Look at the Lord of the Irish Castle!
He ran free through the castle grounds
and this ain’t blarney!
Although the Castle is…..
and this is Blarney House,
both are in County Cork Ireland,
close to the charming coastal town of Cobh.
My husband loves the Irish pubs,
but I prefer the Irish foxes!
Cheers to you from County Cork~
(Still operating under very limited wifi access, so I apologize for not being able to follow and respond.)
I’ve shared this on FB with one of my friends who loves foxes 🙂
Thank you and tell your friend I love them too!
Thank you dear Cindy, I love the photographs, they are gorgeous. 🙂
Thank you dear Ranu and hugs to you~
Fantastic close-ups of the fox! What a cutie! <3 Looks like quite the lord of the castle indeed. Thanks for the amazing sights once again Cindy. 🙂 <3 Lynn
Isn’t he a beauty and I liked his houses too!
Beautiful photos! They bring, as a lot of your work, dear memories to me. My loyal good friends from where the photos come from and foxes. There are lots of foxes in London wondering around and in the parks as well. They are so friendly, lovely creatures. Thank you! Adrián
They are magnificent creatures, friendly, but wary & cautious. I followed this fox all around the castle grounds and into the private house gardens (naughty me) eventually the fox figured he would just sit down and scratch! I fell in love~ <3
Love the scenic shots.
Thank you & cheers!
Hello Cindy! Oh, what a handsome, handsome fellow <3 Amazing shots as always!
Best,
Takami
Isn’t he a beauty! Love at first sight!
Cindy these are brilliant…. love the tour with you
Ahhhh, so glad you’re coming along, and very soon now I will be in your corner of the bush! 🙂 🙂
That last bit is what I look forward to
I am practicing, “Nice rhinoceros Sit! Stay!”
I am certain it will work.
And this time when I hear grunting by the braai, I will know it is a hippo, not a bush pig.
I am so much better equipped for the bush!
Laughing……loudly!
Can’t wait!!!
We hope you kissed the Blarney Stone.
No way, it would overload me with even more blarney!!!!! 😉 😉
Gorgeous pics!
So glad you enjoyed and I am getting closer to your home turf I think…….
Yes, you certainly are!
<3
What a magnificent animal! How would you like to clean that house?? Gorgeous pics.
I would much rather have the fox than the house!!!! Although the gardens were simply divine which is why the fox chose them! 😉 😉
Wonderful Pictures Cindy.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
Mil grazi!
Beautiful!
Danke schoen!
Great pictures!
Thanks much!
Men always love pubs, Cindy. Looks like you’re having a great time.
Irish pubs are particularly charming!
Now I don’t mind admitting I’m pea-green with envy for your trip, Cindy! As an Irish-American, there’s nothing better than the motherland, you know — foxes, castles, pubs, all that GREEN!! Do enjoy a pint for me, okay?!
It is such a beautiful country and you are understandably proud! The people are so warm and wonderful! But the Irish fox was the piece de resistance! Love it all~ <3
Hi Cindy,
DId you kiss the Blarney Stone?
Leslei
No, I was too afraid considering how full of blarney I already am.
Oh, you didn’t need it.:D,:D. It is quite a stretch isn’t it?
Leslie
😉
Cindy, I really love your pictures. My boyfriend and I love to travel but have been stateside for the last 8 months, ugh, we both want to go an our next adventure. Ireland is at the top of our list. Your photos whisk me off to another place, which is just what I need today.
What a lovely and motivating comment. I look forward to seeing your photos when you go to Ireland! <3
What a beauty and he looks like he knows it. Beautiful pictures as always, Gosh I wish I could join you.
I wish you could too! And I am glad you like the foxy! <3
Absolutely stunning photos and oh how the wee fox seems so proud! A magnificent creature he is. Just beautiful. Blessings and peace! ~Matthew
He is just everything isn’t he? Every good adjective, and more~
That fox is grumpy looking, but adorable nonetheless. Great pictures! Glad you’re enjoying yourself!
Yes he is a wary fellow, but for good reason I suspect. He warmed up after awhile, like anyone!
Ha, ha! Good to know. 🙂
Hope you are able to post more photos from Ireland! These are lovely!
Such a beautiful & friendly country!
Awesome photos Cindy! I am so jealous you are in Ireland! So very cool! I love foxes and always have, your photos of him are so adorable!!!! Have a wonderful time as I know that you of course are! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugs & friendship back to you guys! Be well my friends~
Hey,
These pics are really nice, Ireland’s a stunning place! And can I say I loved your out back Cali blurb, I’m from England so it’s really cool and insightful to imagine… Thanks for taking an interest in my blog I appreciate it immensely and enjoy yours too might I say 🙂
You are most welcome and I am so pleased you enjoyed The Holler! It is definitely not for everyone! 😉 😉
Haha I did indeed. Have good day! (In England it’s morning 😉 )
Yep, I need atomic clocks to tell me what time it is!
That fox has quite the life! 😉
Quite lord like! I think he deserves it! 😉
That’s okay that you can’t respond as frequent as you would like, just keep the beautiful pictures coming. A.G.
Thanks so much for understanding!
Oh, I love the fox too – and I love the castle. What a wonderful trip you are having! 🙂
He was pretty special and I rarely get to see foxes! Hope you are doing well Dor & cheers!
Sí, es verdad que el “señor del castillo” parece ser el zorro 😉
Bonita ciudad, bonito castillo, bonito paisaje… Siga disfrutando, amiga <3
Es usted muy amable y me aprecia a sus atinados comentarios mucho. Salud y muchas gracias!
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Cindy Knoke takes the most amazing photographs and these capture the lord of the castle, an Irish Fox who looks the part.. County Cork where the Walshes in our family hailed from.
Such a gorgeous area with such amazing people! Thanks so much my friend and b well~ <3
Wow, Cindy. I look forward to more photos. My Dad’s family, the Curtins, hail from City of Cork, County Cork and we also have Bridget Donovan, an Irish Famine Orphan sent out to Australia from Midleton Workhouse and O’Sullivans from Mallow…quite a swag of places. Love the fox. xx Rowena
You know something, Ireland is beyond wonderful. I completely get the Irish loyalty and Irish pride. Plus we just listened to traditional Celtic music and watched the traditional dancing last night. I was embarrassed because I kept having to hide my tears. There is just something amazing about the Irish & Ireland and County Cork in particular. I have been to Ireland before but never to County Cork and I am just bowled over. Hugs to you & your Irish pride! <3
That’s really intriguing. I went to an Irish celebration in Sydney last year and felt something special there too. A touch of the Irish perhaps! xx Rowena
Who knows I am quite the mutt, genetically speaking! 😉
Me too. In Australia, we have this phrase about sending people back hwere they came from if they don’t like it here and I’ve thought they’re going to have to chop most of us into pieces and distribute the bits as we’re mostly mutt over here.
I am proud of my muttdom! Laughing…….;)
Terrific photos! Makes me realize how much I want to travel to Ireland – have cousins there and a stone house that belonged to great grandparents I want to check out.
Oh my God! GO!!!!! It would be heaven! And please take pics and post!
Cindy, it won’t be till next year the earliest, but I will share.
Your pictures are amazing! It really makes me want to live there! How beautiful County Cork is!
It is gorgeous and Cobh seems a truly beautiful coastal city, albeit cold, but the warmth of the people outshine the temp!
Stunning pictures of the fox and charming town. I want to visit now. Magnificent photos. Thank you for sharing. <3 <3
Ahhhh, thank you more for appreciating& be well! <3
The fox gives the impression he’s posing. How about that. A star is b.o.r.n. 😀 <3
I agree, such natural elegance!
Exactly. <3
What a regal guy. Very handsome. Pictures of architecture and buildings are always so intriguing. Really like the one with the bridge…..and of course all the foxy ones!
Ireland is just full of foxy philosophers, some are even human! 😉
I’m with hubby…you hang with the foxes then pour me a mug!
See you and my hubby will get along. You can both swill a bunch a stout in the pubs, and when you can’t stand anymore, I’ll take you to meet the fox……..
Or you could just go to the Bahamas!! 😉 🙂
Hugs to you Antionette <3
Definitely, but we are heading to Punta Cana next month and I can’t wait!!!
Oooooooh! You will have a glorious time! Happy for you~ <3 <3
Great stuff, Cindy
Mil grazi!
I prefer the foxes too 🙂 Beautiful shots, Cindy!
Yay! Glad you love the foxie moxies too!
This little one is beautiful 😀 You got superb pictures of him! :-)claudine
Very happy you like him! I fell in love~ <3
Darling fox photos!
Thanks and pleased you enjoyed them~
I did! 🙂
Blarney. Put a Cork in it. I like Smithwick’s Ale.
Laughing…….;)
I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland so I am going to enjoy seeing it through your eyes Cindy.
The Emerald Isles are all they are said to be and more! <3
I’m green too Cindy…
The only green in you Pauline is in your thumb! You can’t be green, you travel more than I do! 😉
Ah but we are now slowing down and I don’t think we will get much overseas travel now, but who knows it is in the lap of the gods… My green thumb is working overtime at the moment and loving it…
What? You are actually at home? Working in your garden? The big question is are you going to stay there long enough to eat what you sew?
In all honesty you both may be slowing down, but you are still doing so much, living life to the fullest, focusing on all the good. You are wonderful, slow or fast, and I am so lucky to have met you both. Inspirations to me is what you both are. (Sorry for talking in Yoda syntax!)
wow! these are knock-out photographs, absolutely gorgeous! thank you cindy
Awwww, so pleased you enjoyed them & cheers to you~
These photos are amazing and love foxes and these make my heart smile. Ty for sharing.
So glad you do, and so do I! <3
I enjoyed that tour around County Cork, your Irish castles are so majestic, the Blarney house reminds me of the TV series Downton Abbey.
Great pictures Cindy
So pleased you like him! I was thrilled to see him~
Yes, it reminded me of Highclere too!! The gardens were divine~
Cindy, the images of the fox are so beautiful. Thank you! Hugs! Veraiconica
I fell in love with him! <3
OHH, I want my own fox! (You know, ancestorally I’m 1/2 Irish!)
Well, your name and sensitive artistic soul kinda gives you away.My son wants to rescue an abandoned one too~
My heart be still! I’m looking forward to the day when I’ll be able to travel again. It will have to be baby steps at first. But, it will happen!
It will and I hope you let me travel along virtually! Hugs to you Sheri~
looks so gorgeous, great photos!
Beautiful country, beautiful fox!
I always like a redhead. 🙂
I can’t imagine why??????? 😉
A beautiful and handsome lord of the Irish castle I must say!
Best looking Lord I’ve seen! 😉
What a beautiful fox! Great captures!
He is beautiful isn’t he!
The fox is hunting rabbits out there – everything has to be in balance 🙂 Glad you are enjoying your trip!
In love with foxes!
I too! 🙂
<3
Amazing photos of the fox, so detailed.
Thank you for appreciating him. I certainly did
he is so smart! i <3
He is! He survives relentless hunting.
Hey! I nominated you for very inspiring blogger award. 🙂
Oh, I am honored and very grateful! Thank you~ <3
You deserve it. 🙂
What a fabulous trip! This fox is stunning and oh, how I love the romance of castles. Thanks so much for sharing, Cindy.
Thank you more for the appreciation!
OMG!! I wish they were pets. I would so have one!
My son wants one too! They are adorable. They seem halfway between a dog and a cat.
I want to pet it and hug it and kiss it…. LOL!
That settles it. I have found a fox family with two kits that I will post and they are named The Resa Family! <3
What a beautiful fox! Pub looks good, too… 😉
Now that you mention it, sounds like a good name for a pub, The Irish Fox….. 😉
Yes! You must open one… 😉
My husband will have a pint in one! 😉
I LOVE OLD BUILDINGS,THANKS CINDY
Beautiful old castle isn’t it and you are most welcome~