Stuff we noticed

Back home and going through the zillion photos we took, we noticed some things that might have gotten little notice on the tour.  Here are some photos to illustrate our point.



Here’s a blown up section of the photo.  Also I’m curious about the third guy above—the one watching the deal.  Driver Mike also saw this deal go down.

Did you notice how many flower boxes there were on commercial buildings all over Ireland.  Del, this picture was taken at #28 West RYAN Street in Dublin.




   Two questions about this shot:
  1.  Where was it taken? (2 points)
2. What is the name of the room in this shot? (50 points)


This shot was taken at the Cliffs of Moher. You knew that.  But what are the little dots on the ledge shelves?  Below is a blow-up photo of those dots—with a Google photo inserted just for fun. 


The ledges were alive with PUFFINS.  Cool, eh?  Wish we could have seen ‘em up close.


The tiled floor of St. Patricks sure looked like a quilt in many places.

What do you note about this shot?  That it is the Irish Stew we had on the road between Dublin and Galway?   That it includes the brown bread we enjoyed every evening?  That we ate a lot of cooked carrots in Ireland?  That the photo is upside down?

You may have seen Molly Malone selling cockles and mussels on the streets of Dublin when Batt pointed her out as we drove by.  But did you see the Leprechaun she was about to run down with her two-wheeled barrow.   I got this shot walking back to our meeting point at the restaurant where we had lunch.



You know EdnaLee loves music.  She might remember the name of this street musician at the Cliffs of Moher.  Did you notice his name?  Do you know what they call such street musicians in Ireland?   See that white sign on his guitar case?  It has the answer to these questions.

That photo of mead pitchers near the top of this posting--it was taken inside Bunratty Castle.   A sign outside the room called it the Earl’s Buttery. 

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That’s enough for this edition of Smithing Ireland.  I only posted this one because Trudy sent me a note saying she missed reading our blog updates, so it's her fault.