BRITISH ISLES #19 -- IRELAND

From our last day in Ireland, Dublin City Center. Crazy busy city, way too many people. We rode the city tour bus to get a feel for the place, then wandered through Temple Bar and on to the National Archaeological Museum, which was pretty cool.

BRITISH ISLES #18 -- IRELAND

Yesterday  we  toured  the  Burren ,  a  unique landscape  near Doolin  Ireland  on the Wild  Atlantic  coast. The  stark geology  is intriguing. The  area  was  first  inhabited  by  humans  about  6000  years  ago  and  there  are  hundreds  of  historic  stone  structures  including  dozens  of  Iron  Age  stone  forts. Wildflowers  proliferate  in the crevices  between the limestone  formations.

BRITISH ISLES 17 -- IRELAND

More pics from the Dingle Peninsula  area. Then we drove to the tiny village  of  Doolin  in County  Clare, another  mecca  of traditional  Irish  music.  Today  we  hiked the Cliffs  of  Moher  & tonight  we're  visiting  a gentleman  who is nationally  revered as a master of Irish music; he hosts get togethers in his home which  is  just  down the  road  from  our  B&B.

BRITISH ISLES #16 -- IRELAND

We are now on the Iveragh  Peninsula  in southwest  IRELAND.  One night  in  Kenmare  where we visited an ancient stone circle,then down  the southern  coast to Portmagee  on the very tip.  More spectacular  scenery  + visited  a stone fort  &  abbey  ruins.  We stopped  at the Skellig  Chocolate  Factory  & enjoyed  a tasting  demonstration.