Ron was invited to Dublin to do a presentation in October 2008 - and there was no way he was going without Ruth!

Also sister Paula and her husband John were in Armagh in Northern Ireland at the same time, so off we went to discover both halves of the Isle of 40 Shades of Green.

Sheep abound on the fields, hills, everywhere. Of course on grass that grows for 11 months of the year ...

Saint Patrick on the Hill of Tara where he first introduced Christianity to the isle.

Closest we got to seeing a Leprechaun. At least I thought it was his doorway.

Paula & John in Armagh City.

View from the Cathedral, Aragh


Paula & Ruth in front of a fushcia TREE!

Armagh home with hydrangeas.

Family cemetary new the Donnelly farm, Armagh.

A day at the beach.


Ron on the Hill of Tara, seat of the ancient Irish kings and site of Beaufort's studies to come up with the Beaufort Scale for measuring wind force.

Valley of the River Boyne - site of the battle that decided the succession of future English kings.

Newgrange - a stone age construction that marks the winter solstice by beaming a shaft of the rising sun into the inner sanctum.

Robin Redbreast

Some prefer their deer as statutes - but the ones served up as venison were much tastier.

Come into my garden ....

Decorated door on a Georgian townhouse, Dublin.

St Patrick's School, Dublin - since 1432


Cathedral

Houses built by Guinness for their workers.

Nothing better than a hot pie on a cold day.


Pub fare in a Victorian-era pub.

Learning to pour a Guinness at the factory.

Ahhh Guinness!!
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