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Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from a Celtic Cruise
around the British Isles and Ireland, August - September, 2010


Route of our Cruise




Earl's Court Tavern, London


Apartments near Earls Court Station, London


Street near Earls Court Station, London


Andrea della Robbia ceramics, Victoria & Albert Museum, London


della Robbia ceramic, V & A Museum, London


Plaster cast of Trajan's column in Rome, V & A Museum, London


Dining room, V & A Museum, London


Westminster Abbey, London


Parliament, London


"London Eye" ferris wheel, London


St. Paul's Cathedral. London


Tower of London


Stonehenge and visitors on Salisbury Plain


Closeup of Stonehenge monoliths


Stonehenge lintels


Outside Earls Court Underground Station, London


Looking Down on Crosswalk Warning , Cromwell Road, London


West Cromwell Hotel, London


Interior of Earls Court Underground Station, London


Lion Guarding Trafalgar Square, London


Sherlock Holmes Public House, London


Approaching Castle Cornet, Saint Peter Port, Isle of Guernsey


Parish church, Isle of Guernsey


Homes near chapel, Isle of Guernsey


Fort Grey and Shipwreck Museum, Isle of Guernsey


Le TrepiƩd, Neolithic Passage Grave (4000 - 2500 BCE), Isle of Guernsey


Guernsey cows, Isle of Guernsey
Here's my painting of this Guernsey


Downtown Saint Peter Port, Isle of Guernsey


View of ms Prinsendam from Castle Cornet, Saint Peter Port, Isle of Guernsey


Loading tender after visit to Isle of Guernsey


Tanguy Tower, Brest, Brittany
Here's my painting of this Tower


Pond and Creperie, Botanic Garden, Brest, France


"Le Rabbit" creperie in Brest Botanic Garden


2-man German pocket U-Boat, S-622, Chateau de Brest


North Tower, Chateau de Brest


Tanguy Tower and Lift Bridge from Chateau de Brest


Dropping off the Pilot from Brest


Petit Minou Lighthouse, Brest
Here's my painting of this Lighthouse


Street outside Helston Folk Museum, Cornwall


Entrance to Helston Folk Museum. Cornwall


Street in Helston, Cornwall


Henry VIII's Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall


Coast Guard and Naval Ships, Falmouth Harbor, Cornwall


Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland


Trinity College Library, Dublin


Poster for Book of Kells Exhibit, Trinity College Library, Dublin


St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin


Tile floor in sanctuary of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin


St. Patrick's Cathedral from St. Patrick's Park, Dublin


Liberties College from St. Patrick's Park, Dublin


St. Patrick's Baptismal Well, 4th century A.D., St. Patrick's Park, Dublin


St. Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery & House of the Dean of the Cathedral, Dublin


Organ in St. Cybi's Church, Holyhead, Wales


Sanctuary of St. Cybi's Church, Holyhead, Wales


Exterior of St. Cybi's Church, Holyhead, Wales


Market at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales


Walls in Beaumaris Castle (left unfinished by King Edward I), Beaumaris, Wales


Moat at Beaumaris Castle, Beaumaris, Wales


Street in Beaumaris, Wales


Waiting for High Tide in Menai Straits near Beaumaris, Wales


Inside Neolithic Burial Chamber (2500 - 2000 BCE), Lligwy, Wales


"Din Lligwy", a 4th century A.D. Welsh fortification built during Roman Occupation, Lligwy, Wales


Sheep Mowing Grass near Chapel ruins, Lligwy, Wales
Here's my painting of this Chapel


Stateroom 322, ms Prinsendam


Queen Victoria Guarding City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland


Unionist Mural Celebrating UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), Belfast


Organ and Pulpit, Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church, Belfast


Interior of Grand Opera House, Belfast


Republican Mural celebrating Basque and Cuban Freedom Efforts, Belfast


Drydock where "Titanic" was Built in 1912, Belfast


Fishing Boats in Harbor at Peel, Isle of Man


Lighthouse Guarding Peel Harbor, Isle of Man


Peel Castle (built in 11th century by the Viking King Magnus Barelegs), Peel, Isle of Man


Harvesting Barley at Cregneash Folk Village, Isle of Man


Cottages at Cregneash Folk Village, Isle of Man
Here's my painting of this Village


Montbretia (crocosmia) at Cregneash Folk Village, Isle of Man


Fuchsia and Cottage at Cregneash Village, Isle of Man


Harbor Entrance, Oban, Scotland


Mountains near Glencoe, Scotland


WW II Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge, near Fort William, Scotland


Heather at WWII Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge, Scotland


McCaig's Folly above The Oban Distillery, Oban, Scotland


Dressup Night on ms Prinsendam


Urquhart ("Ercut") Castle Ruins, Loch Ness, Scotland


Urquhart Castle Above Loch Ness, Scotland
Here's my painting of this Castle


Roan (Mountain ash) at Loch Ness, Scotland


Inverness Csatle (1835), Inverness, Scotland


Looking Down Ness River at Inverness, Scotland


Petunias along Ness River, Inverness, Scotland


Heather and Fireweed at Culloden Battlefield, Scotland


Oil Rig "Borgholm Dolphin" Undergoing Repairs at Rosyth, Scotland


Georgian Doorway of Scotland's First Minister, Edinburgh, Scotland


Duddingston Kirk from Queen's Road, Holy Head Park, Edinburgh, Scotland


Grey Friars Pub, Edinburgh, Scotland


Susan at Entrance to Edinburgh Castle, Scotland


Robert the Bruce Guarding Entrance of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland


Swords and Lances in Great Hall, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland


12th cent. St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle


Queen Margaret's Stained Glass Window, St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle


St. Columba Stained Glass Window in St. Margaret's Chapel (12th cent.), Edinburgh Castle, Scotland


Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle, Scotland


The Beehive Inn, Edinburgh, Scotland


Edinburgh Castle atop Castle Rock from Grassmarket Square, Edinburgh, Scotland


Lifeboats and Gangways, H.M. Yacht Britannia, Leith


Ship's Bell, H.M. Yacht Britannia, Leith, Scotland


Engine Room in H.M. Yacht Britannia, Leith, Scotland


H.M Yacht Britannia and Visitors Elevator, Edinburgh, Scotland


ms Prinsendam Docked at Rosyth, near Firth of Forth Railroad Bridge, Scotland


Bow of ms Prinsendam damaged by 45 foot Waves in North Sea Storm off Scotland


Firth of Forth Railroad Bridge (1890), Scotland


Sunset over Firth of Forth Railroad Bridge, Scotland


Tugboat Guiding Us Under Firth of Forth RR Bridge, Edinburgh


Cocktail Time, ms Prinsendam


Georgian Doorways on Leeson Street, Dublin, Ireland


Trash Container on Leeson Street, Dublin


Georgian Doorways Along Leeson Street, Dublin


Ceramic Cattails in Fountain in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin


Horse and Buggy Turning into Leeson Street, Dublin


Government Buildings on Merrion Street, Dublin


Exhibits in Natural History Museum, Dublin


Fields and Hedgerows in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland


Walking along Lake Glendalough in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland


6th century Monastery at Glendalough, in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland


Gateway, Glendalough Monastery, Ireland


Celtic Cross and Round Tower, Glendalough Monastery, Ireland
I used this tower in one of my paintings


Guide Showing Details of Celtic Cross, Glendalough Monastery, Ireland


St. Kevin's Chapel and fuchsia at Glendalough Monastery, Ireland
I used this church in one of my paintings


Celtic Graveyard at Glendalough Monastery, Ireland


St. Kevin's Church, Glendalough Monastery, Ireland


From atop Wicklow Gap, Wicklow Mountains, Ireland


The Black Abbey (1225), Kilkenny, Ireland


History of Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland


Stained Glass Window in Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland


Inside Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland


Flowerbed outside Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland


Sidewalk Flowerbox in Kilkenny, Ireland


The Rafter Dempseys Lounge, and a Rafter Descendant, Kilkenny, Ireland


City Hall, Kilkenny, Ireland


Lawn and Gardens at Kilkenny Castle


Kilkenny Castle, built in early 1200s


Old Barge on Grand Canal, Dublin


Interior of National Concert Hall, Dublin


Flower Stands along Grafton Street, Dublin


Ha'penny Bridge (1816 - cast iron) Across Liffey River, Dublin


Cast iron Lamp Standards on Grattan Bridge (1874), Dublin


Christ Cathedral, Dublin


Lower Doorway to Christ Cathedral, Dublin


Memorial in Christ Cathedral to Strongbow, (Richard Fitzgerald de Clare),Norman Conqueror of Dublin in 1170


Floor Tile in Christ Cathedral, Dublin


Tile Design on Floor of Christ Cathedral, Dublin


Bridge from Christ Cathedral to Synod Hall (Dublinia Museum), Dublin


Part of Viking Ship in Dublinia Viking Museum, Dublin


Dublinia Viking Museum, Dublin


Christ Cathedral and Synod Hall (Dublinia Museum), Dublin


City Coat of Arms (Three Burning Castles) on Lamp Post, Dublin


Labyrinth in Garden of Dublin Castle


St. Patrick carved in Tullamore Limestone outside Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle


Interior of Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle


Flower Vendor along Grafton Street, Dublin


Georgian Buildings "To Let" on Leeson Street, Dublin


Swans in St, Stephen's Green, Dublin


National Library, Dublin


Interior of National Archaeological Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin


A Charming Governmental Building, Dublin


Route of MS Prinsendam, summer 2010