Ireland, the land of many of our ancestors, fills me with an appreciation for all we have today. This is the land of the famine, the land of Cromwell's advance, the flight of three million starving people...
Here, they used to burn down your house and put you to flight if you couldn't pay your rent, back in the 1600's and after... Here, the real christians who trusted God and died like lambs were the Roman Catholics, being persecuted by Cromwell and the Crown. here is a history of blood and perseverance... Please enjoy these pictures of the rocks (the whole place is nothing but rock and thin grasses. The cliffs are awesome. You feel like you'll be swept off!
The stone edifice is a grave/tomb, in which the remains of several people were excavated. There was no where to bury people, so they used to expose or burn remains and interr the bones and ashes... they mostly exposed them, letting the birds and animals pick them thin and clean, to maximize space...
I'll be back with more highlights, so please enjoy. I've maxxed out my flickr account this month, so all i have there are some of my Dublin shots. But I'll keep posting highlights here...
And John Leyendecker, we love you and Lisa, Max and Ana... we are with you...
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