Fascicle Three, Sheet 1b

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Emily Dickinson, Ireland, photography, Poetry

Sheep grazing, Glencolmcille, Donegal, Ireland.

Some things that fly there be–
Birds–Hours–the Bumblebee–
Of these no elegy.

Some things that stay there be–
Grief–Hills–Eternity–
Nor this behooveth me.

There are that resting, rise.
Can I expound the skies?
How still the Riddle lies!
~~Emily Dickinson, c. spring 1859

Nevermore in Ireland

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Cemeteries, Nevermore, photography

Nevermore with a badly rusted angel in the graveyard at the Church of Ireland in Glencolmcille, County Donegal.

Naturally, Nevermore made the trip to Ireland with me. Here are a couple of photos from that trip:

Nevermore first visited Yeats’ grave in Drumcliff, County Sligo.

Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all;
Many times he died,
Many times rose again.
A great man in his pride
Confronting murderous men
Casts derision upon
Supersession of breath;
He knows death to the bone
Man has created death.

~~William Butler Yeats

Nevermore in front of a gravestone in the abbey at Glendalough, County Wicklow.

To see more photos from Nevermore’s trip to Ireland see my website here:  Nevermore

Ireland’s Flora

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Photography. Flowers

Fuchsia against an old stone wall in Glencolmcille.

Not only was Ireland’s landscape continually awe inspiring, but the plant life was nearly overwhelming. I felt that every other second I was photographing another flower. What I loved the most, though, was the abundant fuchsia. There was so much in Glencolmcille that the hedges that lined many roads were fuchsia.

I’ve long been a fan of the plant, which is difficult to grow in the south. I like it so much that I named one of my characters in The Hallowed Treasures Saga for it (and in homage the character of the same name in The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake).

Lots of cool rocks in Ireland, said the geology major, and they were often nestled in heather.

Heather and ferns were also ubiquitous. To see more plant life, you can visit my website here: Ireland

Ferns grew everywhere you looked.

 

Details

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Ireland, photography

The statue in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin.

I’ve added some more photos to my website of some of the details from our trip around Ireland. You can find them here: Ireland

A cottage door in Glencolmcille, County Donegal.

A Celtic cross against a stone wall in the graveyard of the abbey ruins in Galway, County Clare.

The round tower and graveyard gate at Glendalough, County Wicklow.

Sweeping Vistas

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Ireland, photography, Travel

Thistles and a view of Glencolmcille in County Donegal from the Tower Loop Hike.

You cannot miss them when traveling to Ireland. We recently spent a week in a cottage in Glencolmcille, County Donegal, before driving down the western coast to stop in Ennistymon, Dingle and Killarney. We then drove across the Republic to Glendalough before spending our final two days in Dublin. This week’s focus is the Irish Landscape. Next week, I’ll look at some of the details.

To see another dozen photos, visit my website here: Ireland

A view down the valley toward Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow.