A View Over Dublin
- Darren McLoughlin
- Category: Miscellaneous
I recently decided to head into the mountains; with the good weather that we had over the recent St. Patrick's Day long weekend I thought where better than the Dublin Mountains. The image above is a view over Dublin as seen from Ticknock with some of the various places marked. In this image it is possible to see Lansdowne Road (now renamed the Aviva), Croke Park, the National Convention Centre, Dublin Port and Liberty Hall.
How can Polar Bears be of Irish Ancestry?
An interesting story in the press recently deals with the threatened polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) of which there are 20,000 left in the wild. Recent studies analysing DNA from brown bear bones found in Irish caves reveal that modern polar bears have a maternal Irish ancestor. So it would appear that it isn't just the descendants of the Irish diaspora who can trace their ancestry to Ireland.
Spending time at Glendalough, particularly on summer weekends, moments of peacefulness can be few and far between as Wicklow's most popular location gets more than 1 million visitors every year.
Irish Bogs
Irish bogs are interesting places, sometimes thought of as barren wasteground and fit only for cutting for fuel or conversion to forest, they cover approximately 12,000km2 of the country.
Two types of bog are found in Ireland, blanket bog and raised bog.
National Potato Day
As sceptical as you might be about National Potato Day I think it is a good thing. Why not encourage the growers of our national foodstuff to continue producing this essential source of carbohydrates?
Threatened by blight and the usual potato problems, there are also the cheaper imports to contend with, and I don't mean those lovely new Cyprus potatoes, there are far fewer fields turned over to growing spuds as there were when I was young.
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