Hotel Isaacs, Cork - Courtyard View One

© Ann Brien

Entrance to Hotel Isaacs. Floodlit waterfall in distance. Taken February 2011.

Hotel Isaacs, Cork - Courtyard View Two

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View of courtyard from waterfall. Taken February 2011.

Hotel Isaacs, Cork - Waterfall

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This waterfall in the hotel's courtyard is breathtakingly beautiful when floodlit at night time. Taken February 2011.

St. Brigid's Primary School, Haddington Road, Dublin

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This was the entrance we used from the playground. I liked it. Taken January 2006.

Room With A View - St. Brigid's Primary School, Haddington Road, Dublin

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The view from these windows was of the playground where the lunch time games we played included; "ring a ring a rosy", "the farmer wants a wife", "red rover, red rover" and "stand the lady on the mountain". Taken January 2006.

Band Stand, Stephen's Green, Dublin

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I have a wonderful childhood memory of my parents taking me into town one lovely summer evening. The highlight of our walkabout was Stephen's Green park where a brass band played loud uplifting tunes in the beautiful ornate band stand. I'd never heard anything like it, my first experience of live music! It was an evening of sensual pleasures, the sound of the music, the images of the setting sun and the people just strolling along. Fifty years on, it's one of my treasured memories. Taken May 2010.

Dodder Gate

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While walking with hubby on a lovely sunny early September afternoon I was struck by the beauty of these steps along the Dodder river leading to Bushy Park. They looked like they could be from a scene from The Secret Garden or maybe a fantasy film. Taken September, 2010.