'A Gentle Whisper in Your Ear' » Ripples Through Time http://www.cjwalsh.ie CJ Walsh - Consultant Architect, Fire Engineer & Technical Controller Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Autumn Scenes At Glendalough – Ripples Through Time ? http://www.cjwalsh.ie/2009/12/autumn-scenes-at-glendalough-ripples-through-time/ http://www.cjwalsh.ie/2009/12/autumn-scenes-at-glendalough-ripples-through-time/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:24:59 +0000 CJ Walsh http://www.cjwalsh.ie/?p=998 The beauty of the Irish countryside is hard to beat.  A few dry days are all we need … and to be able to see the sun occasionally !   Make that … more than occasionally !!

Colour photograph of 'Upper Lake at Glendalough' - Autumn Scene. Click to enlarge. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2009-10-26.

Colour photograph of 'Upper Lake at Glendalough' - Autumn Scene. Click to enlarge. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2009-10-26.

It is breathtaking to imagine the Climatic & Geological Upheavals – hundreds of thousands of years ago – which created the Valley of the Two Lakes: ‘Gleann Dá Locha’ in Irish, or ‘Glendalough’ in English.

Colour photograph of 'Autumn Trees' at Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Click to enlarge. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2009-10-26.

Colour photograph of 'Autumn Trees' at Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Click to enlarge. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2009-10-26.

 It is comforting to know that we once had – hundreds of years ago – a Better System of Law: ‘Féineachas’ in Irish, or more commonly known as ‘Brehon Law’ in English.

 

 

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