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"And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse."
~Bedouin Legend
... also known as The poisoned Glen.
According to legend, the huge ice-carved hollow of the Poisoned Glen got its name when the ancient one-eyed giant king of Tory, Balor, was killed here by his exiled grandson, Lughaidh, whereupon the poison from his eye split the rock and poisoned the glen. The less interesting truth, however, lies in a cartographic gaffe. Locals were inspired to name it An Gleann Neamhe (The Heavenly Glen), but when an English cartographer mapped the area, he carelessly marked it An Gleann Neimhe – The Poisoned Glen. In Ireland the English get the blame of everything.
"Jane Smith Russell had the church built as a memorial to her husband, James Russell, landlord of the Dunlewey Estate, who died on 2nd September 1848. James Russell was laid to rest in a vault under the church floor. The church was consecrated on 1st September 1853 as a Chapel of Ease to Tullaghabegley. Tullaghabegley was the parish consisting of the present day Gweedore and Cloughaneely parishes.
The church is built of white marble and blue quartzite which was quarried locally. The supply of marble in the nearby quarry has now been depleted. The red brick in the arches of the windows was produced locally. Remenants of the brickfield are still visible near Oilean Ghrainne when the level of the lake is lowered.
A two storey rectory was built in the nearby Glebe. This field, part of the Dunlewey Estate, is now forested. James Henry Bor was the only full time rector to reside in the rectory. He was nominated by Jane Russell on the 6th of September 1856 and later was installed as rector of Raymunterdoney in 1872. The church is at present under the curacy of the combined parish of Gweedore, Templecrone and Carrickfinn.
Buried in a large communal grave is Dr. Frazer Brady (died March 1877), his wife Fanny, who was a daughter of James and Jane Russell (died December 1900) and four of their ten children: Jane Russell died February 1851 aged 3 months; Mary died April 1860 aged 3 months; Valentine Pole Griffiths died April 1868 aged 4 years; and Hugh Woodhams died January 1876 aged 19 years.
Also interred in the surrounding graveyard is Richard Lewis Crankshaw, owner of Dunlewey Estate, who died 29th November 1929. His wife Nellie who died in 1946 is buried in the graveyard of the local R.C. chapel. Her grave faces this church and her husbands grave.
With the decline of the Dunlewey Estate the potential and Protestant congregation diminished as was the case from all over Donegal (www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/protestants_186... ) and the church was not in regular use. The expense of the upkeep and the passage of time added to the deterioration of the church. In 1955 the roof was removed as a safety measure. It's furniture and fittings were distributed to other churches within the diocese of Derry and Raphoe. The bell is now installed in Cashel Church of Ireland near Doe Castle.
A fine summer day with sunflowers. In Chita Peninsula, Aichi.
Double exposure with a selfmade splitzer.
Holga GCFN/Redscale800
Between Durango and Silverton, Colorado. The stars with a little light painting on the fence. Happy Fence Friday everyone.
Finally......I have some of these gorgeous heavenly blue morning glories blooming, all I have been seeing is purple and as pretty as they are they can't compare with these large blue ones!
During the early morning walk in the thick fog it felt like I was on another planet. The fog eventually lifted to reveal a heavenly view. Cluanie is a vast hydro Loch, the hill on the right is an island with the main body of water on the other side.
Sound pierces the air, the space we all share, heavenly creatures exist there.
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When illuminated by the setting sun, the carpet of seaweed covering the estuarine mud at Bosham Harbour takes on a brilliant green hue, looking almost like a field of grass.
heavenly platform located in azhai national park hunan province.
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I rode this trail on my mountain bike during our trip. The flowers were taller than I am!