Field Of Yellow

The Papal Cross, Phoenix Park

Old Building, Grangegorman

This beautiful old building is at Grangegorman, and I think it belongs to the City Council and also has Health Board offices on the ground level. I was saddened to see that it was generally in bad repair with a lot of broken windows. The weather vane on top(pictured below) is dated 1816 so it appears that the building is that old. Across the road from this building is the old St Brendan's Hospital complex which is going to be redeveloped into a university campus for DIT (Dublin Institute of Technology), so maybe this old building will also benefit and get a makeover in time for it's two hundredth anniversary.

1816 ad

I'm Looking For The Man In The Mirror...

But he's not there
Michael we will ALWAYS remember you...

These Dogs Take Some Licking!

Recently I ventured into the attic in my parent's house in search of my old stamp, coin and postcard collection. During the course of my search I discovered a Black Bob annual from my childhood. It brought back many fond memories, and one page in the annual which I am posting here had different breeds of dogs which featured on postage stamps (apologies for the poor quality - but hey, this book is nearly as old as me!).
If I remember correctly this page actually got me interested in stamp collecting. Ah happy days! There was no Nintendo Game Boy or Sony Playstation or Wii back then, just The Dandy, The Beano, Look & Learn, stamps and coins and Dinky toys to swop.
Happy PFF everybody. And don't forget to drop in on Marie at Postcard Friendship Friday, it's great fun and you will also meet up with other happy PFFers from around the globe.

Rouge

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy is getting worked up about Muslim women's burka's, veils, etc.... Súil Eile thinks it prudent not to get involved in this debate!
This young Islamic woman in O'Connell Street is wearing a very trendy red headscarf. Whatever about Monsieur Sarkozy I think she would definitely qualify as one of Bibi's "redheads" (A Yankee in Belgrade).

An Apple a day...

Eat plenty of fruit...

Today I saw this Starling busily devouring an apple in the middle of a busy street. Moore street is where the fruit and veg market is in Dublin so a hungry Starling is definitely in the right place. Sadly, after I uploaded the photos I discovered that the little bird's left leg was badly damaged, probably from getting caught in a trap. Still, it seemed happy enough as it enjoyed it's Golden Delicious apple!

Disused Baths at Clontarf

Before the arrival of heated indoor swimming pools there were two public sea Baths in Dublin, one on the city's southside at Sandymount and another on the northside at Clontarf. Sadly the Baths are no longer in use and as you can see from my photo of the Clontarf Baths they are in a state of disrepair. I featured the Sandymount Baths in my post on May 27.

Blue Monday

I captured these shots at a block of old apartments beside St Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park. It's a strange but beautiful place!

At Strabane

These GIANT music and dance themed figures are in a little park at Strabane, County Tyrone (Tír Eoghain - or "Owen's country")

The General Post Office, Dublin

Marie over at Cpaphil Vintage Postcards is the inspiration behind Postcard Friendship Friday. The idea behind PFF is to blog something every Friday on a postal theme and there is a community of bloggers participating from all over the world. Pay Marie a visit this Friday and link up with her PFF pals and join in the fun!

An Mhucais (Muckish Mountain)

Dollymount

Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

Bloomsday

The Grand Canal, Sallins

Walk that ...

Ferret