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Ulster Canal, west of Clones, County Monaghan. The section was dug in the 1840's and abandoned in the early 1900's. 34 million Euro have been approved to revive the canal and make it usable for small craft.

Portable classrooms, Ballapousta NS, County Louth. With prosperity comes a babyboom and overcrowding.

Placque, Drakestown National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Most of these buildings were built in the 1840's when the British allowed Catholics to be educated. Prior to the Catholic Emancipation of 1824, they were taught in hedge schools when a tutor was available.

Interior, St. Catherine's Church, Ballapousta, County Louth

Scale Model of Abbey, Visitor Center, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.

Close-up of carved pillar, Lavabo, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.

Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth. The Cistercian order controlled a lot of this area of Louth until Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries.

Looking Northwest from Hill of Tara, County Meath

Ulster Canal building beside the canal bank, Clones, County Monaghan. Tea room inside along with display on the Clones lace. Lace items are available for purchase.

Ballapousta National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Replaced several older school houses in area.

Murray family marker, St. Catherine's Church, Ballapousta, County, Louth. Gr-gr-gr-grandparents Henry and Mary Flanagan Murray are buried here as well.

St Catherine's Church, 1831, Ballapousta, County Louth, where my ancestors are buried.

Window, Chapter House, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.

Lavabo window, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.

Sheep and actors, Hill of Tara, County Meath

Closeup of Hill of Skyrne from Hill of Tara. The new M3 motorway will tear up the land between the two hills. There are many ancient sites that will be bulldozed to build this road.

Ulster Canal building, Clones, County Monaghan. Originally a warehouse for goods brought in from the canal, now has shops and tourism info.

Drakestown National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Now a regional training center, the architecture is typical of the schoolhouses built after Catholic Emancipation.

Memorial on outside wall, St. Chatherine's Church, Ballapousta, County Louth

Gatehouse, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth

Ceiling, Chapter House, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth. Monks conducted their business in this building.

Lavabo, Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth. Unusual eight-sided building used for ritual washing.

Looking North from Hill of Tara, County Meath

Hill of Skyre from Hill of Tara, County Meath. A monastery ruin is on the other hill. The area has many ancient sites indicating habitation by humans for thousands of years.

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KILTINAVICIUS said:

TO NearlyNormal thanks for correction - it was old cemetery, church and abbey ruins?

NearlyNormal said:

Thanks, I have that one. Maybe someone will come along and have an answer for me. Found a Bryan or Brian Murray on the Griffith Evaluations of circa 1855.

NearlyNormal said:

Even if I didn't get all my questions answered I still enjoyed my visit to Ireland and my newly discovered Irish family.

Alan Larkin said:

Con-trails may fade fast or slow, depending on the temp. of the air up there. What you see in the photo is CLOUD!

Alan.

p.s. HELLO Ms NearlyNormal

NearlyNormal said:

Henry Murray supposedly lived near Ballyhoe,Co Meath before he moved to County Louth. I found a Murray living in a townland near Ballyhoe on the Griffiths Evaluations. His son James was my gr-gr-grandfther who emigrated to the states.