Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a nice, affluent neighbourhood. I am immersing myself in Irish culture during this confinement, reading James Joyce while drinking Guinness during the afternoons. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 17 Apr 2020, at 21:08, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Here are fifteen shots taken on the 14th April and show the houses on > Montpelier Parade some metres to the west of my entrance driveway. > > These are Georgian (George III) built in 1795 to 1802, were named after > the French university and resort town of Montpellier, and served as summer > houses for wealthy Dubliners at the time. All of them have a Piano Nobile > which had a sea view until about fifty years later when the area sloping > down to the sea was infilled with Victorian houses. The Dublin to > Kingstown railway line was built in 1834 and thus opened up access to > Monkstown and Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown at the time). It was named after > George IV who arrived in the Royal Yacht at Howth across the bay in 1821 > pissed as a newt. The King left from the newly constructed harbour at Dun > Laoghaire, still pissed as a newt, where he had been supposed to > originally land. The local burghers were so delighted by this singular > fleeting honour, they sycophantically renamed the town Kingstown. > Kingstown was renamed back to Dun Laoghaire in 1920 just before Irish > independence. > > The first shot is a look at my neglected driveway which was supposed to be > sprayed with weedkiller, and then regravelled until CoVid came and stopped > those sort of plans. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Montpelier+Parade+looking+west.jpg.html > and keep going to the right until you get to > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Montpelier+Parade+nameplate+sign+3.jpg.html > > > You will see I have included three nameplate signs for Montpelier Parade > all of which have variations on the Irish language spelling that should be > used. > > All were taken with my Sony A7II with Samyang 35/2.8 lens and can be seen > larger if wished. > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information