saturday critters

seen in Sligo on the Garavogue River.

linking to Eileen's saturday critters

saturday critters

 a couple of swans floating on the River Garavogue in Sligo

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mural by artist fritz

This mural can be seen in Sligo near the Gaavogue River.  The wall was commissioned by Sligo Tidy Towns.  Fritz wanted to create a mural that celebrated the Sligo connection that Bram Stoker has to the town and it’s possible influence on writing Dracula.

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the glasshouse hotel

one of Sligo's popular hotels located in the heart of the city.

flowers

Some of the flowers that I saw as we navigated through Sligo on our way to my eye appointment.

road bridge

This is one of three road bridges that go over the Garavogue River in Sligo.  Sligo also has two pedestrian bridges of which I showed you one yesterday.  These road bridges also allow people to fish.  I seen a few people fishing but I didn't see any fish.  Hopefully they were lucky!

pedestrian walking bridge

The bridge over the Garavogue River in Sligo.  The Garavogue River was originally called the Sligeach or the Sligo River, a name meaning abounding in shells, due largely to the abundance of shellfish found in the waters surrounding the town. So abundant in fact, that bucket-loads of shells were removed when foundations for the town's buildings were laid.  The Garavogue is a fairly narrow, fast-flowing river, in which the salmon fishing season is very long indeed. There is an ancient manuscript which states that Saint Patrick met two fishermen on the Garavogue River and asked them for a salmon, the fishermen explained that there were no salmon here in the winter months, however they cast their nets into the river and to their surprise found a large salmon from their nets, which they presented to Saint Patrick. In return Saint Patrick is said to have blessed the Garavogue River and imparted to it the privilege of yielding salmon throughout the year.(info from Wikipedia)