#county down

[myfairynuffstuff]

Daniel O'Neill (1920 - 1974) - Landscape County Down c.1950's. Oil on board.

[triflingthing]

To be a quiet sheep grazing in the Mourne Mountains (Ireland)

[mothmiso]

Castlewellan Park (2) by matt303uk

[thedepressedpelican]

"Home"

[catdotjpeg]

Six months on, the people of Belfast still say, "Free Palestine."

-- Gerry Carroll, 6 Apr 2024

[panoramicireland]

The Mourne Mountains and the County Down countryside, green and, in places, white with snow.

Long shadows of a winter afternoon.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Sunset. Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland. June 1985.

[theirishaesthete]

Uncertain Future II

After Monday’s text about Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford, here is another historic property with an uncertain future. The Tudorbethan Bangor Castle, County Down dates from c.1847 when commissioned by Robert Edward Ward to replace an earlier house on the same site. There is some disagreement over who might have been the architect responsible, most authorities arguing in favour of William…

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 64,596

[scholarofgloom]

[victusinveritas]

An abandoned boreen near the Mourne mountains in County Down. Photo by Mark Doherty

[hldky]

Resting after a job well done? by National Library of Ireland on The Commons Via Flickr: When you can fill a gap in one fell swoop, why not take the opportunity? Mr. Sampson of Downpatrick, while building a drystone wall, pulled this rock out of the ground and filled a great big gap, saving him a whole lot of digging and lifting!! Well, he probably built the wall up on either side of the rock and used it in situ, but now he can rest after his labours! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05093 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

[thedepressedpelican]

"Greed"

[mothmiso]

Kilbroney (2) (3) by Mairéad Ni Rodaigh

[westeroswisdom]

The GOT Studio Tour has won the UKInbound Sustainable Tourism Provider of the Year award.

While the sets and items on display are themselves impressive, the Earth-friendly HVAC systems for the location are what earned them the award.

Recognised at the tourism industry group’s recent annual convention, Game of Thrones Studio Tour was hailed as a ‘world-class ultra-low carbon visitor attraction’. Located at the principal film studios for Game of Thrones – Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge, Co Down – the immersive tourist destination invites fans of TV and film to go behind the scenes and discover the artistry that went into making the TV phenomenon. [ ... ] The Studio Tour’s priceless original film sets and assets are protected within the 110,000 sq. ft visitor experience by an HVAC system with close temperature and humidity control, sensible and latent heat recovery, free cooling and a modular zero-carbon heating system with energy storage. The UKInbound judging panel were already impressed by many aspects of the Sustainable Management plan at Game of Thrones Studio Tour and the scope of future aspiration. UKinbound CEO, Joss Croft, said: “A key part of our new sustainability strategy, is to showcase our member businesses who are doing great work to reduce energy usage and protect and regenerate the environment. In the future, we will use the practices and initiatives used by Game of Thrones Studio Tour to inspire our other members to take similar action in their businesses.”

In the near future I hope that ultra-low carbon systems such as this will be the norm rather than the exception.

[scrapblring]

Castlewellan Country Park, UK (by K. Mitch Hodge)