Jerry Sullivan
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Chelmsford MA
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I take it Hare Island has seen better days?
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carolyn keiper
northern ohio
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: |
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they are cool pictures, but I agree with jerry, There seems to be a population decline. You know that makes for very poor tax revenue to fix up the roads 
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Philip Nulty
The Midlands,Ireland
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Hi Carolyn,..Hi Jerry,
there is only one island inhabited these days,..Hare Island not being it,..there were no roads!,..lol,..so no tax,..it used to belong to Lord Castlemaine,..the ruins of his house are still fairly intact,..and the Church on the Island,..there are 140 acres of meadow and woodland,..with just sheep on the island,..lots of pheasants to be found.
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Philip--this series of fotos are perhaps the most interesting ones that you have ever posted (for me, that is). I am really interested in old stuff and this place sure fits the bill. There is something tragic, yet so intrigueing about grown-over ruins. My mind immediately begins considering the lives of the people who once inhabited the old places and how their lives must have been...the conversations that they must have had and so forth.
Those abandoned places seem to hold a charm for me and remain to a degree, silent about the secrets that the vines and rust hold silently within the structures.
The bird's nest was also curious to see. It looked like the tide had gone out for them as well.
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Philip Nulty
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Sjoerd,
there is certainly an atmosphere of times past on these islands,..with remnants of the inhabitants still lying about,..Viking raids and Irish tribal disputes still show signs of having being here,..this island is where all that Viking gold was found,..the largest hoard in Europe!,..when you turn over a large stone,..you are apt to find more than worms,..there were raids here in the years 843,..894,..1087,..and 1089.
Daffodils that were sown years and years ago still flourish here.
( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden )
Even the apple trees still produce good fruit.
( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden )
Slipway wall,..build around 1000. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden )
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Netty
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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I love these photos Philip! Ruins are very interesting to me as well. That 5th photo has me intrigued...where does the path lead? I'm just imagining that huge pot planted up with trailing flowers LOL
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Philip Nulty
The Midlands,Ireland
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Netty,
when i came across that huge pot i also could picture it in my garden,..not too late yet,..next time i am there,..on my own,..it will end up as you imagined, .
Oh that path leads from the old house to the orchard,..i collect eating and stewing apples from there each year,..then have a job looking for women who will bake me an apple tart,   ,..they then get rewarded with many apples of course.
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Capt Kirk
Ohio, USA
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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That old huge pot looks like it could have been a Leprechan's pot o gold! You aren't suddenly rich are you?
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Philip Nulty
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Capt Kirk wrote: | | That old huge pot looks like it could have been a Leprechan's pot o gold! You aren't suddenly rich are you? |
Lol,..its a big pot,..one i imagine they used for cooking pig food,..even were it filled with £1 coins or $1 notes i would be well off, .
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cherylad
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Philip.... outstanding photos and stories of the island!!!
And I too imagined that big pot filled with flowers! Don't hurt yourself dragging it down to the boat! 
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eileen
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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My daughter and I will bake apple tarts for you Philip if you let my eldest son loose on Hare Island for a day. He loves archeological sites and would be entralled with everyting about the island I'm sure. Brilliant photographs!! Do you mind if I pass them on to my son?
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Philip Nulty
The Midlands,Ireland
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ohhhhh,..i can smell those apple tarts baking!, .
Of course you can pass the pictures on to your son,..below are some links re the Vikings and the hoard found,..plus information re Hare Island.
Viking Longphorts in Ireland.
List of the hoard.....Vikings
Here is an old picture of the small harbor on the island.
Where you see the figure on the left looking over the wall,..that is where my earlier picture of myself and the dogs was taken,the picture below is my older boat and myself taken in the spot where the nearest boat on the old picture was taken
( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden )
Hare Island: The Annals
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cherylad
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Too cool! Bet you and that boat have some great stories!
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