Hi there Wayne-Wil,
I thank you very much,I am really thrilled at the thought that Gurteen de la poer Castle the article on Documenting Ireland,has inspired you to sing "It' a Long Way to Tipperary" & paint an Acrylic of the lovely Gurteen in Remembrance Day 11th,i live in Waterford City and you will know the connection the great Power clan has with the Castle,,,the other week I was in Mothel in Co.Waterford and visited the burial plot of the De La Poers/Powers,,,there is a lot of the Gravestones that can be Read and it was very interesting to follow the Family from grave to grave all down the line and I spent a good while doing just that,,,really great,,,have you a site on the web or are you on YouTube,,,very interested in Music/singing,,,love all the Tenors,,Thank you for posting and Sorry I have only seen this now,,,I have uploaded a lot of stuff on Google+ lately,,,with some pics of your lovely Gurteen Castle & grounds,,,God Bless You All out there,,,,patd

Keep up the pics pat they are great!

Thank you Seamus,it was great to have the chat on the way up to Lough Curra yesterday,God Bless!

Yoi know...I found this site by chance and I'm quite frankly amazed!!!
I sure wish I could just relocate permanently to your beautiful country!!!

Hi There Marco,
Thank you so very much for your wonderful comments on the site & also on your comment on the Beauty of our lovely little Emerald Isle,we just try to show through our very Amatuerish photography,some of the beautiful and really unknown areas that are so very abundant throughout our lovely country,,,,really glad you enjoyed,it will give us a little spurt to add some more,now that we know you are looking in,,,thank you again,,,really appreciated!

Thank you so much for your intriguing photos. I really enjoy them.

Thank you so very much Pattie,
for your wonderful comments on the pictures,and as i said to Marco,this is great encouragement and will upload some more very soon,i am out about 4 days per week on a mission to find some of the really unknown and off the beaten track areas,and there are no shortage of beautiful sights & scenery,,,so please keep an eye on the site from time to time,,,Thank you very much again,,,pd

Thank you Pat Duggan for sharing your wonderful picture tour of hidden Kilkenny gems.
I'm packing the car with 5 little explorers and sure to have a great time inspired by your memories...
Go raibh maith agat

Dear Lucia,
I really hope and I am sure Yourself and your 5 little Explorers will without doubt,have had a wonderful time all around Kilkenny and the County Kilkenny,,there is so much to do & so many places of intrest & so many places that are Young-Explorer Friendly,,,,Wishing you All,,the Very Best,,,and Thanks,,,God Bless!

My wife and I came to Taumgraney hoping to find some
info on my ggrandmother who lived in Ballyvannan. I went to the Catholic church centre and was greeted with a very warm reception. She took what little info I had and hand delivered it to our B&B that evening.
We went back the next day to thank her for the info (ggrandmother's Baptismal date). She then pointed to a corner of the room and said"there is the font that was used" in the baptism. How surreal that was because she was baptized on 12 Feb. 1833 . We were in Ireland 2 fabulous wks, but this was our favorite time