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- Thursday Doors – Follow the Wall December 3, 2020
- Thursday Doors – Confined to Barracks November 26, 2020
- Thursday Doors – Coffee and History November 18, 2020
- Thursday Doors – Around the Town November 12, 2020
- Thursday Doors – Still in Dundalk November 5, 2020
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Category Archives: Historical buildings
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 – Still in Dundalk
This week’s Thursday Doors post is short and sweet but still in Dundalk. There’s a lot of the old architecture still to be seen if you look up, even when the ground floor has been modernized. Thanks for stopping by … Continue reading
Posted in Historical buildings, Ireland, Thursday Doors
Tagged dundalk, irisharchitecture, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – a Town, a Poet and a Book.
This week’s Thursday Doors will explore the connection between the town of Dundalk, the Scottish poet, Robert Burns and an old book that’s been in our family for generations. Remember that green copper spire that could be seen in the … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Blogging, books, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Music, Poetry, Poets, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged dundalk, IrelandsAncientEast, RobertBurns, SweetAfton, ThursdayDoors, WilliamWallace
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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 – Castle Archdale Part One
Castle Archdale in County Fermanagh features in this week’s Thursday Doors blogpost. These terraced buildings would have housed the servants’ quarters, the stables, carriage stores and estate offices and have been very well preserved. Let’s have a look around this … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, castles and ruins, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged CastleArchdale, fermanagh, irishhistory, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – Castle Saunderson Again
This week’s Thursday Doors finds me back at Castle Saunderson again. It’s a great place for foraging and I wanted to get some meadowsweet to make a cordial. I couldn’t resist photographing the castle from a couple of new angles … Continue reading
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
