This afternoon.
Hook Head, county Wexford.
Clampers Outside writes:
Out in Hook looking toward Crooke – place origin of the phrase ‘by Hook or by Crook‘…. said to have been uttered pre-invasion by Cromwell (boo, hiss). My first time here, and a gorgeous day for it, it is too :)
Fight!
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Malahide, county Dublin.
Thanks Andy Matthews
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enjoy Clamps !
Thanks Janet… We sure are! :)
Did ya get the Duty Free on the Passage East Car Ferry?
Hah! Wee man was very excited with it :)
Clamps, If you’re taking the ferry back check out New Geneva, south of Passage East. Not much remains of the site but its story is fascinating.
In 1783, the Irish parliament intended to fund a colony of Swiss Protestant refugees who were fleeing Geneva after an unsuccessful rebellion against Catholic French rulers. The intention was to create a body of skilled merchants to stimulate trade and commerce in Waterford city. the nation as a whole; with hopes that the Protestant ethos “might make an essential reform in the religion, industry and mores of the South who want it more”
It didn’t work out.
https://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs/geneva-barracks-death-camp-in-wexford
Ta for this Otis… Will try for that :)