Ireland: Guinness, Rocks, and Bronze Age Forts

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February 3rd 2009

Published: February 12th 2009

Mat: Jeremy was back from a stint working in Angola, and was heading to Ireland to catch up with his brother Nick, and sister Cynthia. This seemed like a good opportunity to catch up with Jeremy after not seeing him for a year, and also to see a bit of Ireland. We had four days there, but got quite sidetracked initially by the Guinness. First it was a 12 hour session at his brother's local in Lo... Read Full Entry

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The graves of seven romans buried on Inis Mor

The ground is too rocky to dig very deep, some graves were just a foot or so deep, and surrounded by rocks.

Walls and walls and walls

Another wall

Currach

The Aran version of the light-weight boat called the currach is made from canvas stretched over a sparse skeleton of thin laths, then covered in tar. It is designed to withstand the very rough seas that are typical of islands that face the open Atlantic. Indeed, it is said that the Aran fishermen would not learn to swim, since they would certainly not survive any sea that swamped a currach and so it would be better to drown quickly.

No need for foundations on Inis Mor

The cliff in the middle of Dun Aengus

It was a pretty solid bit of rock, but I didn't have the balls to test it out. The cliff is 90m high and completely vertical.

In the inner area of Dun Aengus

Long way down

Dun Aengus inner wall

Inis Mor

Not much topsoil

Galway

Snowing in Galway

14th February 2009

Roy Keane
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Helen would not approve
Mat you need to come home immediately......taking risks like that! Where were the ropes and signs, the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, do they have ACC? Have you contracted water on the brain syndrome...common in wetter climates! Is your health insurance still active? Keane to hear if you survived the trip! Roy.

10th August 2009

Stephen Paul
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great Pictures!
The panorama rocks! Plus all the Dun Aengus pics are great. cheers!

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