It's breakfast time in Blackrock North
Blackrock North and South, Louth and County Dublin, Ireland - 23rd April 2022
The final leg of our Ireland visit takes us from Donegal through Northern Ireland to Blackrock, south of Dublin, via the "other" Blackrock in County Louth, where Jamie sorts us out with pizza and a crash for the night. After we meet up with Da Gorls in the Dublin Blackrock and do a bit of food shopping in SuperValu, formerly known as SuperQuinn, we're out in Dun Laoghaire at the Sunshine Café with a few beers after at McKenna's Bar - notable for its impressive 1930s vibe. Then, Fred goes off with Evelyn whilst Nosher, Isobel and Harry head into Dublin for a poke around and a bit of sushi. We then meet up again at Cameron and Julie's naming-ceremony gig in the Reader's Bar - apparently once popular with the likes of U2. Finally, we're in Blackrock Park, where Nosher peels off for a bit to explore some of the graffiti on the sea wall by the DART line.
next album: The Canoe's First Outing, Weybread Lake, Harleston - 1st May 2022
previous album: Greencastle, Doagh and Malin Head, County Donegal, Ireland - 19th April 2022
The seafront at Blackrock, Louth
Fred and Harry climb down to the beach
The cockle-pickers sculpture
Jamie and Isobel on the promenade
Fred, Annalua, Harry and Nicholas
The gang on the sea wall
Harry climbs around
The very pink Neptune Bar
We meet Da Gorls outside a café in Blackrock
Parlour Café in Blackrock
Blackrock High Street
Another urban 'village'
The revamped Blackrock Centre
Fred and Harry roam around in SuperValu
Isobel optimistically looks at fruit
Louise and Harry play chess
Philly, Evelyn and Da Wheeze on the No. 4 bus
Evelyn and Harry in the Sunshine Café
Isobel's friend Mafé meets us for a bit
The clan in Sunshine Café
Fred looks up whilst visiting the baby
Back out on George's Street in Dun Laoghaire
George's Street in Dun Laoghaire
Outside the Sunshine Café
Louisue does cheers in McKenna's bar
McKenna's Bar in Dun Laoghaire
Da Wheeze in the bar
The Grand Canal in Dublin
Graffiti and a Burrito café on Leinster Lane
Isobel and Harry look at Phil Lynnot
David Owens - busker - on Grafton Street
Stephen's Green shopping centre
Stephen Hawking graffiti on a telecoms cabinet
George's Street Arcade in Dublin
A lonely chair and signs for a vape shop
Harry and Isobel cross George's Street
Harry eats salmon sushi in Yamamori
Isobel and Harry in Yamamori
An old-school 'Fly 747' travel agent
We're back in Stephen's Green Arcade
Harry looks at art in a gallery
There's a pigeon dude near Grafton Street
We hang out on Stephen's Green for a bit
We have a quick drink in The Duke pub
Harry plays with something in The Duke
Paul Jenkins - busking on Grafton Street
A bloke holds up a Jesus sign
The retro venue
Isobel roams around
Guests appear as Harry stands around
A view from the roof of the bar
In the almost-outdoor smoking area
Annalua and Harry play Top Trumps
Julie does a bit of a speech
Harry and Fred look in a funky mirror
Back out on Nassau Street in Dublin
The Rock Road towards Blackrock
In Evelyn and Da Wheeze's back yard
The back of Da Gorls' house
Philly scopes out for some food
A Bee Friendly tag on a telecoms cabinet
Street Art on the bridge over the DART
Tags on the sea wall
Dublin Bay and Poolbeg Generating Station
More tags on a sea wall by the DART
Red and White tagging
A little shopping trolley is abandoned
A bright yellow tag
Another black-and-white tag
A Two Eejits tag
Heavily tagged litter bins
The increasingly-derelict Blackrock Lido
Another bee tag: Just Bee
Hanging out in Blackrock Park
The Blackrock Park band stand
We walk around the park
A duck on the pond
The boys cross a bridge
Fred gets grassy rolling down a hill
The buggy is pushed up a hill for a shortcut
The boys walk along the wall by the DART
More bee tags: Bee Kind
Harry runs around
Fred holds his hands up
We're on the travelator at Dublin Airport
The gates look heaving from a distance
Isobel gets a bit of reading time in
Harry does some tablet time
Our plane loads up
The old Dublin Airport control tower
Pilots: use minimum power
The view from the back of the plane
On the ground at Stansted
Another Ruinair bus unloads
Norman Foster's terminal at Stansted
We stop at Braintree Gridserve for a top-up charge
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It's breakfast time in Blackrock North
It's breakfast time in Blackrock North
The seafront at Blackrock, Louth
Fred and Harry climb down to the beach
The cockle-pickers sculpture
Jamie and Isobel on the promenade
Fred, Annalua, Harry and Nicholas
The gang on the sea wall
Harry climbs around
The very pink Neptune Bar
We meet Da Gorls outside a café in Blackrock
Parlour Café in Blackrock
Blackrock High Street
Another urban 'village'
The revamped Blackrock Centre
Fred and Harry roam around in SuperValu
Isobel optimistically looks at fruit
Louise and Harry play chess
Philly, Evelyn and Da Wheeze on the No. 4 bus
Evelyn and Harry in the Sunshine Café
Isobel's friend Mafé meets us for a bit
The clan in Sunshine Café
Fred looks up whilst visiting the baby
Back out on George's Street in Dun Laoghaire
George's Street in Dun Laoghaire
Outside the Sunshine Café
Louisue does cheers in McKenna's bar
McKenna's Bar in Dun Laoghaire
Da Wheeze in the bar
The Grand Canal in Dublin
Graffiti and a Burrito café on Leinster Lane
Isobel and Harry look at Phil Lynnot
David Owens - busker - on Grafton Street
Stephen's Green shopping centre
Stephen Hawking graffiti on a telecoms cabinet
George's Street Arcade in Dublin
A lonely chair and signs for a vape shop
Harry and Isobel cross George's Street
Harry eats salmon sushi in Yamamori
Isobel and Harry in Yamamori
An old-school 'Fly 747' travel agent
We're back in Stephen's Green Arcade
Harry looks at art in a gallery
There's a pigeon dude near Grafton Street
We hang out on Stephen's Green for a bit
We have a quick drink in The Duke pub
Harry plays with something in The Duke
Paul Jenkins - busking on Grafton Street
A bloke holds up a Jesus sign
The retro venue
Isobel roams around
Guests appear as Harry stands around
A view from the roof of the bar
In the almost-outdoor smoking area
Annalua and Harry play Top Trumps
Julie does a bit of a speech
Harry and Fred look in a funky mirror
Back out on Nassau Street in Dublin
The Rock Road towards Blackrock
In Evelyn and Da Wheeze's back yard
The back of Da Gorls' house
Philly scopes out for some food
A Bee Friendly tag on a telecoms cabinet
Street Art on the bridge over the DART
Tags on the sea wall
Dublin Bay and Poolbeg Generating Station
More tags on a sea wall by the DART
Red and White tagging
A little shopping trolley is abandoned
A bright yellow tag
Another black-and-white tag
A Two Eejits tag
Heavily tagged litter bins
The increasingly-derelict Blackrock Lido
Another bee tag: Just Bee
Hanging out in Blackrock Park
The Blackrock Park band stand
We walk around the park
A duck on the pond
The boys cross a bridge
Fred gets grassy rolling down a hill
The buggy is pushed up a hill for a shortcut
The boys walk along the wall by the DART
More bee tags: Bee Kind
Harry runs around
Fred holds his hands up
We're on the travelator at Dublin Airport
The gates look heaving from a distance
Isobel gets a bit of reading time in
Harry does some tablet time
Our plane loads up
The old Dublin Airport control tower
Pilots: use minimum power
The view from the back of the plane
On the ground at Stansted
Another Ruinair bus unloads
Norman Foster's terminal at Stansted
We stop at Braintree Gridserve for a top-up charge