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Tag Archives: HistoricalBuildings
Thursday Doors – Freedom
At last we are now permitted to travel outside our own counties, which explains this week’s Thursday Doors title – Freedom. So we took to the road and drove through the counties of Monaghan and Louth to visit some of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Cottage Renovation, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, nature, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged Clones, Frog, HistoricalBuildings, Monaghan, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – The Poorhouse (3)
Thursday Doors this week brings an end to the Poorhouse series. Part 3 will hopefully show you the size of the plot these buildings take up and give you a little more history of the place. The Master’s rooms, surgery, … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – The Poorhouse (1)
The Bawnboy workhouse, often referred to in the old days as the poorhouse, is the subject of this week’s Thursday Doors. You can see a glimpse of it in the first photo and it’s one of the largest workhouses that … Continue reading
Thursday Doors – Sion Mills
If you like history, especially social history, then you would love a visit to the County Tyrone village of Sion Mills and if you can’t travel there yourself, I’ll be doing a Thursday Doors post about it at a later … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, society, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged HistoricalBuildings, ireland, sculpture, SionMills, ThursdayDoors, Tyrone
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Thursday Doors – Enniskillen 7
It wasn’t just the name on this building that caught my Thursday Doors eye, one of my daughters is called Jenny, it was the colour. Normally, a red door will draw me like a magnet but this coffee house complimented … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged Enniskillen, HistoricalBuildings, ThursdayDoors
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Thursday Doors – Cavan
In between tiling the bathroom and hand washing clothes (no electrical supply for the washing machine, yet) I managed to get into Cavan town and snap a few Thursday Doors. Actually, Mr. R. had an appointment with his dentist, in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Historical buildings, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged Cavan, CavanTownHall, HistoricalBuildings, IrelandTravel, ThursdayDoors, TownHallArtsSpace
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Thursday Doors – Sawmill Street, Cork City
We drive past this door almost every time we are in Cork City and it always catches my eye and cries out to be a Thursday Door. It’s set in a very long stone wall. The wall eventually leads to … Continue reading