Elizabethan London

Elizabethan London
Tyburn was an infamous execution spot west of London, used since medieval times. The Tyburn "tree" - a unique, multi-person gallows - erected in 1571 became a popular public spectacle, drawing crowds of thousands.Tyburn Tree blog is less blood-thirsty but hopefully topical, interesting and informative, if slightly bent to my personal topics of interest - books, writing, history, technology, with a smattering of politics and dash of pop culture, science and the downright strange. So "take a ride to Tyburn" and see what happens...

Friday, September 1, 2017

Ireland, Part I - Galway & Western Ireland

Just returned from a visit to the Ireland and the United Kingdom. Thought I would post up some of my pictures to share a little a taste of that trip.

Shop Street, Galway
We traveled to western Ireland, specifically to Galway for a week, to attend my sister-in-laws marriage (yes - an Irish wedding...and yes, it did require a recovery day).

Here are some photographic highlights...
Irish stew & a Galway Hooker beer
River Corrib at sunset, from the Wolf Tone Bridge near Claddagh
Rainy sidestreet off High Street


My beautiful wife, posing by the Corrib


Touring the Connemara in the rain





Kylemore Abbey, Connamara

Pollacapall Lough, seen from Kylemore Abbey

The Chapel at Kylemore

Kylemore oaks

1520 Pub, Galway
Much needed drinks
1520 Pub, Galway



Sunset over western Ireland

Ominous intro to the cliffs of Moher

Gorgeous...and terrifying.


214 metres, straight down to the ocean

Wind-blown and terrified, I walked about 2 km of the cliffs

There are more cattle than people in Ireland



Nothing to see here, just another spectacular castle...

The Claddaugh, Galway Harbour
Black swan, visiting the Claddaugh

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