Well, you may all be expecting that I will say that the lovely warm sunny Spring weather we had during Easter break turned into a wonderful early Summer, but....no.
The Spring turned cold and wet and windy on Monday the 2nd of May, and it has remained cold and wet and windy since then. I had to dig out the winter type clothes again, as going to school and freezing in open-toed sandals and cropped trousers was NOT an option. I do not like being cold, especially when I am on yard duty. I really need to be warmly dressed those days, nothing worse than freezing out on the yard with 70 to 80 pupils milling around you!
Would you believe that we were on a beach on Sunday 1st of May? We drove to Barna, near Galway, that day to get some Boiled Linseed Oil to paint the wooden exterior of our (Swedish) Scandinavian house, from Lars, the Swede who owns Scandinavian Homes. After picking up the oil, we drove a short distance to the beach at Silver Strand. The kids went into the water, I didn't, but they don't feel the cold as much as I do. There were lots of other families there too, kids digging sandcastles and hopping in and out of the water. The tide was coming in, and when it had come up so far that it covered the sand, we left and drove home.
That was the last good day we have had this month, weatherwise. Let's hope that we get more summer weather soon...
Life here goes on, sports and school and study and housework squashed in between all the other activities.
The Queen of England came to visit Ireland today!! and she wore GREEN! I was so moved that tears came to my eyes when I saw her getting off the plane wearing green, I just think that's so sweet...
And President Obama is coming in a few days, aren't we lucky to have these famous visitors in Ireland this month.
Jedward did their best for Ireland at the Eurovision and we came 8th.
And our school got the Green Flag, what great news.
I will be going to Thomond Park, the stadium in Limerick which is considered the Home of Munster Rugby, on Friday to be presented with our Green Flag. WooHoo, never been to Thomond Park before, although my elest daughter has been there twice in the past year to see Munster play. Lucky girl! I gotta ask Santa for a present of Munster match tickets next Christmas.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Grange Stenring, Grange Stone circle
Angående fornlämningar på Irland, så har vi i County Limerick det som anses vara Irlands största stenring (stone circle). Det heter Grange Stone Circle och ligger i närheten av en sjö som heter Lough Gur. Mer om Lough Gur sedan, låt mig bara säga att den är känd som ’ en av Irlands mest betydande arkeologiska platser. Det har funnits människor där sedan 3000 år före Kristus. Irlands största stenring finns i närheten (Grange) samt ett antal gamla borgar, stenålders husgrunder och kyrkoruiner.’ (lånad från Wikipedia).
Grange stenring består av 113 stenar i en ring på ungefär 45m i diameter. Stenringen står så att solen skiner rakt igenom mitten av ringen under soluppgången på sommersolståndet, årets längsta dag. Det anses att ringen används till ritualer. Inga lämningar av husgrunder har hittats i ringen , däremot några människoben och krossade skärvor av lergods.
Det står en mindre stenring alldeles i närheten av den stora också står det en ’standing stone’ i området med.
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Vi brukar åka till Lough Gur och till stenringen med besökare för att visa dem lite av det förnhistoriska i Limerick. Varje gång jag åker dit börjar jag föreställa mig hur det måste ha varit att bo där vid sidan av sjön för 5000år sedan. Jag undrar vad de hade för ritualer i stenringen. Om dessa stora stenar kunde prata....
Jag känner mig lyckligt lottad att jag lever i dessa moderna tider, då livet är bekvämt och varmt och ljust.
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Grange Stone Circle
Grange stone circle (Lios na Grainsi or Stones of the Sun) 300m west of Lough Gur in County Limerick, Ireland, is situated beside the Limerick-Kilmallock road, 4km north of Bruff.
The stone circle comprises a ring of continuous uprights up to 2.8m high, with a diameter of 45m and backed by an earthen bank 9m wide and about 1.2m tall. The entrance on the eastern side is paved and flanked by uprights. Clay has been packed down to a depth of 60cm across the whole area of the enclosure. On excavation it was found to be littered with late Neolithic Beaker pottery, which seemed to have been deliberately smashed.
It is the largest standing stone circle in Ireland, 45m in diameter and enclosed by 113 standing stones. The largest stone is Ronnach Croim Duibh (the Black Stone) and is over 13 feet high and weighs 40 tons. The stone circle is aligned with the rising sun at the Summer Solstice on the morning of which the sun shines down directly in the center of the circle. The entrance stones are matched by a pair of equally impressive slabs on the southwest side, whose tops slope down towards each other to form a v-shape. During excavations no structures were found but two hearths, a few un-burnt human bones, some animal bones (mainly cattle), some bronze materials and numerous Neolithic pottery pieces were discovered.
A short distance to the north-north east of the main stone circle, is a second smaller circle, also constructed of large stones. To the north of this is a large leaning standing stone. (Borrowed and adapted from Wikipedia.)
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If you’ve been to visit us then we have probably taken you to see Lough Gur and Grange Stone Circle, as a little taste of the history of County Limerick. When I visit Lough Gur, my imagination works overtime, as I try to imagine what it must have been like to live there on the banks of the lake or to go to rituals in the stone Circle over 4000 years ago. The stories those old stones could tell...
Needless to say, I’m delighted to continue living my modern, safe, warm, bright life!
zile
Grange stenring består av 113 stenar i en ring på ungefär 45m i diameter. Stenringen står så att solen skiner rakt igenom mitten av ringen under soluppgången på sommersolståndet, årets längsta dag. Det anses att ringen används till ritualer. Inga lämningar av husgrunder har hittats i ringen , däremot några människoben och krossade skärvor av lergods.
Det står en mindre stenring alldeles i närheten av den stora också står det en ’standing stone’ i området med.
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Vi brukar åka till Lough Gur och till stenringen med besökare för att visa dem lite av det förnhistoriska i Limerick. Varje gång jag åker dit börjar jag föreställa mig hur det måste ha varit att bo där vid sidan av sjön för 5000år sedan. Jag undrar vad de hade för ritualer i stenringen. Om dessa stora stenar kunde prata....
Jag känner mig lyckligt lottad att jag lever i dessa moderna tider, då livet är bekvämt och varmt och ljust.
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Grange Stone Circle
Grange stone circle (Lios na Grainsi or Stones of the Sun) 300m west of Lough Gur in County Limerick, Ireland, is situated beside the Limerick-Kilmallock road, 4km north of Bruff.
The stone circle comprises a ring of continuous uprights up to 2.8m high, with a diameter of 45m and backed by an earthen bank 9m wide and about 1.2m tall. The entrance on the eastern side is paved and flanked by uprights. Clay has been packed down to a depth of 60cm across the whole area of the enclosure. On excavation it was found to be littered with late Neolithic Beaker pottery, which seemed to have been deliberately smashed.
It is the largest standing stone circle in Ireland, 45m in diameter and enclosed by 113 standing stones. The largest stone is Ronnach Croim Duibh (the Black Stone) and is over 13 feet high and weighs 40 tons. The stone circle is aligned with the rising sun at the Summer Solstice on the morning of which the sun shines down directly in the center of the circle. The entrance stones are matched by a pair of equally impressive slabs on the southwest side, whose tops slope down towards each other to form a v-shape. During excavations no structures were found but two hearths, a few un-burnt human bones, some animal bones (mainly cattle), some bronze materials and numerous Neolithic pottery pieces were discovered.
A short distance to the north-north east of the main stone circle, is a second smaller circle, also constructed of large stones. To the north of this is a large leaning standing stone. (Borrowed and adapted from Wikipedia.)
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If you’ve been to visit us then we have probably taken you to see Lough Gur and Grange Stone Circle, as a little taste of the history of County Limerick. When I visit Lough Gur, my imagination works overtime, as I try to imagine what it must have been like to live there on the banks of the lake or to go to rituals in the stone Circle over 4000 years ago. The stories those old stones could tell...
Needless to say, I’m delighted to continue living my modern, safe, warm, bright life!
zile
Saturday, December 19, 2009
starting out
Hej på er,
har bestämt mig för att börja blogga,
på svenska, även om jag inte är svensk:
det är ett sätt att börja kommunicera med omvärlden och att använda mig av det svenska språket;
Låt mig presentera mig - jag är en lärare, född på Irland under 60-talet,
uppvuxen på irländska vischan och blev lärare redan vid 19 års åldern;
träffade en värmlänning från Karlstad i slutet av 80 talet och bodde i Sverige i 3 år i början på 90 talet.
Vi gifte oss, flyttade hem till Irland och nu bor vi på landet på Irland, i ett svenskt hus, som är varmt och gott att bo i, och vi har 4 barn.
Jag är fortfarande intresserad av Sverige och det svenska språket, därför läser jag helst böcker på svenska och studerar på fritiden lite gott och blandat på distans på svenska folkhögskolan och universitet.
Läser gärna bloggar skrivna av svenskar, känner mig nu inspirerad och kanske redo för att börja blogga själv...
här på Irland är det kallt idag relativt sett, dvs några plusgrader, varning för snö osv, men inte alls så dåligt väder som de har haft i England de senaste dagarna, och inte alls så kallt som det kan vara i Sverige under en vanlig vinter!
nu går jag och lägger mig, måste ta igen mig efter min stora operation förra veckan, känner mig ganska kry men får förstås inte köra bil eller bära på tunga saker de närmaste 6 veckorna...
hälsningar
zile
In English:
Welcome to my blog!
I'm Irish, a primary school teacher, living with my Swedish husband and our 4 children and 2 cats in a Swedish house, on a small windy road about 12 miles from Limerick.
The majority of this blog will be written in Swedish, cos I like writing in Swedish, I just do!!
If you want to enquire about anything just leave a comment and I will reply.
regards
zile
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