Weekend Roundup

Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

ABC Wednesday

1. Starts with "J"
2. A Favorite
3.   JUNK- chosen by Tom

Starts with "J"

JAMES Boag Yulara Australia 2015.

FAVOURITE

Jackie and John's Bantry Bay Ireland 2015.

JUNK

Tom is killing me with his weekly challenge words. It was impossible for me to get a JUNK related beer photo, although I tried!

So I settled for a JUNK boat in Hong Kong.

But not to be defeated, here is a beer on the same trip, on a boat, on the Li River in China!

LAST CALL

JUDGE AND JURY in Trim, Co. Meath Ireland 2007

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday and at Wordless

April 2007 - Trim, County Meath Ireland

inSPIREd Sunday

Sally hosts inSPIREd Sunday!

April 2007 - Trim County Meath Ireland

The Cathedral Church of St. Patrick


The tower is a remnant of the medieval parish Church of Trim.
Bishops have been enthroned here since 1536 but it was not raised to Cathedral status until 1955.
The tower clock commemorates Dean Butler, the historian of Trim. Stained glass in the West window was the first ever stained glass designed by Edward Burne-Jones.

Ireland

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on last week's post about Egypt.


This week's photos are from my favourite country in the world, Ireland.
If you love visiting castles as I do, then Trim in County Meath is just the place to visit. It is only a half hour drive from Dublin. It has an ol-fashioned town centre and many medieval ruins. The huge Trim Castle is the largest and most famous.

 Our hotel

Town of Trim - love the name of the barbershop!

Soon after proclaiming Christianity in Ireland, St. Patrick built a church here on land granted to him by the son of the High King.

After the Anglo-Norman invasion, towards the end of the 12th century, Henry II granted the whole of Meath to Hugh de Lacy. De Lacy decided to make Trim his headquarters and built a magnificent castle on the outskirts of the town.

  The Yellow Steeple is the most prominent of the many ruins in Trim. It overlooks the town from a ridge directly opposite Trim Castle. Originally part of the 13th century St. Mary's Augustinian Abbey, the steeple dates from 1368. Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord of Meath, founded the black Friary of the Dominicans in 1263.

Thank you all so