Mike again.
Quick note on the Burren, which we also toured while making our way from Dublin to Dingle. It's a barren but beautiful landscape. Funny thing: it's all karst geology underneath!
Also, like Stonehenge, seems to be a bit of a refuge for hippies, New Agers, and pagens. These are my peeps!
The visitor's center is a must for understanding what you're looking at (though a bit hokey and silly at times) - and was put together and maintained by volunteers who are clearly dedicated to their part of the world, and thankful we should be to them for that. This part of the world, as it seems most of Ireland, has a mystical and fantastic history as well as a tragic history.
While the landscapes are, by far, the most beautiful we have encountered yet, you can easily see how the Catholics who were sent to live here by the English would have a terrible time making a living off of the land. The potato famine ruined many.
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