 Junko with sculpture at Trinity College Dublin |
 Junko at Hapenny Bridge, Dublin |
 Fellow UCD engineer Ciaran McElroy (photo by Seamus Gallagher) |
 Fellow UCD engineer Seamus Gallagher (photo courtesy Seamus Gallagher) |
 Fellow UCD engineer Padraig Dunleavy (photo by Seamus Gallagher) |
 Fellow UCD engineer Brian Quinlan (photo by Seamus Gallagher) |
 Gavin Owens, Pat and Junko (photo by Seamus Gallagher) |
 Junko with my former Melrose flatmates Charlie McLaughlin, John Deely and Mary Dooner (from Seamus Gallagher video) |
 Aunty May's garden, Dublin |
 My cousin Colm seems to have eaten something that disagreed with him |
 Uncle James, Aunty May and my brother Francis in Dublin |
 My cousin James espouses the virtues of something you smear on bread |
 Dandelion seeds in Francis' "nature reserve" garden in Dublin |
 Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin |
 Junko at Dublin Castle espousing the virtues of Australian chocolate biscuits |
 Beautiful strawberries and cream prepared by my Aunty Kitty in Wexford, which is the home of Ireland's best strawberries |
 Aunty Kitty in New Ross, full of energy in her 90s |
 My cousin Myra in New Ross |
 Ivy festooned wall in New Ross |
 Junko with ivy and white thorn bush in New Ross |
 Jerpoint Abbey, County Kilkenny |
 Junko at Jerpoint Abbey |
 Seamus and Ann O'Shea with Junko at Waterford Crystal factory |
 Getting ready to attach handle to a jug at Waterford Crystal |
 Attaching the red-hot handle to a jug at Waterford Crystal |
 Machine marking a glass which will be subsequently hand-cut at Waterford Crystal |
 Jessie the Coolbane dog seems to like our car |
 Junko casts a spell on Jessie |
 My sister Kathryn and her car with Jessie |
 My cousin "Pa" and my mother with his dogs Lassie and trainee guide dog Elsie |
 Noreen at home in her kitchen |
 Junko has a test-drive with the guide dog. |
 What a well-behaved dog, even keeps his nose clean |
 UCD Engineers at Alan Kennedy & Maire's wedding; L to R; Gary, Aideen Lang, Pat Foley, Alan Scullion, Donnacha Gallagher, Alan Fitzpatrick, Neil boyle, Maurice Boyle, Peter O'Connor (who took this photo) |
 "The Wedding Party" L to R; Catriona, Henry and Mary O'Dwyer, Alan Kennedy (groom), Maire O'Dwyer (bride), lovely flower girl, Hilda and Michael Kennedy, Geraldine O'Dwyer, Pat Foley (best man) (photo courtesy of Peter O'Connor) |
 University friends Maurice Boyle and Peter O'Connor in jovial mood at Alan Kennedy's wedding reception |
 Alan Kennedy flanked by a DCU colleague and Donnacha Gallagher |
 "The morning after"; Alan and I at Dunraven Arms Hotel |
 The West Limerick Hounds as beloved of beagle-crazy Junko |
 Woof, Woof, Woof. |
 Mammy and Maurice tend the vegetables in "Biddy's Garden" at home in Coolbane |
 Junko lends a helping hand weeding the cabbage |
 My brother Maurice is very focused on spraying to prevent potato blight |
 A "fox glove" in Biddy's garden. It still delights to pop the closed petals between my fingers |
 Just 10 more rows to go with the hand sprayer, Maurice |
 Jessie supervises the horticultural activity |
 Kathryn and Jessie ........ again |
 Fox glove petals |
 Junko finds a nice 45-gallon drum from which to admire some of my brother Vincent's collection of agricultural machinery |
 My first car, a 1986 VW Golf diesel, now a "green machine" on the farm |
 Junko and Pat at Torc Waterfall, Killarney. The pretty purple flowers are Rhododendron which is actually a noxious weed that is out-competing much local flora and has resisted all attempts at eradication |
 Junko near Torc Waterfall |
 Me on a fallen tree near Torc Waterfall |
 "Oh, there you are"; Junko emerges from behind a mossy tree at Torc Waterfall |
 Tiny woodland flower near Torc Waterfall |
 Liebherr Crane Company is the industrial pride of mid-Kerry. Massive section of a marine crane about to head off from Killarney to Fenit port |
 Caherciveen marina doesn't mess about when it comes to dogs, assuming they can read |
 Seine boat crew training for regatta season at Caherciveen |
 Fishing boats at Caherciveen |
 Junko Oyabu, "The new face of Super Thrive Sheep Ration" poses with bag retrieved from the sea at Caherciveen |
 John, Aisling, Kathryn, Thomas, Junko and Michael at beach on Great Blasket Island |
 John, Thomas, Kathryn, Junko and Michael |
 Donkeys have the road to themselves on Great Blasket Island |
 "Tig Peig"; the home of famous writer Peig Sayers, beloved (or not) by generations of Irish students |
 John and Junko at the "half door" in Tig Peig |
 Fence post is popular with scratch-loving donkey |
 Junko, Maurice and Aisling with the donkeys of Blasket. Aisling wears the initials of her favourite uncle! |
 Junko, Maureen and Thomas on board "Elona Kay" as we sail from Blasket back to Caherciveen |
 Michael (pronounced Meehawl) the relaxed skipper sails so smoothly as to lull Junko to sleep |
 Junko takes the helm, and the skipper seems fairly happy with her performance |
 Junko looks down on Rossbeigh Strand, the haven of summer Sundays in my childhood |
 Wrecked ship which has been submerged in the sands of Rossbeigh since 1906 |
 Rossbeigh Strand shows its popularity with walkers and cyclists on a June Monday |
 Dried branch on the beach at Rossbeigh |
 The "Tower" is the reward for the 5 kilometre walk to the end of the Rossbeigh peninsula |
 Lush grass on the sand dunes at Rossbeigh |
 Junko gets her feet wet |
 "Lady bug" on a rock |
 Political Skulduggery revenged on Bealach Oisin pass. Unfortunately for Donal Barry the more robust Healy-Ray ultimately won the day. |
 Junko on the wall of "Staigue Fort", a stone-age fortress near the Ring of Kerry |
 Maurice against the hillside near Staigue Fort |
 Maurice and Junko admire the millennia-old walls at Staigue Fort |
 Maurice, Mammy, Vincent, Kathryn and Junko and Jessie the dog on the day of Junko's departure from Ireland |
 The church at Gougane Barra, hermitage of Saint Finbarr, beloved of Corkmen |
 A swan glides quietly along the lake at Gougane Barra as the rain begins again |
 University friend John P O'Sullivan and Vincent at home in Coolbane |
 Vera Rahilly and Kathryn; best of friends through school, university and beyond |
 Vera, Kathryn, Jessie, Mammy and a bottle of milk |
 I spent much of my childhood evenings like this, with my legs stuck in the oven of the "range" (solid fuel stove) watching the Television in the mirror overhead. |
 Kathryn, Lassie, Pa and Noreen in Castleconway |
 Kathryn, Aunty Nora and Maurice at Lickeen House, Glencar |
 Johnson's well, where our emergency water supply used come from |
 Next-door neighbour, Johnny Johnston |
 Johnny's cow, 2-day old calf and curious terrier |
 "That slurry spreader will be back in action any day now"; in the meantime it is handy for sheep to scratch themselves on |
 Johnny's terrier |
 Red Friesian cow and calf in evening summer sunshine |
 Johnny with the big tree, the trunk of which he reveals is starting to crack in two |
 "Tarzan of the Jungle" a.k.a. John Hayes up a tree in Coolbane. I remember a time when I was able to jump OVER that tree |
 Last glimpse of Kerry fields, mountains and Killarney lakes as I fly away from Farranfore airport |