Wednesday, October 6: We sat in the Balinsheen solarium this morning, watching it rain outside the back window but not rain outside the front window. The weather really keeps you on your toes. After a great Irish breakfast we left horses playing in the field next to our B&B and headed south to Kilfenora, a small village sitting at the gateway to The Burren. After a quick stop at the visitor's center, we made a false start out of town, started over and encountered a 15th century castle ruin and later a stone fort ruin, Caherconnell, a stone ring fort that was common for farm families in medieval times. On to Poulnabrone Dolman, a portal tomb--a druid's altar and grave chamber from 4000 years ago. We were fortunate enough to just miss a tour bus group
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