Signs of Athboy

Our friend H is visiting from Santa Cruz. We picked her up at the airport in Dublin then spent three days exploring the Boyne Valley, home of New Grange and other Neolithic treasures. I will probably post about that trip soon. But first, this collection of signs and shopwindows found in Athboy, a nice little town near our B&B.





"Sold by public auction" means that a family that had collected rent from the entire town for hundreds of years had to sell it off because they didn't want to pay the death taxes. The tenants were able to purchase their own homes and busiensses at reasonable rates and loans. The world needs higher death taxes, that's for sure.  

At a home decor store. The last snake in Ireland. 

Tlactga is an ancient site only a mile from town. Samhain rituals have been revived there recently. 

Who is that in the window? 

Green Cross is not what it means in California. 

Full service town