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More photos of Robbie Dempsey's trip to Sligo, Fermanagh, Leitrim etc with Pat MacDermott.


Robbie writes (June 2009) : " Pat MacDermott, originally of Cavan but longtime inhabitant of Enfield,
North London, made a swift pilgrimage to some of Ireland's megalithic sites,
including the remnants of St Augustine's College at Blacklion. "

. . . .  Pat MacDermott and I called in to
see Olivia, Mairead, and their brother Charlie, at Belcoo.
I could NOT have gone via there without calling in to meet her. "




(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)

 " The most prominent of over 25 passage tombs, built by
neolithic societies long before Newgrange, on a hilltop
at Loughcrew, County Meath. The site is in the care of these
two members of a team from the Office of Public Works who
kindly unlocked the passage tomb for us. "


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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)



" Pat, in conversation with an English angler at Lough MacNean,
at a viewing spot not far from the old St. Augustine's College . . . .
This is the same swan that greeted John Byrne, Joe McIntyre and  Mike o'Callaghan ! "

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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)

" Across Lower Lough Erne from Enniskillen, en route to
Devenish Island with remains of 'The Priory' built 1449. "

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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)

" Cross and round tower. "


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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)


" Carved head at St. Mary's Augustinian Priory, Devenish. "


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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)

" The Yeats memorial poem at Drumcliffe Church - under Ben. "

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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)



" Pat indicating another load of prehistoric marvels. This time
at Carrowmore near Sligo, with Benbulben in the background. "

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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)


 " Entering the passage tomb - sans roof. "


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(source & commentary : Robbie Dempsey)


" The druid in his cirlce. "