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Surveillance video captures helicopter crash outside school - Reply by quick capture - CCTV:September 18/08:A CCTV camera has caught the moment a helicopter crashed close to a school in County Meath in the Irish Republic. STORY:Three people suffered minor injuries today after a helicopter crashed close to a school.... more

Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. A fine piece of medieval construction and one of the finest castles in Europe still standing.

Some Spring flying in EI-COP on a nice sunny day from an airfield in Navan Co.Meath Ireland on 17th February 2001.

http://www.lookaroundireland.com/mapofmeath.htm A guide to Meath through pictures from the county

4000BC , Loughcrew, possibly the oldest cemetery in the world, tells of Ireland's neolithic cultures, shrouded in myth and mystery. The tombs are located on three different hills. The largest of the three Cairn T has a vernal and Autumunal Equinox which is when the chamber becomes illuminated with sunlight. There is.... more

At the Hill of Tara, Irish myth, legend and history are one - this magical site has been home to gods and goddesses, to druids and warriors, and to Ireland's High Kings. The Hill of Tara has a strange effect on people. From up here on the heights one sees not only into the distance, but into Tara's past.

Bective Abbey was founded in 1150 by Murchadh O' Melaghin, King of Meath, for the Cistercians, and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The medieval world of monks and abbeys brings to mind an ascetic life of isolation, prayer and scholarly study.

Some snapshots of a recent holiday.

Two Combine Harvesters (John Deere CTS 925 and CASE International CT 5080)work in a small field in late August. Trying to harvest out some wheat that has suffered badly from monsoon like rain conditions in early August.

My wife's birthday present