One of the cottages we were staying in
Some of the Peace Garden rocks
Peace Garden at the Saint Patrick Centre
Group with a Lambeg drum
Lambeg Drum
Group in front of Carrickfergus Castle
Carrick-a-Rede
Giant's Causeway
Saint Patrick's Grave in Downpatrick
Me in front of the dry dock where Titanic was built
Ship at the Titanic Fair
Belfast City Hall
Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
Kilmanham Jail in Dublin
Trinity College in Dublin
Mourne Mountains
Stormont Castle
Bracken- A band that will be at Milwaukee Irish Fest 2010
Downe Hospital
Strangford Loch and our Viking ship
Day 1 view of the Dundrum Bay
Another view of the Dundrum Bay
More of the Peace Garden at the Saint Patrick Centre
Man making Irish Soda bread at a Fair we visited in the Ulster-Scots Agency tent
Band in the Ulster-Scots Agency tent
View of the Country Sports Fair
Ferret at the Fair
Owl and falcon at the Fair
Close-up of the falcon
Barn Owl
Andrea holding the Barn Owl
Largest owl in Ireland
Dogs at the fair
Another bird
Another owl
Scottish music
Tim about to help with the falconry show
Tim and Ryan about to help with the falconry show
Getting ready...
The falcon is about to fly through Tim's arm
Action shot of the falcon flying through Tim's arm
Falcon about to fly between Tim and Ryan's faces
Falcon flying through Tim and Ryan's legs
Getting nervous...
Falcon flying through a small box made with Tim and Ryan's hands
Annie and the Scottish man
Me and the Scottish man
Band playing at the Fair
Newfoundland
Gorgeous lake we stopped at in Hillsborough
Swan and the lake
More of the lake
Me in front of the lake
More of the lake and more swans
Part of a nearby Cathedral
Hillsborough Castle wall and Cathedral in background
View of the trees at the castle
Hillsborough Castle
Cathedral
More of the castle
Another view from the castle
Me standing by the castle
Me standing by the wall in front of the Cathedral
Castle
Front of the castle
View near castle
Door of the castle (we couldn't go inside)
Area around the castle
Group in front of the castle with the Cathedral
Group and the castle
Another view of the land surrounding the castle
Group on the bridge
Walking across the bridge
Mourne Mountains and the empty Dundrum Bay (Tide had gone out)
Dundrum Bay without water
Walk to Stormont
Stormont (Government building in Northern Ireland)
Inside Stormont
Inside of Stormont
View from the Stormont balcony
View of part of Stormont Castle from the balcony and the Family Fun Day Fair
Another view from the balcony
Me in front of the view
Pillars on the balcony
Another picture of my on the balcony
Windows on the balcony
Katie and me with Basal (He's a member of the legislature)
Part of the balcony
Pillars and the view on the balcony
Me on the balcony
Executive dining room at Stormont
Dock at Strangford Loch
Annie on the sailboat
Our sailboat voyage beings
View from the sailboat
More sailboats
The sailboat and part of the group
Part of the group and the front of the sailboat
Tim on the sailboat (Can't remember why he's making that face)
Me on the sailboat
Another sailboat
Closer view of the sailboat
Fellow sailboaters
Me pretending to steer the sailboat
View from the sailboat and a castle in the distance
View from the sailboat and Castle Ward in the distance
Turbine that controls the tide in Strangford Loch and generates power
Another view of the turbine showing the strong tide
Turbine
Eddie our skipper
Strangford Ferry
View and the ferry
A boat we passed
Annie and Andrea on the sailboat
Basal on the boat
Our street in Dundrum
View from Dundrum Castle
Dundrum Castle (it was right down the road from our cottages)
Dundrum Castle
Me in front of part of Dundrum Castle
Ryan at the top of Dundrum Castle
Dundrum Castle and the view
Me at Dundrum Castle
Jen with Kaitie in the background at Dundrum Castle
Jen at Dundrum Castle
Me with Dundrum Castle behind me
Dundrum Castle view
View at Dundrum Castle
View of the Mourne Mountains from the Dundrum Castle
View of the bay and town from the Dundrum Castle
Me with the view from Dundrum Castle in the background
Jen and Me in front of Dundrum Castle
Close-up of Jen and Me at Dundrum Castle
View on the way back fron Dundrum Castle
Walking back home
Me playing the Lambeg drum
View of the sunset in Downpatrick
Close-up of the sunset
One more close-up
Carrickfergus Castle
Dock near Carrickfergus Castle
View along the water near Carrickfergus Castle
Banner at Carrickfergus Castle
Inside of Carrickfergus Castle
View at Carrickfergus Castle
Sign outside Andrew Jackson's cabin
Me in front of Andrew Jackson's cabin in Northern Ireland holding a $20 bill
Andrew Jackson's cabin
Cemetary on the way to the seacoast
Church on the way to the seacoast
Spanish tree that grew from a seed in the pocket of one of the people that was buried in the cemetary where the tree was located
View from a church and cemetary on the way to the seacoast
View on the way to the seacoast
Seacoast with the hill shaped like a head in the distance (difficult to see and point out)
Ballygally Castle
Seacoast
Part of the group jumping in the sea
Me in front of the sea
The Londondary
Street by the Londondary
Telephone booth
Harbor by the seacoast
Me in front of the seacoast
Boat in the harbor
Town of Londondary by the sea
Jen in front of the sea
Me in front of Carrick-a-Rede
Rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede
Picture taken on the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede
Picture taken on the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede. This was the picture that made me nervous because I looked down.
Another picture taken on the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede
Me at Carrick-a-Rede
Carrick-a-Rede and Scotland in the distance
Jen at Carrick-a-Rede
Honor and Andrea at Carrick-a-Rede
Honor in a costume the Saint Patrick Centre uses for their educational programs
Honor and Tyan in a costumes the Saint Patrick Centre uses for their educational programs
Kacie, Honor, Ryan, and Tim in a costume the Saint Patrick Centre uses for their educational programs
Saint Patrick's Grave
Saint Patrick Cathedral in Downpatrick
Stone near Saint Patrick's Grave
More of the cemetary where Saint Patrick's Grave is located
Walkway to Saul Church
View near Saul Church
Saul Church
Inside Saul Church
Outside Saul Church
Pretty flower at Saul Church
Dry dock where Titanic was built
Dry dock where Titanic was built (The yellow cardboard cut-outs are supposed to be life-size version of people showing how big the dry dock is)
Belfast, where Titanic was build
Warship near the dry dock
Ship near the dry dock
Building by the dry dock
Sign by the dry dock
Close-up of the sign
Ship at the Titanic fesitval
Water by the Titanic festival
Water and ship across the way fron the Titanic festival
Room on the ship we were on
Shield at Belfast City Hall
Building near City Hall in Belfast
Another building near City Hall
Me and one of the flute band members
Me and one of the flute band members in his proper stance
Drum
Drummers that are part of the band
Flute band
Another view of the flute band
Flute band and the director
Molly Malone statue in Dublin
Molly Malone sign
Street in Dublin
View of Dublin from the bus
Stained glass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Statues at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Stained glass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
Inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
Cross at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Where the knights would sit at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
View of a building from the bus
Guinness factory
Kilmanham Jail
Cell at Kilmanham Jail
Mural painted by a prisoner at Kilmanham Jail
Statue in Dublin
Building in Dublin
In one day I used the Euro, US Dollar, and British Pound
Inside Stormont Castle
Chandelier at Stormont Castle
Stained glass at Stormont Castle
Bulmer's
Me and Kaitie with our cider
View of the Mourne Mountains from the bus
Walkway at Downe Hospital
Mourne Hospital art statues
Bracken
World's Best Irish Dancer and she'll be at Milwaukee Irish Fest 2010!
Honor playing the violin
Honor playing
Castle Ward (Side designed by the mister)
Inside Castle Ward
Inside Castle Ward and some of the plaster work
Inside Castle Ward and view of the fireplace
Library at Castle Ward
One of the rooms on the misses side of Castle Ward
Strange ceiling at Castle Ward
Stuffed squirrels in formation of a boxing fight
One of the bedrooms at Castle Ward
Part of a bedroom at Castle Ward
Main staircase at Castle Ward
Another bedroom at Castle Ward
Servant bells at Castle Ward
Main housekeeper's room at Castle Ward
Wine cellar at Castle Ward
Kitchen at Castle Ward
More of the kitchen at Castle Ward
Other side of Castle Ward designed by the misses (each designed their own side because they had different architectural tastes)
Other side of Castle Ward
View of Strangford Loch from Castle Ward
Castle Ward
Stangford Loch from Castle Ward
Walking to the garden at Castle Ward
Tree at Castle Ward
Trees at Castle Ward
Palm trees at Castle Ward
Garden at Castle Ward
Flower and lily pads in the pond at Castle Ward
Statue at Castle Ward
Inch of Abbey
View from Inch of Abbey
Murals in Belfast
Strangford Loch
Strangford Loch and the shore which disappeared when the tide came in and it was our way to and from the dock
Tim giving a speech at our farewell reception
Me and Tim at the farewell reception
Kacie and Tim at the farewell reception
