Lahardane
County Mayo
Ireland

In Ireland we stopped at a small village called Lahardane, where we learned the heart-wrenching account of 14 local villagers and their quest to seek a new life in America by way of the Titanic in April 1912. When the Titanic sank, eleven of them died, and the other three made a life for themselves in America. In 2012, they made a memorial for the lost passengers to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the voyage. Sculptures were created of the fourteen passengers and the Titanic. Plaques were made to tell a little about the story of what happened to the passengers. Two stained glass windows were made and put in the local church. One tells of the trip to the dock where they boarded the Titanic, and the other shows a life boat alongside the ship as it sank.

Wikipedia –
Lahardane (Irish: Leathardán) is a small village in the parish of Addergoole, County Mayo, Ireland, adjacent to Lough Conn and to Nephin, and close to the towns of Crossmolina, Castlebar and Ballina. Population in 2011 was 156.

Addergoole parish suffered the largest proportionate loss for any locality probably in the world when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The Addergoole Fourteen boarded the ship at Queenstown (Cobh). Three survived the disaster. There is a plaque in St Patrick's Church, Lahardane to the memory of the fourteen, as well as a memorial garden filled with sculptures to honour their memory.

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Ireland
Cong
Europe

The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is abbreviated to just the eagle-owl in Europe It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), with males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts. The orange eyes are distinctive.

Eurasian eagle-owls are found in many habitats, but are mostly birds of mountainous regions or other rocky areas, often those near varied woodland edge and shrubby areas with openings or wetlands to hunt a majority of their prey. Additionally, they inhabit coniferous forests, steppes, and other areas at varied elevations that are typically relatively remote.

The eagle-owl is mostly a nocturnal predator, hunting for a range of different prey species. Predominantly, their diet is composed of small mammals such as rodents and rabbits, but they also prey on larger mammals and birds of varying sizes. Other secondary prey can include reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects and other assorted invertebrates.

In addition to being one of the largest living species of owl, the Eurasian eagle-owl is also one of the most widely distributed. With a total range in Europe and Asia of about 32 million km2 (12 million sq mi) and a total population estimated to be between 250,000 and 2.5 million.

The IUCN lists the bird's conservation status as being of least concern. - Wikipedia.

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Dingle
County Kerry
Ireland

Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney.

Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart (livestock market) serves the surrounding countryside. In 2011 Dingle had a population of 1,965. Dingle is situated in a Gaeltacht region. There used to be two secondary schools but they have now amalgamated to produce Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. An adult Bottlenose dolphin named Fungie has been courting human contact in Dingle Bay since 1983.

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I got the chance to handle a Harris Hawk at the School of Falconry located on the grounds of Ashford Castle. This is a headshot of the bird.

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