La Alainn i Roscomain

Peter on his throne / the stone style on the way into the mound called

Cruachan on the way into Tulsk, Co. Roscommon

This next picture below was taken at a memorial to Oglaigh na hEireann and Padraig Pearse on the way into Elphin, Co. Roscommon

The next pictures were taken in Elphin at the windmill, yes windmill:) 18th century restored windmill with matching mill house cottage.

Next stop is on the Arigna Mining Trail at the woodland walk to Lake Dereen, a really lovely walk with mostly beech woodlands with some ash, rowan and oak very very nice, riddled with deer trails. Cara got quite excited and needed watching

Cara in the foreground, Ziggy in the background

Peter with Cara

Cara, Ziggy and Peter

Same again

Boyle Abbey under restoration, sadly losing the light for this shot, but I'll get more, I love this Abbey

Side view of Boyle Abbey.

Convinced yet? Yes you do want to come to Roscommon for a little sightseeing :) All this within 20 miles of my house.

Peter and I spent an enjoyable few hours this afternoon history hunting with Ziggy and Cara.

We went out for a drive just looking for sites of historical interest to stop and check out, great fun I guess I'm really lucky to have such a history buff for a son, he LOVES it in school and out, reads Terry Deary 'Horrible History' books like other kids read comics :)



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Amuigh Faon Aer, An Chead La

Meala in the foreground, Eornog in the background

Eornog on the left, Meala on the right

Eornog

Eornog

Eornog

Eornog in foreground, mammy in background

Guess who?

Photo shoot over :)

Well actually not quite yet

Eornog

Out in the air, the first day

First day out in the big wide world of the outdoors puppy pen for Bailielands Eornog ( barleycorn) and Bailielands Cior Meala (honeycomb) now 5 weeks.

Eornog is already destined for America and Meala for County Cork since before they were born :)



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& Old Irish and English Line Jack Russells

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Jacks Ahoy or How Many Of These Dogs Does It Take To Catch A Rat ?

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Bailielands True Irish Bred Irish line Glen Of Imaals
& Old Irish and English Line Jack Russells

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Barking In Cover

Foot beagle x Jack Russell pup at 4 months, mother a black & white russell Harriet bred by ourselves.

2 footbeagle x jack pups and their mum

Black fell terrier

Pups learning to rat with mother

Hettie another black & white russell

Snowy & Judy, 2 more black & whites. Judy came from Kilkeel Co. Down and her strain allegedly came from the Isle Of Wight.

Its that time of year again, the start of the shooting season and folks are looking for a good dog barking in cover. This year I have reared 4 young dogs for barking in cover, all beagle x fell terriers, Cooper a large black & tan, Rusty a large red dog, Blackie a small... er black dog and Choccy a small.. er chocolate bitch :)

All are 12 months now this very month, recalling well to the whistle at home and away, in and out of the trailer on command, will wear a harness and drag line or run free, and are searching cover on command. This week I will introduce them individually to working a live scent and hopefully get a chase out of them.

The pictures here are of Harriet one of my older black & white Russells who is rather good at beating cover and who will help me show the pups what to do out on the boglands. With her is some of her beaglex pups bred specifically for barking in cover last year and who are now starting their first season down in County Cork.


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Bailielands True Irish Bred Irish line Glen Of Imaals
& Old Irish and English Line Jack Russells

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