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Since you are my readers, and I have not been much of a traveller, I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism. — Henry David Thoreau

Archive for January, 2005

Saddam’s mushrooms

Sunday January 9, 2005 08:09

Written in early December (yes, I’m still catching up on news!), the New York Times has a perceptive article by Thomas Friedman on the root cause of a lot of the problems the US is facing in Iraq.
What’s the problem? In short, the human “mushrooms” that grew in the dark of Saddam’s rule and [...]

Trinity College and farewell to Ireland

Tuesday January 4, 2005 23:37

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Guinness Brewery, Dublin

Monday January 3, 2005 22:20

Brewery tour signage

Brewery tour signage

Old Guinness harp

Dublin viewed from Gravity Bar

Dublin viewed from Gravity Bar

Guinness Brewery, St James’s Gate, Dublin

The road to Dublin

Sunday January 2, 2005 23:30

Kilknenny Castle

Kilkenny Castle

Kilknenny Castle doorway

Kells Priory window

Kells Priory tower

Wicklow Mountains National Park

The Rock of Cashel

Saturday January 1, 2005 23:26

Looking up to the Rock

Interior view of church

Interior view of church

Outwards view from the fort

Castle ruins and rainbow

The town and the Rock of Cashel