Thursday, February 08, 2007

NUI Maynooth Campus

St. Patrick's cathedral (which, unfortunately, is being worked on right now, as you can see by the scaffolding) and part of the courtyard.
Where the town meets the campus - I like the fact that in these days we can capture a Coca-Cola sign and a 900 year old castle in just one picture.
Part of the original castle built by the Fitzgerald family in the 1100s. You can see the main street in Maynooth in the distance.
A really awesome tree lined pathway on campus - the light at the end of this tunnel is, appropriately, the entrance to an old cemetery.
A beautiful garden on the edge of campus - I like the fact that there are flowers blooming, yet in the background you can see some of the snow that fell this morning.
This is one of the main buildings on the Old (South) Campus, which is characterized by old, beautiful architecture. You can see St. Patrick's Cathedral on the right.
Opposite of the building pictured above this one - the buildings form a square, with the courtyard in the center.
This is the view from my window this morning. Apparently, it rarely snows in Ireland, but I've been fortunate enough to have been here for two already - one via Cork to Limerick, and now in Maynooth.

This place is incredible.

3 comments:

Jayne said...

It was indeed a beautiful day. (You should check out my page... seems we were thinking the same thing)

Jake Freedom said...

Dude - that's incredible. That campus makes me feel smart. I bet you can recite poetry just by walking into the english building.

Kiss kiss

::rachel:: said...

lovely. the light at the end of the tunnel made me smile. hahaha.. it would..

tschüs*