Photo rally

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017George McNeill 6 Comments

Another three of rally points done, but only got a couple of photos edited. The first is here in County Monaghan. This stands in the most northerly parish of Co. Monaghan: Errigal Truagh. Behind the old school house stands the ruins of an ancient church, where many beautifully carved old headstones of McKenna interest remain a major tourist attraction. Which I hope to follow up with some photos later.

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Next its over to County Leitrim, to the birth place of Margaret of New Orleans. Will include a link here about this amazing woman. It surprises me sometimes the history and stories behind some of the photo rally points. Please have a read about this woman, Margaret of New Orleans. And here is her restored home in Ireland.

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The motorcycle you see in the photos is a BMW R1200gs and is my transport around Ireland for work and pleasure.

Thank you for visiting and have a great weekend.

Irish Photo rally 2017

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017George McNeill 6 Comments

Started doing the first photo points on the IPR this year. There’s a link here which shows the map and rally points. You can do them in any order and have a few months to complete them. My first was number 8 on the map.

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Moylough Castle or Church

Then traveling south it was number 7 next, Ballinahowen Tree Sculptures

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There are a few of these tree sculptures here so will do a post about these soon.

Still heading south to the next one number 13 on the map it was another tree sculpture in Banagher. It is called The Musician (J McEvoy) link

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Heres a link with Johnny McEvoy singing The Ballad of Jack Reilly.

Then it was over to the town of Tullamore to see a friend and enjoy a coffee. Back on the road home in the evening sun with just short of two hundred miles covered, the buzz of riding is still there even after forty years of motorcycling.

Thank you for visiting

Irish Photo Rally 2016 update

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016George McNeill Leave a comment

Another couple rally points completed.

Rally map here

First up is rally point number 5: Cavan/Monaghan Rose Cottage.

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Rose Cottage and my mode of transport, what I love is the diversity of the landscape you get to see when travelling to the rally points. Though on some roads you can’t take your eye from the road.

My next was number 7: Longford/West Meath, Abbeylara abbey. This sits on the edge of the village of Abbeylara and has parking off road. I went for a road side shot of the abbey ruins. I did remove overhead cables running through the shot for they ruined the photograph.

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