A Grand Circle Tour through Ireland reveals a land of great contrast. The quaint stone walls across the countryside partition an almost uninhabitable and barren region along the west coast which gradually turns into a lush, green and fertile farmland as one travels east. Several counties in the north still “belong” to the Brittish, and use the pound for currency, while most counties are independent of the Brittish and use the Euro. A few areas in the west still speak Irish, a language which bears no relationship to English, and requires that road signs display both Irish and English. The Irish affinity for drinking was on display with the first picture below of an engagement party for the ceremony still three months away. Of the seven blokes celebrating, the engaged one in the middle was barely able to sit upright on his stool at noon. Let the party begin!
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- Engagement party
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- Old stones everywhere
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- Buggy ride through estate
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- West coast shoreline burren
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- Cliffs of Moher
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- Quaint little town square
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- 300+ million year old Burren
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- Restored Victorian Estate
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- Estate lake
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- Fit only for grassland and grazing
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- Peat fuel for all in Ireland
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- Fish farm near peninsula
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- We saw the sun twice in 12 days
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- Yellow flowering everywhere
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- Fence foreground, Burren background
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- Irish and English sign
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- Bar out of the rain
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- Next to the bar
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- Spot of tea
