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County Wicklow: Enniskerry

Posted on by fitzjameshorse

8th November 2017.

A bus (Route 44) from Dublin Quays to Enniskerry (population 2,000) via Dundrum, Stepaside and Kilternan. The journey takes about an hour. One of Irelands major tourist attractions, Powerscourt House and gardens is a short distance from Enniskerry. A German military cemetry is also nearby.

The Square.

The Glencree Centre.

Pub and Restaurant.

Old School.

Old Telephone Kiosk.

There is something about Enniskerry that still seems like an “ascendency” pre-Independence village.

After a walk around, I got a bus to Bray, about 7 kilometres from Enniskerry.

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County Wicklow: Greystones

Posted on by fitzjameshorse

6th July 2017.

Greystones (population 20,000) a seaside town in County Wicklow. Maybe 5 kilometres south of Bray, where I had visited on 22nd June.

Back in 1977, the time of the Silver Jubilee of “Queen” Elizabeth of England, I stayed in Bray and actually walked over the cliffs to Greystones.

Unfortunately my camera phone ran out of battery and could not take photographs.

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County Wicklow: Bray

Posted on by fitzjameshorse

22nd June 2017.

Bray (population 30,000) is a seaside town about 22 kilometres south of Dublin and just over the county line in Wicklow.

Popular day trip destination for Dubliners and also for holiday makers, I have stayed there on several occasions, my first visit being a day trip with a church youth group in June 1966.

It is now a commuter town.

I took the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) train from Dublin.

Looking south along the promenade. The hill is Bray Head. There is a cross at the summit and I climbed to there with friends in 1966. And again with my wife and sons in 1992.

Looking north along the Promenade.

The British War Memorial is near the railway station.