Kilmainham Goal

Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison, located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. Visited Kilmainham Gaol on 9th of Feb. Really amazing place! Wonderful but terrible sad history. Its well worth the visit if you love your history! I'd recommend clicking on photos to view larger and all photos can be found in my flickr set here.

Above: Passageway & Cell Door

Above: The cells where the 1916 leaders were held before their execution.

Above: My daddy walking along on of the passageways. 2nd photo my sister is in there somewhere as well!

Above: Inside Kilmainham the East Wing.

Above: Picture of a picture of a 80 year old man helping to renovate Kilmainham!

Above: Inside one of the cells in the East Wing.

Above: The bottom of the East Wing.

Above: East Wing

Above: Passageway & exit to the courtyard at the end.

Above: Outside Kilmainham & Courtyard

Above: Our tour guide! He was great!

 

Above: Cross marking the place of execution of James Connolly. That's my daddy in the last photo.

Above: Inside the museum (my daddy in the 2nd photo)

Above: The entrance to Kilmainham and the first balcony on the right was used to hang people. :-/

Such a sad but beautiful place Kilmainham Goal is. If you ever get the chance to take a tour around it do! It is very interesting and if you get a good tour guide like we did you'll learn a good bit about the building and some of our Irish history. The museum is just as good as the tour so make sure you have some time to look around it as well!

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Wee Bit Wednesdays v2

Still no photos for you guys sorry! the weather has been unreal bad for the last few weeks and I was really busy over the weekend so nothing shot :-/
As soon as the weather picks up in the slightest I will be out and getting some pics for you! I have so many locations in mind to visit so watch this space! Until then another Wee Bit Wednesday :P They're very addictive! But I will only do one hehehe! :D



{one} ice: crushed or cubed?Cubed!

{two} what is your worst traffic pet peeve?Ugh, there is so many... People not pulling in a bit to let you pass them if they're really slow, full headlights and not knowing how to go around a roundabout.

{three} what room in your house best represents your personality?My bedroom! One purple wall, the rest a lovely white/cream colour, James Dean canvas on purple wall, dark furniture, DVD's, CD's, Book and lots of pretty and nerdy things! :D

{four} do you save old birthday cards?Yes! Usually in a box or that!

{five} when was the last time you went on a picnic?Oh man a long time ago! Hopefully I might get to go again in the summer if we get nice weather hehe!

{six} do you regularly check your horoscope?Now and then.

{seven} when you’re home, what do you wear on your feet?My runners but if I'm in my room my lovely fluffy socks! :D

{eight} what’s your favorite gambling game? I don't really play any, does Tetris or Solitaire count? :P

{nine} have you ever written (or started writing) a book?LOL nope! I wouldn't be good at that sort of thing at all!

{ten} what is your favorite musical?I'm not really a musical person but I do love Phantom Of The Opera and Sweeney Todd! I don't like the likes of Sound Of Music. Oh but Oliver Twist (the one with Oliver Reed) is pretty awesome!  

 

Wee Bit Wednesdays

Excellent idea found on Leigh Ashley's blog here! A wee bit of me Wednesdays!


{one} what was your favorite sitcom growing up?Sitcom? Friends maybe? I didn't watch a lot of sitcoms that I can remember! I did love watching Hercules, Zena, Buffy & Charmed! :D Not sitcoms that much.
{two} what song always makes you happy when you hear it?Lipps Inc. - Funkytown! :D & Anything by James Brown.
{three} do you still have your wisdom teeth?Yes and they are still coming up! Oh the pain every few months!
{four} what is your go to way to relax?Photograph, Music, Movies, Internet or watch one of my many favourite TV series.
{five} do you play any instruments?Nope  {six} nude beaches: yes or no?I'm going to go with no lol!
{seven} do you chew your pens/pencils?I used too. I don't really know though. I do chew on my headphones which is bad :P
{eight} can you change the oil in your car?I don't have a car!... Yet :P
{nine} can you curl your tongue?Yes no problem! :D
{ten} can you knit or crochet?Nope! But my mammy can :P

I have decided to do two! Just to start off I swear hehe! More next Wednesday!


{one} how tall are you?I think 5'6 or 5'7!
{two} besides bills, what do you spend most of your money on?DVD's, CD's and Clothes!
{three} what are your three favorite websites?At the moment its Twitter, How To Be A Retronaut and Gakuranman  {four} what brand of tennis shoes do you prefer?Tennis shoes? Runners? I don't really care for brands. Once they look nice I'm grand :P
{five} what food can you absolutely not stand to eat?I'll give any food a try. There isn't really anything I can't stand. Just some I dislike and don't eat but if I had to eat it for some reason I would. 
{six} How many pairs of jeans do you own?4 or 5? I think... LOL I'm not sure!
{seven} if you could have any job, what would it be?Photographer, famous one :P Photographing all my favourite actors, musicians and awesome people!
{eight} have you ever ridden in an ambulance?Nope! I guess that is a good thing.
{nine} how many pillows do you sleep with?Two.
{ten} on a scale of 1-5, how organized are you?Not really that organised. Like 2 or something. But I can be organised if I need to be so I'd say 4 for times like that! xD