tuesday travels

taken from the bus window, Ballybofey, Co Donegal

community mural

 painted by the local teenagers.  This is the building that houses the toilets down by the shore walk.

when it rains, look for the rainbow

 when it's dark, look for the stars

names of the people who painted this mural

Click here to view all participants of Monday Mural

bird gathering

went to the beach and saw all these birds flying around.  I thought there might be some fish in the area, I didn't see any but then again maybe they did.

rawdon's bar & lounge

located on malin road.  For those who don't know what "off licence" means, it means a shop licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises, as opposed to a bar or public house which is licensed for consumption at the point of sale.

Ballinrobe Augustinian Priory

I took these photos in 2014 when we lived in Ballinrobe.  This was the first Augustinian friary built in the Connacht.  It was founded in 1313 by Elizabeth de Clare, the youngest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford. Her maternal grandfather was king Edward I.  She married John de Burgh in 1308 and had a son, William, in 1312. It is said that the friary was built to celebrate the birth of this son.
In 1400 Pope Boniface IX granted indulgences to all that could assist in the restoration and conservation of the friary, but a fire damaged it in 1413.
It was a wealthy monastery and in 1584 it owned approximately 120 acres of land, a mill and a water course.
The monastery kept going on despite the suppression ordered by King Henry VIII.
Info courtesy of  Irishstones website.

swans

floating down the River Garavogue in Sligo. 

W.B. Yeats

this hotel is right behind the bus station in Sligo