Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sincere efforts by Head of States: Ireland Dublin Castle

Head of State of two powerful nations visited Ireland recently.

On his visit to Ireland, President Obama made a sincere effort to meet his distant cousin in a small village. The US, Irish ties are already strong and the President did not have to spend time on this non business related event. But he did. It was a great gesture.

Last week Ireland also received Queen Elizabeth, the first visit of a British monarch since King George V’s visit in 1911. Troubled history of conflicts between the Great Britain and Ireland is not easy to forget. Though bomb threats and protests were reported prior to her arrival, Queen’s Elizabeth’s trip is considered a big success. Queen’s sincere efforts will build a new era of strong Anglo Irish relations. The key part of her visit was speech and state dinner in Dublin Castle.

Fortunately I had an opportunity to tour and take some pictures of this marvelous castle.

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23 comments:

kiran sawhney said...

You are a fab photographer. I like this post.

Anonymous said...

I agree ,your pictures are too good .Thanks for sharing :)
kavita

Insignia said...

Good pics. The first and the second esp

Renu said...

Pictures are fabulous..so this is Ireland:)

Alka Gurha said...

Awesome pics.

Destination Infinity said...

I thought Ireland, England and Scotland were all a part of UK! LOL.

ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ/ Ashwini said...

Oh its Ireland! I had no clue about this. Thanks for sharing.

NRIGirl said...

I concur with other readers on the photo skills.
Good job and thanks for sharing.

Emily, Ruby Slipper Journeys said...

Nice pics, A. I also enjoyed the newspaper pictures of Obama drinking Guinness. ; )

Felicity Grace Terry said...

Of course, I should have known this.

Great pictures worthy of any guide book, thanks for sharing them.

Urmi said...

I appreciate for your wonderful photography. Excellent pictures with lovely description.

Rama Ananth said...

Your picture are very good. So you had a good trip. The weather too must have been good there.
But you have to do something more: the winners are.... music....
Just joking.

R. Ramesh said...

awesome pix....hey boss..if u post yr photo am sure there will be a line of beauties waiting to say hello to u...(hey dont tell bhabhi i gave this idea :))

Anjuli said...

wow I would never have guessed...good job on the person who did guess correctly!- great pictures!!! What an awesome experience this must have been.

Keep posting pics- they are GREAT!

Rià said...

Lovely pics there.

Rajlakshmi said...

woww marvelous captures :D
2nd one my fav

sm said...

beautiful royal pics

hamaarethoughts.com said...

nice royal pictures!
awesome!

Irfanuddin said...

As usual Nice pics by you again...
thnx for sharing,

Whirlwind said...

Amazing pics. liked the one of the castle especially.

Jyoti Mishra said...

this castle is so scenic !!

Harish P I said...

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Bhargavi said...

The pics are awesome