Monthly Archives: April 2020

Ireland 2019: Powerscourt Gardens

Posted on April 29, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

The Powerscourt Estate and Gardens can be found near the town of Enniskerry in County Wicklow, about a half hour south of Dublin. We visited the Gardens on our way back to Dublin from touring Glendalough earlier in the day. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Ireland 2019: Glendalough

Posted on April 25, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

A day after our Dublin sightseeing adventures we boarded another bus for an all-day tour of two sites in County Wicklow south of Dublin.  Our first stop that day was at the monastic settlement of Glendalough deep in the heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Ireland 2019: Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse

Posted on April 22, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

We had two hop-offs on our sightseeing bus tour of Dublin. The girls got off just past Dublin Castle to visit Dublin’s two great cathedrals, Christ Church and St Patrick’s. And the boys hopped off a few minutes later to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Ireland 2019: Our Dublin Sightseeing Tour, Part Two

Posted on April 14, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

As mentioned at the end of my last post, my wife, two daughters and three granddaughters hopped off the bus to visit the two cathedrals of Christ Church and St Patrick’s while my two sons-in-law, my grandson and I stayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, History, Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Ireland 2019: Our Dublin Sightseeing Bus Tour, Part One

Posted on April 13, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

Dublin, like most of the big cities around the world that we have visited,  offers a variety of sightseeing options. We chose the City Sightseeing Dublin Company because they had double-decker buses of the hop on/ off variety, they stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Easter Around the World

Posted on April 12, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

We have been traveling overseas on annual vacations since 2009. Sometimes we go in the Spring and sometimes we are away when Easter hits. This happened to us three times since 2009 and one other time way back in 1981.

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Ireland 2019: Dublin’s O’Connell Street

Posted on April 9, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

O’Connell Street is the city of Dublin’s major thoroughfare.  It runs from the River Liffey at O’Connell Bridge northward for 500 meters to Parnell Square. In the 17th century it was  called Drogheda Street for Henry Moore, the Earl of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ireland 2019: Dublin’s Temple Bar

Posted on April 7, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

Temple Bar is a bar. It’s also a street. And a square. And a neighborhood. It’s the heart of Dublin’s night life and where tourists flock for food and drink and song. On our first day in Dublin we decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Ireland, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments