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Travel - Ireland

A series of photographs characteristic of the Irish countryside. These images include some of the historic relics that dot the countryside such as stone circles, dolmens, and other details.
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An ancient ruined castle with three men sitting on top. This travel scene from Ireland is typical of many medieval buildings that have been gradually demolished over time.
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An ancient ruined castle with three men sitting on top. This travel scene from Ireland is typical of many medieval buildings that have been gradually demolished over time.

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  • The Irish have built stone walls to separate fields in lieu of fences as well as to clear the fields of rocks for thousands of years. This view shows part of the way that the network of rock walls has covered almost all of the Aran Islands that are just to the west of Ireland.
  • The Irish have built stone walls to separate fields in lieu of fences as well as to clear the fields of rocks for thousands of years. This view shows part of the way that the network of rock walls has covered almost all of the Aran Islands.
  • Six numbered and brightly colored rowboats on the main beach on the Aran Islands are lined up. These boats are to be used in a set of rowboat races within the harbor later in the day.
  • An ancient ruined castle with three men sitting on top. This travel scene from Ireland is typical of many medieval buildings that have been gradually demolished over time.
  • The ruined facade of Clonmacnoise Castle in County Offaly, Ireland. The ruins show elements of the old stone walls tilting on a little knoll or hill in the country.
  • An ancient castle in ruins. This travel scene from Ireland is typical of many medieval buildings that have been gradually demolished over time.
  • The ruins of St. Kieran's cathedral at Clonmacnoise in situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon. The original church and monastery was built in 545 by Saint Kieran or St. Ciarán. The building is surrounded by an old cemetery with Gaelic headstones showing the traditional cross in a circle.
  • A historic old cemetery in Ireland with Gaelic headstones showing the traditional cross in a circle. Clonmacnoise is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon. The original church and monastery was built in 545 by Saint Ciarán.
  • A view of a whiskey distillery taken from across the main road. This traditional travel scene in Ireland was seen on a cloudy day.
  • St. Patrick, or Naomh Padraig, is a patron saint of Ireland. This stone carving is on the outside of the entrance to the Cnapel Royal in Dublin.
  • The Chapel Royal (Irish: Séipéal Ríoga) in Dublin Castle was the official Anglican chapel of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from mediæval times until the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. Designed by Francis Johnston (1760-1829), the foremost architect working in Ireland in the early 19th century, and architect to the Board of Works, the chapel contains one of the finest Gothic revival interiors in Ireland. The exterior is clad in a thin layer of limestone, and famously features many carved heads.
  • A detailed element of a decorative carved wood figure used as support for a fireplace mantel in the Irish Parliament House in Dublin, Ireland.
  • Three bicycles at a bike stand parked at Trinity College in Dublin in front of an ivy-covered building.
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