Long Room, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 2012. The room is 80 meters long and contains 250,000 volumes. Trinity College houses the legendary Book of Kells, a 9th Century manuscript that documents the life of Jesus Christ through the four gospels. It’s in a separate room requiring a fee to enter; in this photo a woman in blue is looking at a near perfect replica.
Adventures in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Czech Republic
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5,000-Year-Old Knowth Ancient Tombs, Ireland
10th National Juried Exhibition, Arts & Cultural Alliance, Knoxville, TN
The Rock of Cashel, 12th/13th Century Irish landmark
Human bone church, Prague, 2015
Giants Causeway, World Heritage Site, 40,000 interlocking basalt columns are results from an ancient volcanic eruption. Northern Ireland, 2012.
Northern Ireland coast, 2012
Human bone church, near Prague. In The 13th century an abbot brought “holy soil” from the “grave of Jesus” which resulted in 30,000 people wanting to be buried at a small church. With no room to spare, bones became a part of the edifice.
Ancient Inishmore island, off Galway Bay, Ireland, 2018
Howth Bay, near Dublin, Ireland, 2012
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2012