More pics from Ireland

WOW!! and I am stuck in an office. in Mississippi. :-X

The weather is usually a lot worse than it was on that day though!

> A trig pillar (19th Century Ordnance Survey I believe) at the top of a mountain near the Cork/Limerick border
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I think I'd just stay at the Jameson distillery and drink until I couldn't see straight.

Thunk up by COL. Alexander Ross Clark, R.E. Years later he also designed and supervised the Great Triangulation of Great Britain. When they wanted to promote the great geodesist to Brigadier in the Royal Engineers, they discovered that he had never set foot outside of the British Isles.

So, ... they assigned him to the British Crown Colony of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, considered at the time to be the closest place to Paradise in the British Empire. COL. Clark was insulted with the one-year assignment! He promptly resigned his commission, retired, and never did a lick of work in geodesy ever again.

That's the guy that came up with the Triangulation of Ireland.

Between 1829 and 1842 Ordnance Survey Ireland completed the first ever large-scale survey of an entire country. Acclaimed for their accuracy, these maps are regarded by cartographers as amongst the finest ever produced

Lovely,

Many happy memories of my trips there.

Here I am at a trig pillar on Dursey Island. Wonderful views. Miss the days of triangulation...

West Cork is an amazing place. Must keep an eye out for that pillar.

Great views,

thanks for sharing,

Chr.

I enjoy the other pictures from around the world so decided to post some myself.

For the pillar pictured

See:

Looks like my last visit to Ireland was in 2008.

Beat Whiskey. Tullamore Dew. Black Bush is bottled poetry.

Best Stout. Murphy's.

Best trig pillars.

🙂

Heading to Ireland on Thursday

I will be in Cork this weekend. Can't wait to go!

Heading to Ireland on Thursday

If you need any recommendations on places worth visiting let me know your interests. Most places are well publicised on the web as well. I will put an email in my profile.

Heading to Ireland on Thursday

Thanks for posting the picts.
I spent 12 days with the wife and kid galavanting from Dublin to Kilkenny, Killarney, Dingle, Galway and Back to Dublin early last October. Im miss it every day. What a place.

> I enjoy the other pictures from around the world so decided to post some myself.

Nifty. Keep 'em coming.

Very good decision!
I'll try to join in again with some Belgian pics.

Chr.