Artist Reply: Ruth, you are too good to me. Nevertheless, it is true that I paint best when I paint those scenes out of my memory and imagination. The one I like best of mine is called 'The church of the Devil's outside.' But you need zoom to see all the detail of this. Thanks again Ruth.

Artist Reply: What a darlin' you are Olga, when I was a young fella I used to cycle out there with sandwiches and a bottle of milk. then I would spend the whole day, if the weather was good and the weather is always good when you are young, listening to the amazing collection of old curmudgeons, queers,priests and even some other ordinary young men and the talk [craic ] was wonderful. What an education I got, nothing that my mother would have approved. The flagstones you see in my picture were laid by convicts and these are their ghosts appearing in the stone, distorted by pain,suffering,anguish, time and death. I love this place and thanks for looking.

Artist Reply: Cool is right Maria, although 'bloody freezing,' might be more accurate. thanks.

Artist Reply: Thank you Annette. I had happy times there.

Artist Reply: Thank you Nelly for your very complimentary remarks. I, on the other hand, am quite a staid person in real life. I tend to live in my head. But you must tell me how to pronounce your name. Reading between the J's and the Z's I might English it as Newhouse. I am probably nouns out. I have never had an exhibition and I dont have a lot of paintings here. Some are in Ireland and many have been sold. But I will try to get some stuff together. Give me a year.

Artist Reply: That is the whole purpose of my painting. To make people laugh and if possible, throw themselves down on their backs and kick their legs in the air. You are a dalin' Lucia, for looking at so many of my pieces. Thank you very much.

Artist Reply: Nice of you to write Bev, thanks a lot. Frank Maguire.

Artist Reply: I spent many years here when I was young and loved it though one had to dodge the queers. Frank.

Artist Reply: Thanks Izabella, You may have noticed images in the flagstones underfoot in that picture, they are not there in reality but constitute my nod to the slave convict labourers who built that wall. At that time in Ireland, you only had to be Irish to be a criminal. Frank.

Artist Reply: IT SEEMED LIKE THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD WHEN i WAS YOUNG. fRANK.

Artist Reply: The naked man on the left is a priest and thats his dog. I spent many a happy day up here swimming and talking. We were a motley band, from government ministers down to humble labourers and we were there for the craic. frank.