Tobar Mhuire – #ThursdayDoors

An open door to a holy well, Tobar Mhuire – Saint Mary’s Well. So it’s not actually a door, but a doorway. I think it still counts for #ThursdayDoors and Dan won’t slap my wrists! (Leave me alone. It’s only January and I’m still waking up to the realisation that it’s 2024.)

We visit this well because it’s a lovely country walk and it’s an interesting place to be.

I wrote a post all about Tobar Mhuire during my #100daysofolddays project. If you’d like to read more about this holy well, read my post HERE.

Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.

St Patrick’s Church – #ThursdayDoors

A random walkabout in Newport Co Mayo led me to this fine building, St Patrick’s Church.

It was built in 1914-8 and opened in 1918.

There’s nothing quite like the smell inside a church; old, smoky, woody, sweet. The scent in St Patrick’s seems more raw than the usual churchy smells. There’s no fresh paint or furniture polish masking the alluring scent of old wood and stale Myrrh and frankincense.

Do smells echo in high-ceilinged churches? I feel like they do.

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Coffee or Tea? #photochallenge

Coffee or Tea?

This photo is for Maria Antonio’s Weekly Photo Challenge #2023picoftheweek

This antique teaset is on display in Turlough Park House in The Country Life National Museum of Ireland in Castlebar, Co Mayo.