. The new church was built with a grant from the Eccliastical Commissioners and other contributions and voluntary gifts from the parishioners

The style is early pointed and rather French in character, the nave and aisle about 25 foot wife .

The belfry tower rises to 110 feet from the base and has a slated and gable roof , the bell being donated by L H Bayly Esquire.

Seating is for 450 people .The cost of the church being £3,500

An article in the *Irish Builder* 1889 mentioned the then new rector James Robinson, as being responsible for the re-pointing of the tower and the re-flooring of the vestry.

These repairs were made necessary by subsidence's.

Old Castlemacadam Church (COI) Avoca

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:22:45 -0700

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It is probable that this was built in or about 1720. In that year Charles Whittingham became Archdeacon of Glendalough, having been vicar of Wicklow and rector of Castlemacadam since 1688. He presented a chalice "for the use of Castlemacadam church", and he is described as "formerly rector of Castlemacadam". The north transept and vestry were added in 1819, the cost being met by a grant from Board of First Fruits. However there is reason to believe that churches have existed
on the same site since about 1430.

The Parish was created in 1715 from the Parishes of Arklow and Templemichael and a church was built. The present church was consecrated on 27 Apr. 1870; A church was built at Conary between 1856 and 1859, and licensed for Divine Service on 20 Aug. 1860, for the miners (mainly Cornish and Welsh) who came to work there.

A Brightness on a Dull Evening (Explored 17th May 2013)

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:22:40 -0700

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Stone Cottage at Glenart

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:42:25 -0700

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Oak Tree at Glenart Castle

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:57:18 -0700

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Glenart Castle, Arklow

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:34:40 -0700

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St Saviour's Church of Ireland, Arklow

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:26:47 -0700

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St Saviour Arklow

St Saviour's Church was build in 1899 by the Earl of Carysfort as a gift to the people of Arklow. As the inscriptions show, this gift included the bells. As there was nobody in the area who knew how to ring the bells the Earl brought over Mr J W Washbrook to teach the local band. The peal boards in the tower indicate that this was a very successful venture - this band rang their first peal on 2 August 1901.

After the Rain

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:47:40 -0700

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"There is still so much life to be lived: a sentimental journey, a house to be renovated, an encounter with a blast from the past, and a new life to be brought into the world" In a review of Mary McCarthy's novel "After the Rain".

Duckett's Grove, Co. Carlow (Explored May 10th 2013)

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:40:58 -0700

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Duckett's Grove was built in 1830 by William Duckett in an estate covering more than 5,000 acres (20 km2) of the Carlow countryside. It was designed in a Castellated Gothic revival style by Thomas A. Cobden for John Davidson Duckett circa 1825. The building incorporates numerous towers and turrets of varying shapes – round, square and octagonal. One tall octagonal turret rises from the structure. Duckett’s Grove is elaborately ornamented with oriels and niches containing statues. Several statues on pedestals surrounded the building and lined the approaches.

The house itself is situated in the townland of Rainstown, between Carlow and Tullow but the estate comprised several large townlands and parts of others. Following the departure of the Ducketts the estate was managed by an agent until 1921 then by local farmers and later by the Land Commission. The division of the lands was completed by 1930. Duckett’s Grove was destroyed by fire in April 1933 but the cause of the fire has not been determined.

View from the Hill

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:30:43 -0700

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“The road of life is filled with sunshine and clouds, black and white, triumphs and tragedies. As we continue down the road, we decide which things we bring with us, and which we leave in the rear-view mirror.”
― Julie-Anne

Barley Straw

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:14:10 -0700

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Paradise Island

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:42:08 -0700

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Land and Hills

nobody@flickr.com (murtphillips) — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:10:06 -0700

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