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Here are some pictures from my Experiences in Ireland and Beyond (Click on the photos for descriptions)

Dublin and Maynooth

Ticket to Ireland!

River Liffey

Exploring Dublin!

River Liffey, Dublin

Molly and I in Tesco

"Adventure is out there!" -Up

Temple Bar

Dublin Castle

Guinness Factory tour: free pint!

Guinness Factory

Guinness!

maynooth, Ennis, County Clare

Garden on Maynooth campus

Cliffs of Moher!

First rainbow in Ireland!

Hayley and I at Cliffs

Beauty :)

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare

HELLO FAMILY!!!

Ocean at the Cliffs

Three Musketeers at Cliffs

Cork, iRELAND

Local pub in Cork

On my visit to Cork, we hung out in this pub and listened to hours of traditional music and chatted with the locals. The accent there is VERY difficult to understand, but they were lovely people!

Train ride to Cork!

At the Sine (pub) in Cork

Sunset over the river in city center

Cork pub

Regis gals in Cork

Cork Butter Museum!

Traditional musicians at the Sine

Tara's tea room in Cork

Antique styled tea place in Cork city! It was so cute. We had breakfast here one morning during our stay in Cork

Dublin, Maynooth, Boyne Valley

St. George's Market, Belfast	Cafe Bon Bon, Maynooth Coffee with Bri on a cold, rainy day	Knowth : ancient monument Neolithic passage tomb built 5000 years ago! Located in Co. Meath
Newgrange: passage tomb Also 5000 years old!!! Used as a burial site/ritual site for the ancient people. How did they even build this thing??!!	Hut at Newgrange	Regis gals at Newgrange
Regis group Standing on top of Knowth, we could see the Boyne river and beautiful countryside	Trinity College Long Room So many cool books!!	Trinity College Long Room
Christ Church In the middle of Dublin, Christ Church was first built by the Vikings and is now a Protestant church

Belfast, iRELAND

Bobby Sands mural, Belfast

Belfast is a crazy city because there is still so much division! There are murals like this one, remembering the IRA members, then there are others that show the Queen of England. Walking through Belfast was very haunting because there are still "peace walls", huge, tall metal walls dividing Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods.

Song on a door, Donegal Street

St George's Market crepes!

Murals in Belfast

The "elephant in the room" is the tension between loyalties to Ireland and England

Donegal Street, Belfast

Giant's Causeway

The myth: Finn MacCool (Irish hero) thought he was the biggest giant in all the land, but there was a Scottish giant Benandonner who was way huger than Finn. There is a part of the causeway in Scotland too because Finn used it to get to Benandonner, so that's pretty cool!

Crashing rocks, Giant's Causeway

Carrick-a-Rede

Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge

We didn't even fall off!

Howth, iRELAND

Howth Harbor

Howth is a coastal town East of Dublin

Hangin on a cliff

Bri, Janine and I in Howth

Irish Sea in Howth

Cliff Walk

Gelato in Howth

Howth Castle

Hungarian treat in Howth

Look how green it is!

Dublin and Maynooth

Elizabeth's Birthday!

My best friend from Regis, Elizabeth, came to Ireland for a few days near her birthday. So we went out dancing to celebrate, and we were the only ones there! Whole dance floor to ourselves!!!

Birthday girl

Exploring St. Patrick's Garden

The gang's all here!

Still celebrating Elizabeth

Carton House, Maynooth

Carton House golf course

Carton House, mansion- Maynooth

Wooden man carved into wall

Germany:

Trier, Spangdahlem,manderscheid

Roman wall in Trier

This wall in the middle of Trier was built in the year 2. It's kinda old...

Trier city center

Cathedral in Trier

Catherine and I at a castle

Castles of Manderschied in Germany

Shroud of Jesus, preserved in Trier

Before Jesus was crucified, he was stripped of his seamless tunic. In Trier, they have preserved a cloth that many believe to be this same tunic

Katherine and I

Katherine was kind enough to open her home to us while we stayed in Germany!

Castles of Manderschied

This gate goes into the dungeon...

Trier, Germany

I found my castle

lISBON, pORTUGAL

Lisbon, Portugal	Lisbon, Portugal city center	On the flight to Lisbon!
Regal statue in Lisbon	Scenic view of Lisbon	Botanical Gardens
Bird of Paradise flower	São Jorge Castle, Lisbon	Falling down the castle walls
Peacocks in the castle	View from the Estrela Basilica	Sangria and pastel de nata
Estrela Basilica, Lisbon	In a cave in the gardens	View of the city from São Jorge
Statue of Christ the King	Botanical Gardens

sT. pADDY'S dAY IN dUBLIN

St. Paddy's Day!

Made it to Dublin

Freakish puppets in parade

So festive

Janine is a leprechaun

Look at the tiny legs!

sLIGO, iRELAND

Derry, Northern Ireland


		This was the coolest house ever!! My teacher, Dr. Fretz is friends with a teacher named Willa who teaches at the University of Ulster. She invited us into her home for some trad music and poetry and chili!!
		Being best friends with a baby cow. No biggie

	Saw a bicycle in Derry covered with lots of wool...not entirely sure why, but we liked it