Gallery 2

Dun Aengus is a spectacular clifftop fort on Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands, County Galway.

The cliffs on the Atlantic side of Inishmore, 100 meters above the crashing waves below

Getting a better view of the coastline

Can make a mother nervous

        

There is a lot of stone on the islands. Sand even has to be imported. A stone wall around the meadow is not special, the meadow itself is!

The islands have long attracted artists, writers & film makers

Layers of sand and seaweed were mixed on top of rocks to create fertile soil, a technique used to grow potatoes and other vegetables. The islanders also constructed unique boats for fishing, building their thatched cottages from the materials available or trading with the mainland.

The same seaweed method also provided grazing grass within stone-wall enclosures grass for cattle and sheep, which in turn provided wool and yarn to make handwoven trousers, skirts and jackets, handknitted sweaters, shawls, caps, and hide shoes.

The same seaweed method also provided grazing grass within stone-wall enclosures grass for cattle and sheep, which in turn provided wool and yarn to make handwoven trousers, skirts and jackets, handknitted sweaters, shawls, caps, and hide shoes.          

Kilronan is the principal town on the island

Bunratty Castle in background

Blarney Woollen Mills, a retail store where you can purchase souvenirs

Lots of cow stuff on the ground, not to be stepped in

Tim is the farmer & owner of the land the Stone Grange Circle is on

Kay is showing off her sweater, soon to be warn by her granddaughter, due to be born in December.

Lunch in Adare, one of Irland's most beautiful villages

Beautiful rose gardens of Tralee

A monument honoring Rose Kennedy is a main feature of the garden