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- Thursday Doors – Limerick City January 13, 2021
- Thursday Doors – First of 2021 January 7, 2021
- Thursday Doors – Memories of 2020 December 17, 2020
- Thursday Doors – The Marina December 10, 2020
- Thursday Doors – Follow the Wall December 3, 2020
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Category Archives: Art
Thursday Doors – Limerick City
I love castles and had planned a Thursday Doors tour of King John’s Castle in Limerick city for 2020. Unfortunately, it was a year of travel restrictions and lock downs, which meant the castle was closed to the public. Over … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, castles and ruins, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Irish poets, Music, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged AchesArt, DoloresORiordan, IrishCities, KingJohnsCastle, LimerickCity, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – First of 2021
Welcome to the first Thursday Doors post of 2021. Knowing we were in for more travel restrictions I took advantage of the window of opportunity we had in December and paid some visits to family and captured images for my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, dundalk, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged BlackrockCountyLouth, dundalk, IrelandTravel, TheMarshesShoppingCentre, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Memories of 2020
This will be my last Thursday Doors post of the year so I thought some of my favourite memories of 2020 would be a nice way to finish what has been a very strange year. Our host, Dan, suggested we … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Belturbet, Blogging, castles and ruins, Cavan, dundalk, Historical buildings, Ireland, nature, The Good Things in Life, Thursday Doors, Travel, wild plants
Tagged Belturbet, boats, Castle, Cavan, CavanCountyMuseum, StreetArt, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Around the Town
This week’s Thursday Doors are from random streets around the town of Dundalk. I featured the first one a couple of weeks ago but this image is from a different angle. Of course, I had to include a red door … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Historical buildings, Ireland, The Good Things in Life, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged dundalk, Ireland'sAncientEast, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Colourful Dundalk
Last week’s Thursday Doors from Dundalk might have had a bit of a grey theme but this week’s post is a lot more colourful. Let’s start off with one of my favourite door colours and a beautiful, traditional Irish instrument. … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Historical Dundalk
This week’s Thursday Doors looks at a very historical town – Dundalk in County Louth, often called the land of legends. I think it’s appropriate to begin this blog with an image of Dundalk’s Tourist Information Office.* It’s one of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged dundalk, EdwardBruce, Ireland'sAncientEast, irishhistory, Louth, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Seek Arts Festival Continued
Continuing on Thursday Doors with the Seek Arts Festival in Dundalk, here’s some photos my sister sent me of the progress so far. I’m amazed at how much work these artists managed to get done in such a short time … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Ireland, photography, The Good Things in Life, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged Aches, ChulaMente, ClaireProuvost, Friz, Omin, SeekArtsFestivalDundalk, StreetArt, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Seek Arts Festival Dundalk
Thursday Doors this week features Seek, a contemporary urban arts festival. It began in 2019 to promote visual art in Dundalk and takes place over a five year period, commissioning established and emerging artists, locally, nationally and from abroad, to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, History, Ireland, photography, The Good Things in Life, Thursday Doors, Travel, writers
Tagged Aches, ChulaMente, ClaireProuvost, Friz, Omin, SeekUrbanArtsFestivalDundalk, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Old Town Hall
Cavan’s old town hall features in this week’s Thursday Doors. It has recently been given a makeover and looks so much better. No longer the town’s administrative building it’s now the Town Hall Cavan Arts Centre, where courses and events … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Cavan County Museum 2
Welcome to part two of Thursday Doors from the Cavan County Museum. We’re still on the ground floor. This room is a lovely mix of old and new, with children’s art from various schools adorning the walls. You can also … Continue reading
Posted in Art, boats, Cavan, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, The Good Things in Life, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged CavanCountyMuseum, irishhistory, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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