A couple of people asked about my camera. I used to lug around a big SLR with lenses. No more. Too much trouble. But a camera phone just isn’t my cup of tea. So I now use a Canon G7X Mark II. No interchangeable lenses, but the camera is very versatile. It replaced a Canon G16 which I wore out. Had I not recovered this one, I would have bought another G7X. The links describe them better than I could.
The weather was nice in Dublin on Friday morning and our ferry wasn’t until 2:00 PM. So we decided to visit a cemetery – Glasnevin Cemetery. It is the burial place of many Irish notables including the Liberator, Daniel O’Connell, Brendan Behan, Éamon de Valera, and my favorite Irish vocalist, Luke Kelly. The museum was interesting, and we climbed the 198 steps to the top of the recently reopened O’Connell Tower.
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O’Connell Tower 
Me Photographing Realtive? 
From Top of O’Connell Tower 
O’Connell’s Tomb 
Big Tree, Little Guy 
Quite a Tree 
198 Steps to Top
The 3½ ferry ride from Dublin to Holyhead started in sunshine and ended in rain. It rained the rest of the evening. We drove 30 miles from Holyhead to Bangor where we stayed at the lovely Management Centre, a part of Bangor University. We ate in their restaurant which was excellent. The view from our room and from the restaurant was delightful despite the bad weather. If you are ever in Bangor, Wales, stay here!
Saturday morning we drive on to Heathrow (5 hours) for Sunday’s flight to Las Vegas.
Wow, what a feat, you climbed almost another Bunker Hill to do that Tower! How fun!
a bhfuil sé i gceist acu an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim agus a labhairt?