Forty Shades of Green: Ireland in Depth, 2014 Photo Gallery by Ed at pbase.com

Forty Shades of Green: Ireland in Depth, 2014

Some years ago now, after visiting Ireland, Johnny Cash's fertile musical mind penned a romantic ballad he called "Forty Shades of Green." Here is a portion of his lyrics:

I close my eyes and picture
The emerald of the sea
From the fishing boats at Dingle
To the shores of Donaghadee

I miss the river Shannon
And the folks at Skibbereen
The Moreland and the Meadows
With their forty shades of green

But most of all I miss a girl
In Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her lips
As soft as eiderdown

Again I want to see and do
The things we've done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green

Johnny Cash had it right; There's just something about this beautiful and welcoming island that pulls you in. After a 3-week visit of my own, I am ready to return. Meanwhile, I want to share a small selection of the 1,300 images I brought home with me.

I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed making them. This is quite a place and, yes, there are literally forty shades of green in the landscape, if not more...

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Tour stops of 2-5 nights, with day trips	The Culloden Hotel in Belfast	Culloden's bellman; a man with an interesting face	Singin' in the rain!
The grand staircase of the Belfast City Hall	Looking up upon entering the very impressive City Hall	The seal of Belfast, on chairs in the Council chamber	In the Council robing room of City Hall
Seamus O'Shea, our driver in Northern Ireland and a real Irishman	Queens University, the largest in Northern Ireland	Galileo greets everybody with a serious look	Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens	Botanical Gardens	Botanical Gardens	The Ulster Museum
A moving depiction of 30-year "Troubles" in Northern Ireland	Interesting artifacts from a vessel from the Spanish Armada that sank during a storm near Belfast	A 45-foot high wall built in Belfast to separate nationalists and unionists now a place to write what's on your mind	Stormont, built by the British in 1920 when Northern Ireland was created, now the seat of its Parliament
Peace	St. George's Market	St. George's Market	St. George's Market
The Titanic Experience, created on the 100th anniversary of the sinking	The 1845 Crown Pub, restored to its original state inside	Go in the Crown Pub and walk over the crown; perhaps a message here?	Carrickfergus Castle, built in 1210 by the Normans, but interesting because it was near here that Andrew Jackson was almost born
Pink bicycles along the Causeway Coastal Route	Rachlin Island, where Vikings landed in 795	Giants' Causeway	Visitor center mimics the rock formation
Lone looker at the sea	Dunluce Castle	Derry's impressive Peace Bridge at dusk	Wall tour in Derry with Ronan MCNamara, our Irish-Chinese-Buddhist guide
Site of much TV coverage during The Troubles	26 unarmed protesters killed near here by British army	Remember the "blanket boys" on hunger strike	John Hume, architect of the peace accord, with other civil rights leaders
Queen Victoria statue in The Guildhall that lost a hand to IRA bombing	"Hands Across the River Foyle" symbol of peace between unionists and loyalists	Our hotel in Derry, complete with a flowered roundabout	Ulster American Folk Park: how our ancestors lived
Ulster American Folk Park: turf cutting display	Ulster American Folk Park	Ulster American Folk Park	Ulster American Folk Park
Belleek Pottery Factory	Belleek Pottery Factory	Belleek Pottery Factory	Made for each other: warm scone and clotted cream
Drumcliffe: W.B. Yeats gravesite	Drumcliffe: inside the church	Drumcliffe: example of monastic storage tower	Drumcliffe: Ben Bulben, inspiration for Yeats' last poem
Galway: typical colorful buildings	Galway: a pint in a pub	Galway: buskers from Russia	Galway: bust of JFK in Kennedy Park
Galway: street mimes	Galway: historic pub, with interior unchanged	Galway: golf alongside the Galway Bay Promenade	Connemara Marble Factory
Connemara Marble Factory flowered beauties	Galway: Lynch's Castle, late 15th century	Galway: traditional Irish instruments (concertina and uillian pipes)	Galway: medieval Kirwan's Lane
Galway: a very, very cool busker	Galway: flags of original 14 tribes	Double rainbow over Galway Bay	Furbo ceili: traditional Irish music
Furbo ceili: talented high schooler	Furbo ceili: talented high schooler	Furbo ceili: Gus leads the clapping	Kylemore Abbey
Abbey gardens	Mussel farming in Killary Fjord	Killary Fjord landscape	Reminder of the Potato Famine of the 1840's
Traditional thatched roofs	Last view of Galway Bay before The Burren	Ballyvaughn: a neat Irish village rest stop	Directional and street signs are now bilingual
Rocky landscape of The Burren	The Cliffs of Moher	Riding Jaunting Cars in Killarney National Park	Killarney National Park
Ring of Kerry: Caragh Brodge	Birth home of Daniel O'Connell, Ireland's first MP	Every village/county has a Gaelic football team, and reveres its stars	Coomakitsta Overlook
Tralee: theater presentation in Irish	Tralee: museum recreation of medieval Tralee	Tralee: Rose Kennedy Gardens	Dingle Peninsula
Dingle Peninsula: a beehive hut	Dingle Peninsula	Dingle Peninsula	Dingle Peninsula: Blasket Islands
Dingle Peninsula: Sibil's Cove	Dingle Peninsula: heather	Dingle Peninsula: Kilmalkedar Church (12th century)	Dennis Kissane lecture on growing up on a farm
Tom O'Donoghue and his sheep dog	Family estate of William Penn, in Macroom	Blarney Castle	Michael O'Sullivan, the quiet man
Cobh: historical lecture by Michael Martin	Cobh: monument to locals who rescued survivors of Lusitania sinking in 1915	Cobh: building where last passangers boarded the Titanic	Cobh: Annie Moore, first Irish emmigrant to be processed through Ellis Island
Cobh: interior of St. Colman's Cathedral	Cobh: colored row houses	Cobh: a home-hosted lunch	Cork City: the English Market
The English Market	Cork City: inside St. Fin Barre's Church	Kahir Castle	Kahir Castle
Waterford: Reginald's Tower built by Vikings in 1003 and still intact	Waterford: where the Irish flag first flew (green for nationalists, orange for loyalists, white for peace between the 2)	Waterford: glass factory AV presentation	Waterford: cutter at work
Waterford: glass 12 Days of Christmas	Waterford: glass 9/11 memorial	New Ross: Replica of the Dunbrody, "famine" or "coffin" ship of the 1840's	We learn how hurling (Ireland's national sport) is played
Tom ODonoghue, master maker of hurls	Kilkenny: no shortage of pubs in Ireland	Kilkenny: Roth House (1594)	Kilkenny: gambling is legal here
Kilkenny: Kilkenny Design Center	Kilkenny: the Castle grounds	Kilkenny: St. Canice's Cathedral	Kilkenny: St. Canice interior
Kilkenny: windows of St. Canice's	Kilkenny: a pint in a pub	GCT pub night	Gus performs
Elvis, disguised as Ron Nichols	Opened in 1723 as a cooperative, now has 11 stores	Demo of handweaving	Glendalough: original entry gate for 12th century St. Kevin's monastery
Glendalough: buster at the gate	Glendalough: defensive tower	Glendalough: inside the cathedral	Dublin: library at Trinity College
Dublin: an excellent dinner (on GCT)	Dublin: touring Guiness	Dublin: St. Patrick's Cathedral	Dublin: interior of St. Patrick's
Dublin: gravesite of Jonathan Swift and Stella	Dublin: memorial to Veronica Guerin, crusading reporter murdered by drug lords	Dublin: purported site of black pool, from whence Dublin got its name	Dublin: restaurant in Temple Bar
Dublin: Ha'Penny Bridge	Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral	Dublin: interior of Christ Church	Dublin: ornate pulpit
Dublin: crypt of Christ Church, oldest structure in Dublin	Dublin: mummified remains of a cat and a rat, found in an organ pipe in 1850	Powerscourt House and Gardens:	Powerscourt House and Gardens: toy collection
Powerscourt House and Gardens:	Powerscourt House and Gardens:	Powerscourt House and Gardens: pet cemetery tenants	Dublin honors the cockles and mussels lady
Grafton Street mimes	Cool colors for a gelato place	Grafton Street flower vendor	Oscar Wilde memorial
Merrion Square Park	Georgian door near Merrion Square Park	Georgian door near Merrion Square Park	Georgian door near Merrion Square Park
200-plus-year-old hotel	St. Stephen's Green Park	St. Stephen's Green Park	A pint in a pub

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