Geodog: Found where Mr. Pig of all that great Irish Bacon lives.
Geodog: Newgrange tomb.
Geodog: Newgrange Tomb, Irish green fields and blue skies.
Geodog: Entrance to interior of Newgrange Tomb
Geodog: Our extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide to Newgrange, Andrea.
Geodog: Unexcavated tomb down towards the river Boyne, as seen from Newgrange.
Geodog: Entrance to interior of Newgrange Tomb
Geodog: Hole where the light from the Sun shine directly into the interior of the tomb on Winter Solstice.
Geodog: Side of Newgrange, with carved rock.
Geodog: A more recent construction, seen from Newgrange.
Geodog: Offering Ireland Peace Through Superior Firepower. The Irish are a polite people -- nobody commented on the shirt.
Geodog: Tim at the rear of the Newgrange Tomb
Geodog: Flowers growing on Newgrange Tomb.
Geodog: Polite beggars at our picnic lunch stop.
Geodog: Beautiful dog at the farm where we stopped for a picnic lunch.
Geodog: Irish Bus tour: wealthy farmer who owns land around Newgrange gets on board bus and recites from memory poems of Oliver St John Gogarty.
Geodog: Boyne River, near where William of Orange defeated King James at the Battle of the Boyne, ensuring English domination over Ireland for the next 300+ years.
Geodog: Statue of St. Patrick at Tara
Geodog: First of many Celtic crosses, at the graveyard at Tara.
Geodog: View looking north from Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland. You can supposedly see 25% of the land of Ireland from the hill on a clear day. It is an amazing view.
Geodog: View looking west from Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland. You can supposedly see 25% of the land of Ireland from the hill on a clear day. It is an amazing view.
Geodog: View looking south from Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland. You can supposedly see 25% of the land of Ireland from the hill on a clear day. It is an amazing view. Note sheep on sacred site.
Geodog: Jacob on Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland, breathing in the history.
Geodog: Sheep on the hill of Tara.
Geodog: Tim on Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland, smiling at the history and remembering his grandmother telling him about TaraT.
Geodog: Old Celtic Cross on Hill of Tara -- significance unknown.
Geodog: Statue of St. Patrick at Tara
Geodog: St. Patrick, in Gaelic.