Pretty, isn't it? This is a shot taken from the bridge over the canal at Vicarstown Co. Laois (also known to some as Queen's County. Vicarstown is very close to County Kildare, and it's not big really - just a few houses and a pub on the edge of the canal with another one of the bridges I like so much over the canal. I think these barges would be for rent to people who want to take a little cruise along the canal during the summer months.
I remember as a child watching barges go through the various locks on a canal in County Kildare, it used to be such fun to watch. This whole area is lovely, the bridge is one of the twisty little ones, it's almost, but not quite the 'humpty' back bridge type that we'd love to drive over as children - you'd get bumped in the car. There are lovely walks along the canal here, and I think it's part of the Laois Heritgae area, if it's not, then it should be!