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Category Archives: Art
Thursday Doors – Street Art and Mythology
This month’s Thursday Doors features some more street art but this time from Ballycastle, County Antrim with some Irish mythology thrown in. Many towns in Ireland are now commissioning artists to brighten up their localities with murals depicting their history … Continue reading
Posted in Antrim, Art, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged BallycastleAntrim, CelticLegend, CoffeeLoftBallycastle, IrishMythology, StreetArt, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Street Art
It’s been a dull, wet February this year so I thought a colourful Thursday Doors post was in order and these street art images definitely fit the bill. Last year was Dundalk, County Louth’s third year of the Seek Festival … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, dundalk, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors
Tagged ArcticExplorer, CrownePlazaDundalk, OliverPlunkett, SeekFestivalDundalk, SeekingJudy, StreetArt, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Antrim Castle Gardens
Thursday Doors is fast becoming a family affair as this week’s photos were contributed by my grandson Lukas which he took on a recent visit to Antrim Castle Gardens. He found a colourful mosaic while he was there. The statue … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, castles and ruins, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, nature, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged Antrim, AntrimCastleGardens, HistoryIreland, IrelandTravel, IrishWolfhound, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – The Grand Finale
We are nearing the grand finale of our virtual tour of Belturbet and how better to start this week’s Thursday Doors than with a lovely street mural of the railway station in it’s busier days. It depicts the narrow and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Belturbet, Blogging, boats, Cavan, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged BelturbetCavan, BelturbetRailwayMural, ColletteKearny, StoneCottages, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Edgeworthstown
This week’s Thursday Doors features Edgeworthstown in County Longford. There are some interesting murals on the walls of a car park, painted by artist Phil Atkinson, depicting the family the town is named after. One of its members was an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, authors, Blogging, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel, writers
Tagged Edgeworthstown, irishhistory, Longford, MarieEdgeworth, RichardLowellEdgeworth, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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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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