You can take the path of life...or the easy path.
But you've gotta wonder what kind of Irish joke gets played on you if you choose the easy path...
In the middle of the mountain...
...you'll find the gentlest stream.
Outside a traditional Catholic church...
...you can find a very secular wishing stone built in the wall.
On a bishop's tomb in said Catholic church...
...you can find a pagan Sheela na Gig carved on its edge.
You'll be amazed that a cancer fighter (Sheila) and an asthmatic (moi)...
...can climb a 100-foot round tower. With minor wheezing and only one short break
between sets of very, very, very, very narrow rickety wooden "steps."
At the National Stud in Kildare...
...the only studs you'll find are of the equine variety,
but you WILL find "the other" Brigid's well.
As in not SAINT Brigid. If you get my drift.
Very proper ladies...
...will find no problem getting down and scooping slightly slimy well water
into empty booze bottles from the flight over.
And in yet another Catholic church...
...you can find this "cat goddess" Sheela na Gig figure thingey.
So, what's for you - the path of life or the easy path? (If you choose the easy path, let me know how it goes...)
I love all your pictures! I live near Atlanta, GA so everything around here is named after Tara from Gone With the Wind. It is great to see the original namesake. Also, my city has lots of Irish roots (I live near Tyrone, GA which is Irish) and we have a huge Glendalough Manor in town used for parties and receptions. I am enjoying seeing the origins of these names.
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