Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio!

Hamlet (as recited by moi)

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that.

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Duckett’s Grove

Duckett’s Grove was the 18th, 19th and early 20th century home of the Duckett family. It was the centre of a 12,000 acre estate that dominated the Carlow landscape for over 300 years.

The mansion was transformed into a castellated Gothic fantasy by Thomas A. Cobden for J. D. Duckett in 1830.

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Brownshill Portal Tomb

While in Carlow we visted Brownshill Portal Tomb which has a capstone weighing about 150 tonnes probably making it the heaviest capstone in Europe.

You can learn more about Portal Tombs/Dolmens here!

Baino in all her glory!

Baino …. as you’ve never seen her before!

Sorry Baino …. I stole your picture …. but I wanted it on my blog!!

TC ~ let me think about your tag for awhile …..

Some photos from our walk on Friday

Curious Sheep!

Curious Sheep!

Included are photos taken around the Healy Pass and some taken around Kilmackillogue.

(Any WordPress gurus out there know how I can integrate an appropriate plugin so that I can display photo pages etc. ?)

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