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Tag Archives: Croke Park
Look UP!
Look up? Look up! Look… yes, look up! I really enjoy looking up. I often do so… looking for butterflies up in the trees… looking at aircraft or birds flapping up above. OK… only the birds do the flapping… the … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Photography, Seasons, Sport, The Birds and the Bees, Travel, Walking
Tagged #Architecture, #bird watching, #birds, #blue, #buildings, #colour, #fun, #Guinness Storehouse, #imagination, #Ireland, #night photography, #Nikon, #photography 📷, #Poolbeg, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #statue 🗽, #sunshine, #urban photography 📷, #weekend, #Wellington Testimonial, Connolly Hospital, Croke Park, Custom House, fire, fungi, Irish War Memorial, National Flags, parachute, plane tales, postaday, South Africa, The Dublin Spire, up, Weekly Photo Challenge:, wild fruit, wires, WordPress
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Dublin Alphabet – R is for the Royal Canal
So… why have I chosen the Royal Canal? I mean… it’s not exclusively only restricted to Dublin. It begins on the River Liffey, not far from the Dublin Port, and winds its way across Leinster all the way to the … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Boating, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Reflections, Travel, Walking
Tagged #Architecture, #autobiographical, #buildings, #canals, #Dublin, #friendship, #gratitude, #history, #past, #peace, #Royal Canal, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #steam train 🚂, #thanks, #trains 🚂, #urban photography 📷, 31B, 4E, canal locks, Co Dublin, Convention Center, Croke Park, Dublin streets, harbour, JOY, M50, Spencer Dock, Walking
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April A to Z – UP!
Happy Monday… I hope you’re feeling on the up and up! We’ve entered the last stretch of April A to Z. In some ways I regret taking up the challenge as I’ve found myself being drawn deeper and deeper into … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Photography, Seasons, Sport, The Birds and the Bees, Travel, Walking, Writing
Tagged #action, #Architecture, #AtoZChallenge, #autobiographical, #beauty, #birds, #blog buddies, #blogging, #blue, #buildings, #clouds, #colour, #dreams, #Dublin, #friendship, #fun, #gratitude, #inspiration, #macro mode, #Nikon, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #people watching, #planes 🛩✈, #Poolbeg, #red, #sky, #sunshine, #thanks, #trees 🌳, #Wellington Testimonial, #white, blossoms & blooms, Croke Park, dare, fair play, fungi, IPC, JS, My Favourite Meeting Place, parachute, pink, plane tales, postaday, starling, The Dublin Spire, welcome
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Thursday Thoughts?
Thursdays are those days in the week where one wonders about it all. Has the week been successful? Have I achieved all my targets? How much is left to be doing before I sneak out early on Friday afternoon? I … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Boating, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Grand Canal, Photography
Tagged #Architecture, #boats, #bridges, #buildings, #colour, #Dublin, #inspiration, #Ireland, #life... haha..., #questions, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #sky, #time 🕛, #travel 🛫, #urban photography 📷, birthday, city life, congratulations, Convention Center, Croke Park, Dublin Marathon, GCD, Grand Canal, postaday, work
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Four Down… One to Go?
This blog began as a challenge to do daily posts for one year. Today marks the completion of four years without missing a day. As each year has rolled by I’ve asked the question… should I keep going? Each year … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Boating, Castles, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Seasons, The Birds and the Bees, Train Tales, Travel, Walking, Writing
Tagged #Architecture, #blogging, #boats, #braai, #challenge, #change, #creative juices, #creative writing, #Dublin, #freedom, #friendship, #fun, #future, #GLW, #humour, #inspiration, #Ireland, #Irish landscape, #life... haha..., #memories, #memyblog, #passion, #past, #positive ➕👍😁, #questions, #steam train 🚂, #the will to survive, #time 🕛, #urban photography 📷, #wildlife photography, #writer 📝, #writing ✒📖, 31B, 4E, birthday, city life, Co Kildare, Croke Park, culture, Google Docks, GSA, GSK, Leinster, postaday, St Patrick's Day, The Rambler, Walking, wedding, work
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That “Effin” Bridge…
Train windows aren’t great filters, occasionally one manages to get a reasonable photo through the dirty screen… like this pic of that “Effin” Bridge. The bridge was so named by a very irate skipper who wanted to take his craft … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Boating, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Photography
Tagged #boats, #bridges, #Dublin, #Ireland, #photography 📷, #Royal Canal, #sunset, #train tales 🚆, #travel 🛫, Croke Park, culture, HBA, IWAI, postaday, Spencer Dock, WI
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Royal Canal – Liffey to 6th Lock
01 June saw me along the Royal Canal again. Since reaching the Shannon some time in October 2011 much has happened. I’d walked the Grand Canal in 2012 in aid of Midlands SIMON so it seemed quite natural to do … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Boating, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Fun and Food, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, The Birds and the Bees, Walking
Tagged #Architecture, #boats, #bridges, #camera, #canals, #challenge, #charity, #colour, #Dublin, #experience, #flowers, #fun, #green, #history, #humour, #Ireland, #Irish wildlife, #Liffey, #past, #peace, #photography 📷, #Royal Canal, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #statue 🗽, #swan, #waffle😁, #weather, #wildlife photography, canal locks, city life, Connolly Station, Convention Center, Croke Park, G&S, harbour, heron, hurt, IWAI, Midlands SIMON, pain, pets, postaday, quays, Walking, WI
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That Effin Bridge… And Other Assorted Tribulations…
Earlier this week I was blessed in quite a few ways. I could get to spend a few hours with the boats as they descended through the last few Royal Canal locks into Spencer Dock. I’d never has the opportunity of passing beneath the … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Boating, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights
Tagged #Architecture, #boats, #bridges, #buildings, #camera, #canals, #clouds, #colour, #Dublin, #experience, #fun, #Ireland, #people watching, #photography 📷, #Royal Canal, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #summer 😎, #sunrise, #trains 🚂, 4E, canal locks, Co Dublin, Convention Center, Croke Park, HBA, IWAI, photos, postaday, Spencer Dock, WI
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Ouch!! My back hurts!! 