A terrible beauty is born.
W. B. Yeats, Easter, 1916
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore…
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
W. B. Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Believe me if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy gifts fading away!
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.
Thomas Moore
Ireland, May 2007
The strange rock formations known as The Curtains, the Giant's Causeway.
The Giant. See him sleeping? Ireland's North-West Coast.
Look! A real Leprochaun in the Fairy Garden at Blarney Castle.
Irish dancing in Dublin. The dancers are truly amazing to watch this close.
Oliver Saint John Gogarty's, Temple Bar, Dublin- excellent live music inside.
The Northern Irish city of Derry (Londonderry) was one of the most interesting towns in all of Ireland. So much history and passion. Politics get put aside when everyone comes together in a pub for a pint.
Amazing geometric rock formations at the Giant's Causeway.
Me in the Witch's Kitchen Garden, Blarney Castle. Could have spent all day just getting lost in this storybook place.
Dancing in Galway after a few Car Bombs (a shot of Baileys in a pint of Guinness). Mmmm..
At the Guinness factory, Dublin.
Blarney Castle.
Kissing the Blarney Stone.
The legend goes that the Blarney Stone has magical powers. I should now have the gift of Eloquence.
On Ireland's rugged West Coast. Near the most western point in Europe. Scenes from Far and Way were filmed here. There are purposeless stone walls everywhere in this region, a labouress task assigned by the English.
Carriage ride in Kilarney National Park.
View over one the many lakes in this beautiful national park.
Leaving hopeful sentiments on the Piece Wall in Belfast. The wall still exists to decrease to Catholic-Protestant violence. I was surprised to find it here, still in use, higher than ever.
A Castle in Cong. Mel and Winnie.
Me and Winnie, my gorgeous half-German- half-Danish friend from °Arhus.
Three birds perched on the Cliffs of Moher. This is where the cliff scene in The Princess Bride was filmed.
Winnie and I at the Giant's Causeway.
Catholic area in Western Belfast. One of the famous murals. The gun man's eye and gun follow you wherever you stand. The entire area was eerie. I was on a Black Taxi Tour.
Out drinking.
Oscar Wilde in Merrion Park, Dublin.
Winds burn holes in lungs
Stand high and breath deep
Walk slow and steady
Mind the peat!
Keep eyes up and bright
You may see a new way through this land
Be mindful and present, take no more pictures...
Take her hand
Tradgedy was at home here
Tho the Irish are not so forsaken
There is a magic that lifts any spirit
It's honest, it's light, it's there for the takin'
(Me. One can only try, right?)
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