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A short way out of town where Lower Main Street of Letterkenny, County Donegal becomes the R250, is this one - a pleasing flatie - on a boulder that is incorporated into the wall of a stone-built building.

Below: The 'mark on the R250 in Letterkenny.

 

Above: Looking west on the R250 towards Ballymacool with the 'mark at bottom right and in the distance the fabled eponymous Hills wherein a New Las Vegas may have been constructed.

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This one is on the north side of that section of the Port Road that runs from the Station Roundabout up to the Main Street, in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The OSI (Ordance Survey of Ireland) maps, name this section as Ramelton Road. But nobody in Letterkenny calls it that and neither does Google Maps.

Below: The 'mark on the Port Road in Letterkenny.

 

Above: Looking west on the Port Road with the 'mark at bottom right and with the convoy of the groupies of the Donegal International Rally in full swing.

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This one is on the south side of the Martello Tower in the north of Balbriggan, County Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on the Martello Tower, Balbriggan.

 

 Above: Looking west with the 'mark to the right, on the stone just above the ledge.

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This one is on the west side of the railway bridge that straddles Baths Road in Balbriggan, County Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on the railway bridge on Baths Road, Balbriggan.

 

 Above: Looking east with the 'mark on the stone at bottom left.

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This one is on Oldbawn Cottage at the corner of Harry Reynolds Road and Drogheda Street in Balbriggan, County Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Oldbawn Cottage on Drogheda Street in Balbriggan.

 

 Above: Looking north-west on Drogheda Street with the 'mark at left on the corner of the cottage.

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M.C. will admit that he is not exactly a gifted amateur in the photography stakes, but he can be like a truffle hound on speed when it comes to sniffing out unrecorded 'marks. He spotted this one when about to go under the viaduct while driving along Harbour Road in Balbriggan, County Dublin. Now if he could just master his FAS and FAD he could be an unstoppable force of nature.

Below: The 'mark on the viaduct on Harbour Road in Balbriggan.

 

 Above: Looking north-west from Harbour Road. The 'mark can be seen on the outside of the corner facing.

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Go past the night-club and down along the East Pier - built in 1761 by the Honourable George Hamilton of Hampton in the County of Dublin - through the rotted wooden mooring posts, past the stripped-down rusted hulks stranded on the harbour bottom, and you will find this one on the lighthouse in Balbriggan, County Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on the lighthouse in Balbriggan.

 

 Above: A view of the lighthouse with the 'mark at the centre bottom of the tower.