[paddymc]

With the river being coloured and a distinct lack of fish at the minute anyway, decided to go to good old Donegal for the day. Headed through Letterkenny, Kilmacrennan, Creeslough, Marble Hill and Dunfanaghy.

Stopped off at Ards forest park for a walk along the beaches and the friary for a quick visit.

I'm glad now that I did.

Lucky man !

 

[Guest]

How you managed to smile with a terrier swinging off your wedding tackle I have no idea!!

 

[Chicharito]

How you managed to smile with a terrier swinging off your wedding tackle I have no idea!!

Even stranger , why would you train one to do that !
.......he said in a high voice.
Thank God my 2 border terriers have never tried that !
At least not at the same time !!

 

[John Keane]

How you managed to smile with a terrier swinging off your wedding tackle I have no idea!!

It's the Irish version of a sporran!

 

[Hardyreels]

I love seeing pictures of where you guys live, and the name of the park! Ards forest....... my name is Ard, who or what Ard was this park named for please?

Great photos!

Ard

 

[paddymc]

How you managed to smile with a terrier swinging off your wedding tackle I have no idea!!

That's Daisy the Yorkie playing get the sausage ! :surrender:

 

[paddymc]

I love seeing pictures of where you guys live, and the name of the park! Ards forest....... my name is Ard, who or what Ard was this park named for please?

Great photos!

Ard

Hi Ard, in gaelic the word ard would usually refer to high up places, though I can't understand why it was originally chosen here, as it is virtually at sea level as you can see.

Do you happen to be a tall man by any chance ?

 

[luney]

Wow if you'd have been on the next peninsula along (Inishowen) I would have sworen that the first picture was of Bulaba next to Clonmany. Great pictures love Donegal always have always will. Thanks for posting:thumb:

 

[lax0341]

What river do you mean ? The Finn, the Owenea or the Drowes ? Very beautiful countryside there !

 

[paddymc]

What river do you mean ? The Finn, the Owenea or the Drowes ? Very beautiful countryside there !

The river Mourne in Co. Tyrone.

 

[Hardyreels]

Hi Ard, in gaelic the word ard would usually refer to high up places, though I can't understand why it was originally chosen here, as it is virtually at sea level as you can see.

Do you happen to be a tall man by any chance ?

Six foot five inches in younger age but they tell me 6'4" now with almost 64 years of gravity and joint wear.............. maybe the forest was considered worthy of high esteem and was so named? The Ard, that's interesting, thank you

 

[paddymc]

Six foot five inches in younger age but they tell me 6'4" now with almost 64 years of gravity and joint wear.............. maybe the forest was considered worthy of high esteem and was so named? The Ard, that's interesting, thank you

At least your folks got the name right with you Ard

 

[Hardyreels]

The name came from my Mothers side where the ancestry led to England and Sweden, I had a great uncle Ard

 

[lax0341]

The river Mourne in Co. Tyrone.

Ah yes, this one. This is a river I haven't fished yet.
But I thought this is a river for July and August ....?

 

[paddymc]

Ah yes, this one. This is a river I haven't fished yet.
But I thought this is a river for July and August ....?

Worth a throw from the first day in April until the end of the season in October.

 

[Arthur Dent]

Ard as nails...

Always thought that "Ard" meant beach or strand rather than a high place ?
Looks like it would be worth a visit, though...

 

[paddymc]

Always thought that "Ard" meant beach or strand rather than a high place ?
Looks like it would be worth a visit, though...

ard - Irish Dictionary Online - Word/Phrase in the Irish Gaelic Dictionary

 

[Darra O'Connell]

ard - Irish Dictionary Online - Word/Phrase in the Irish Gaelic Dictionary

ard
adjective
high, tall
Validated
Irish dictionary

 

[Arthur Dent]

Now we know...I stand corrected.
Tapadh leibh.
:thumb:

 

[greensilk]

Some very descent sea trout available along those sand banks if the tide is right