( Kilmaccuragh promenade on 29 April). We’ve seen these very colourful ‘Prayer flags’ from Tibet. Found the following explanation on a panel about the connection between Kilmaccuragh and Buddhist regions of the Himalaya.

Nous avons aperçu de loin des drapeaux multicolores qui entouraient tout un espace dans le jardin. En nous aprochant, nous avons vu un petit panneau explicatif avec cette histoire de connexion entre le jardin de Kilmaccuragh et le Tibet.
Ces temps-ci, on entend les tristes nouvelles du séisme qui a frappé les Népalais. Ces drapeaux multicolores sont donc des prières pour eux.

Prayer flags are a familiar sight in Buddhist regions of the Himalaya, particularly in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan, where they add colour to the highest mountain passes and monastic sites.
These prayer flags are from Yuksam in north-west Sikkim, where the English botanical explorer, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), collected many of the Rhododendrons we enjoy at Kilmaccuragh today.
Hooker’s Rhododendron seeds were received at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in Dublin on April 22nd 1850, and from Glasnevin young plants were sent by Dr David Moore to Thomas and Janet Acton at Kilmaccuragh, where we still enjoy them today.

遠くから、色とりどりの旗がひらめいているのが見えました。近寄ってみると、チベットの「祈りの旗」というものだそうです。
鮮やかな青空に映える「祈りの旗」。ネパールの震災で被災された方々のことを考えました。