I was coming into Limerick a few days before St. Patrick’s Day to prepare for the celebration and to look around the town and find some pubs with some good music. I was overwhelmed with the interesting people, music, conversation and activities in town. One thing that amazed me is there are a large number of barbershops when 50 years ago there were only two. Walking around for one hour I passed 20 of them.
The Irish flag was fashioned in the later 1800s when a famous fellow went to France and was enamored with the French flag and the motto which many people I met no very well, Liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality, fraternity)
Killaloe
An old church Brian was a Chieftain in the 1200s and his future relatives became the O’Brien‘s since the name meant “of Brian” or ““son of Brian”.”son of Brian“.Ponte Vecchio had some pretty nice pizzaThis is also the famous title of a movie with Liam Neeson. A lot of of the story is pretty much the same as the movie but I looked at the movie information and it does not say it is based on this book. But Liam, as you will know, is Irish and this book is written by an Irish fellow. A view of the canal Again, the texture of the water was just so interestingThe national flag along the bridge It’s a nice view from the bridge in this cute small town The guest house I stayed in won the first prize in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in their small town
Ennis
A very delicious vegetables
Ennis Friary
There is not much left of this friary since it was abandoned several hundred years ago and then used again in the late 1800s.
Clare Museum
In this town also is the county museum. What was really interesting was this Buick which Eamon de Valera, the longest serving president off and on in Ireland, purchased in the US and brought to Ireland and used for official occasions. This Buick is sometimes used in parades but it seems it may have been retired a few years ago.This history is a little bit difficult to read but he is from this area. As you may well know he was against the treaty signed with the British government for the free state of Ireland. It was granted its own ability to govern itself but under the king of England. And the north was kept as part of the United Kingdom. He vehemently opposed anything less than a complete, independent republic and fought against the treaty and caused the Civil War after the treaty was signed.
I’m not quite sure who these forks and spoons were left for. Maybe there are spirits who need to cut a good piece of beef for the main course and use the spoons for some soup.Many named Patrick in Ireland are known as PaddyFor an abandoned Abby this is an amazingly well cared for graveyardI was wondering if this is the famous Finnegan from the book Finnegan‘s awake by James JoyceSome old remaining artwork
