Landing in Ireland
Riding the bus in Ireland. Notice the location of the steering wheel and other side of the road. I never got used to making a left turn into the close lane of traffic. I always wondered why there were cars in our lane facing us.
Irish National Stud. Queen Elizabeth visited here last year.
A future stud at the National Stud
Irish dairy barn
Irish grazing dairy
Overpass for the cows to cross to get to the other pasture
We toured the Guinness factory and got a free pint. It was actually relevant to the dairy industry. We use a by-product - brewer's grain to feed dairy cows and barley processing is similar to the processing of other dairy grains.
Dr. Slane checking out our hostel. Guess who got the top bunk.
On a street lamp post
St. Patrick's cathedral in Dublin
War hospital converted to Museum
Second tallest pylon in the world. The tallest is Washington monument.
Bridge in Dublin
I guess when your city is built around a river, you become creative in building bridges.
Hay-penny bridge
Millenial tower in Dublin
Dublin Leprachan
Irish TMR
Keenan mixer wagon. Keenan is based out of Ireland and sponsored my research at the U of I. We ran out of time to visit their factory.
Grazing Jerseys
Morris - one of the original family names in Gallway. Mr. Morris is the other dairy professor at our college who has been on medical leave for several months.
They are proud of their Rugby teams in Ireland. We were there when Ireland beat Scotland.
Arms represent friendship, heart represents love, the crown represents loyalty. This shop makes these rings.
"Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy"
The college in Gallway reminded me of Hogwarts.
Can't you imagine Harry, Ron, and Hermonie running through there?
Lookout tower above the Cliffs of Mohor
Hard to see the cliffs through the mists.
Wow!
When I in awesome wonder, consider all the works Thy hands have made.
Anyone recognize this rock from Harry Potter number 6?
Thankfully the mists lifted so we could see the Cliffs of Mohor
Irish grazing land
This group calf feeding system didn't seem hygenic to US dairy kids used to individual calf hutches...
It's hard to argue with success though. Not only were the calves happy to eat from it, there wasn't any coughing or other signs of illness in these calves.
Irish Dairyman's house
Limerick - you can't tell by the number of pictures I took how much I loved this city. I went for a run without my camera and got a closer look at that cathedral and charged Prince John's castle, crossing a bridge into the castle wall all by myself. There were also rowers on the river. I wished rowing had been included in our schedule.
Road to the Agriculture College Dairy
Ag college dairy barn
Milking parlor
Irish milk truck
Calves
Irish Beef
Irish Sheep
We visited an agriculture school
Anyone who thinks the dairy industry is old-fashioned or dying should visit a place like DairyMaster. Pictures weren't allowed inside. We saw lazer machines that cut out intricate parts of milking parlors. We heard about milk tanks that detect when they are not cooling and send you a text message. We saw the parts for carosel and parallel milking parlors. It was amazing!
We were so excited they had a welcome sign for us and they didn't think we were from Delaware!
Ready to learn
Countryside as seen from a moving bus.
Railroad Hostel in Killarney
Dinner in a pub
Lamb stew...mmm
While half the students were horse-back riding and the other half shopping, I ran to this lake on the west side of Killarney.
I stuck my toes in, but didn't dare swim for fear of not being allowed back on the bus.
Being alone, I took a self portrait by the lake.
Irish Deer
Killarney Cathedral
This picture taken from the bus is of a castle that belonged to William Penn's father.
I still can't believe how lush and green the grass was in Ireland. No wonder they feed their cows grass instead of corn and soybeans.
I took my students to a grazing farm in Maryland this week. It was nice, but not nearly as green, lush, and full as the grass in Ireland.
Students discussing dairy strategy with an Irish Dairyman
Automated calf feeders feed calves different quantities based on size.
Beautiful Blarney Castle
Legend has it a tongue-tied Irish-man saved a drowning witch.
To reward him, the witch told him if he would kiss the stone on the ramparts between the castle wall and outer ramparts above the top window on the west side of the castle, his tongue would be loosed. The stuttering Irish man kissed the stone and became a great statesman, speaking eloquently, though sometimes not the whole truth - full of Blarney.
Kissing the Blarney Stone. My students dared me to do it. I didn't tell them I was going to do it already anyway because Grandma Smith told me to.
On the ramparts of Blarney Castle
Looking down into the kitchen
Inside the castle. I changed my mind about buying a house, I want to buy a castle.
Legend has it that this cave was an escape route
Try and scale that wall!
Dr. Richards at the Blarney Castle
Cathedral in Cork
Street in Cork
All 4 faces of this tower have a clock, and all 4 clocks have a different time, thus it is called the 4 faced liar.
I think my friend, Jason influenced me to run around, while everyone else was resting after a long day, and take pictures of all this architecture. I wonder if he takes pictures of cows now?
A cow stuck in a tree?
Cork Opera House
Built in the same time period as the Salt Lake Temple
Spire looks like the Salt Lake Temple spire
College in Cork
How many people do you know that have toured the Cork Butter Museum?
Rare speciman of 1000 year old butter
Milk cans of all types
Cork butter exchange
Before and after grazing
Ireland research farm tour
Lunch break castle
Lining up to check in the hostal in Dublin
Trinity College
Library in Dublin Castle
Garden in Dublin Castle
Bridge in Dublin Castle
Landing in Ireland
Riding the bus in Ireland. Notice the location of the steering wheel and other side of the road. I never got used to making a left turn into the close lane of traffic. I always wondered why there were cars in our lane facing us.
Irish National Stud. Queen Elizabeth visited here last year.
A future stud at the National Stud
Irish dairy barn
Irish grazing dairy
Overpass for the cows to cross to get to the other pasture
We toured the Guinness factory and got a free pint. It was actually relevant to the dairy industry. We use a by-product - brewer's grain to feed dairy cows and barley processing is similar to the processing of other dairy grains.
Dr. Slane checking out our hostel. Guess who got the top bunk.
On a street lamp post
St. Patrick's cathedral in Dublin
War hospital converted to Museum
Second tallest pylon in the world. The tallest is Washington monument.
Bridge in Dublin
I guess when your city is built around a river, you become creative in building bridges.
Hay-penny bridge
Millenial tower in Dublin
Dublin Leprachan
Irish TMR
Keenan mixer wagon. Keenan is based out of Ireland and sponsored my research at the U of I. We ran out of time to visit their factory.
Grazing Jerseys
Morris - one of the original family names in Gallway. Mr. Morris is the other dairy professor at our college who has been on medical leave for several months.
They are proud of their Rugby teams in Ireland. We were there when Ireland beat Scotland.
Arms represent friendship, heart represents love, the crown represents loyalty. This shop makes these rings.
"Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy"
The college in Gallway reminded me of Hogwarts.
Can't you imagine Harry, Ron, and Hermonie running through there?
Lookout tower above the Cliffs of Mohor
Hard to see the cliffs through the mists.
Wow!
When I in awesome wonder, consider all the works Thy hands have made.
Anyone recognize this rock from Harry Potter number 6?
Thankfully the mists lifted so we could see the Cliffs of Mohor
Irish grazing land
This group calf feeding system didn't seem hygenic to US dairy kids used to individual calf hutches...
It's hard to argue with success though. Not only were the calves happy to eat from it, there wasn't any coughing or other signs of illness in these calves.
Irish Dairyman's house
Limerick - you can't tell by the number of pictures I took how much I loved this city. I went for a run without my camera and got a closer look at that cathedral and charged Prince John's castle, crossing a bridge into the castle wall all by myself. There were also rowers on the river. I wished rowing had been included in our schedule.
Road to the Agriculture College Dairy
Ag college dairy barn
Milking parlor
Irish milk truck
Calves
Irish Beef
Irish Sheep
We visited an agriculture school
Anyone who thinks the dairy industry is old-fashioned or dying should visit a place like DairyMaster. Pictures weren't allowed inside. We saw lazer machines that cut out intricate parts of milking parlors. We heard about milk tanks that detect when they are not cooling and send you a text message. We saw the parts for carosel and parallel milking parlors. It was amazing!
We were so excited they had a welcome sign for us and they didn't think we were from Delaware!
Ready to learn
Countryside as seen from a moving bus.
Railroad Hostel in Killarney
Dinner in a pub
Lamb stew...mmm
While half the students were horse-back riding and the other half shopping, I ran to this lake on the west side of Killarney.
I stuck my toes in, but didn't dare swim for fear of not being allowed back on the bus.
Being alone, I took a self portrait by the lake.
Irish Deer
Killarney Cathedral
This picture taken from the bus is of a castle that belonged to William Penn's father.
I still can't believe how lush and green the grass was in Ireland. No wonder they feed their cows grass instead of corn and soybeans.
I took my students to a grazing farm in Maryland this week. It was nice, but not nearly as green, lush, and full as the grass in Ireland.
Students discussing dairy strategy with an Irish Dairyman
Automated calf feeders feed calves different quantities based on size.
Beautiful Blarney Castle
Legend has it a tongue-tied Irish-man saved a drowning witch.
To reward him, the witch told him if he would kiss the stone on the ramparts between the castle wall and outer ramparts above the top window on the west side of the castle, his tongue would be loosed. The stuttering Irish man kissed the stone and became a great statesman, speaking eloquently, though sometimes not the whole truth - full of Blarney.
Kissing the Blarney Stone. My students dared me to do it. I didn't tell them I was going to do it already anyway because Grandma Smith told me to.
On the ramparts of Blarney Castle
Looking down into the kitchen
Inside the castle. I changed my mind about buying a house, I want to buy a castle.
Legend has it that this cave was an escape route
Try and scale that wall!
Dr. Richards at the Blarney Castle
Cathedral in Cork
Street in Cork
All 4 faces of this tower have a clock, and all 4 clocks have a different time, thus it is called the 4 faced liar.
I think my friend, Jason influenced me to run around, while everyone else was resting after a long day, and take pictures of all this architecture. I wonder if he takes pictures of cows now?
A cow stuck in a tree?
Cork Opera House
Built in the same time period as the Salt Lake Temple
Spire looks like the Salt Lake Temple spire
College in Cork
How many people do you know that have toured the Cork Butter Museum?
Rare speciman of 1000 year old butter
Milk cans of all types
Cork butter exchange
Before and after grazing
Ireland research farm tour
Lunch break castle
Lining up to check in the hostal in Dublin
Trinity College
Library in Dublin Castle
Garden in Dublin Castle
Bridge in Dublin Castle
2 comments:
So fantastic! The cliffs, the castles, the calves... I don't know what to say except that now I absolutely have to get to Ireland at some point in my life. And Jason will be so pleased by all of the architecture photos and tales of running. We never pass a cow without thinking of you! (Well, at least when we see the good looking Jerseys...)
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