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Archeron
# by Archeron on 2011-Aug-30

Love this angle, cool shot.

dougf
# by dougf on 2009-Nov-08

Sunlight hits this face of the castle until maybe around 9:30 a.m.  The low-relief carving is hard to notice or make out when it is in shade (as in this picture taken 10:13).

dougf
# by dougf on 2009-Nov-05

A similar (but peaceful) pair of figures, one sitting on the other's lap, is on the chancel arch of Kilteel Church in Kildare. http://pix.ie/dougf/1308991 .  The Kilteel carving is quite eroded, while this (Kilkea) carving is in excellent condition.

DMULL
# by DMULL on 2009-Jun-09

nice shot,love the texture on the stone,its a really tranquil place to stay a while

anns
# by anns on 2009-May-26

Why not call this Finn MacCool's spear point?

anns
# by anns on 2009-May-26

Nice composition.  The contrast in actual and apparant size between the forground rocks and the distant castle as well as the nearby river and distant waterfall is striking.

muller74
# by muller74 on 2009-Mar-16

very nice shot, one of the few i have yet to visit. your shot is well composed.

muller74
# by muller74 on 2009-Mar-06

nice shot, well composed.

lechesolara
# by brian on 2009-Feb-27

its a strange one, i'd have thought that eyeglasses were a still rare enough even in the 1800s

dougf
# by dougf on 2009-Feb-27

I thought it was a calf, not a pig, that the man was carrying.  But i suppose eye protection would still be a good idea.  The 13th century church was mostly destroyed by the English in the 1600s & reconstructed in the 1800s.  The carving is probably from then -- both because it isn't very eroded and because eyeglasses (and probably goggles) hadn't been invented in the 1300s.  If this were original, the man and/or calf's mouth would be open & it would be a gargoyle.

lechesolara
# by brian on 2009-Feb-27

... or some kind of goggles.  Maybe when you're carrying pigs over your head it might help to have eye ptotection

bradnailer
# by Eoin on 2009-Feb-27

Do you think that the man in the carving is wearing glases ???

bradnailer
# by Eoin on 2009-Feb-27

That's beautiful stone work, are these part of a study.

Very interesting set, thanks

 
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