IRELAND
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Neo - Gothic cathedral of Saint Mary in Killarney. It was built between 1842 and 1912.
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Ireland is a leader in computer technologies, but even today as nowhere else in Europe you can see hand operated railway gates.
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It is the year 2003.The gate-keeper opens the gates 18 times a day and once a week fills up oil into the lamp.
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Ballycarberry castle from 16th century
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Ballycarberry castle from 16th century
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A round stone fort.
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An entrance to Aghadoe church from 12th century.
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Rosscastle in Killarney.
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Rosscastle in Killarney.
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Ruins "Wynn's Folly" in Glenbeigh.
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A presbytery and a school.
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Muckross House - mansion built in 1843 in Killarny.
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A methodist church in Killarney.
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Remains after a round tower of Aghadoe church.
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Dingle bay.
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Celtic cross, it is around 5 meters high.
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Cross on the right is 5 meters high, the other one is over one meter high.
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Celtic writing from 4 century called 'Ogham'. Beaufort village.
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Ruins of a monastery and a round tower in Ratto dating from X century. The round tower is very well preserved, what we can't say about the church itself.
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The round tower reaches 28 m. high and its circumference is 15 m.
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Ruins of a castle in Lixnaw.
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An abbey in Ardfert from XII c.
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A fragment of a wall in a chapel of Ardfert Cathedral from XII c.
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Aghacaribble on Dingle Peninsula. Late neolithic/early bronze age rock art found commonly in Ireland, England, Scotland and the Iberian Peninsula
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Tralee.
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Tralee.
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Rosscastle in Killarney.
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Rosscastle in Killarney.
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Rosscastle in Killarney is surrounded by old park and lakes.
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The Lissyvigeen stone circle is dated around 4000 years B.C. it consists of 7 stones and 2 standing aside. It is believed to have been an open-air Druid's temple.
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The 2 boulders are part of the Lissyvigeen stone circle. They remind an entrance or a gate to the Neolithic temple. In the background between the boulders there are ruins of the Flesk castle.
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Ruins of the Flesk castle.
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Ruins of the Flesk castle.
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Ruins of the Flesk castle.
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Ruins of the Flesk castle.
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Killarney.
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A hospital for mentally ill people in Killarney.
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Killarney.
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Long before chain petrol stations flooded Ireland, it was natural to see a single standing petrol pump, sometimes in the middle of nowhere. However in some places you can still see working pumps.
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A windmill in Blennerville.
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Cliffs of Moher are the highest cliffs in Ireland. The highest spot is 214 m above see level. Every year several people perish tragically in that place.
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Graigue Standing Stone. This huge stone has split into two separate pieces. Standing at 3.75 metres in height and 2.6 metres wide.
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Graigue Standing Stone is guarded diligently by a herd of bulls. Supposedly few daredevils try to approach the foot of the stones.
Just thanks to my quick retreat I saved my live from being torn apart by the furious animals.
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Dingle.
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Dingle.
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Stone circle Uragh
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Stone circle Uragh
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Probably there isn't a town or a city without a copy of Fatima grotto. Many people have their copies around a house.
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Many stone circles like this one in the picture are overgrown by grass and forgotten even by locals.
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A Wedge Tomb.
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Standing stone.
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Ardgroom Stone Circle on Beara peninsula.
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Derrintaggart stone circle on Beara peninsula.
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Parade on saint Patrick's Day.
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Parade on saint Patrick's Day.
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Parade on saint Patrick's Day.
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It is me, during a bicycle ride around Dingle peninsula.
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A Wedge Tomb.
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