The Burren and Killarney

The Burren is a rocky area in the northern part of County Clare. I stayed in a nice little town named Kilfenora. On Thursday night I went to a local pub and listened to some traditional music. On Friday I tripped around with Taylor, a beautiful and engaging young woman from Arizona. We visited Corcomroe Abbey, Dunguaire Castle, the Corofin town museum (very good), Poulnabrone Dolmen and discussed the social habits and religious beliefs of the dolphins.

From the Burren I went to Killarney. I stayed in a hostel in the country, about 10 miles from Killarney. I was the only guest while I was there. The hostel had newspapers from 1982. It was all a little eerie. My main goal was to climb Mt Carrantuohil, at 1039m the highest mountain in Ireland. The day I climbed was fine but the mountain was cloud covered above about 300m. I was told that the view from the top is great in fine weather. Oh well. I lost the track on the way back down, which was fun. I made it back OK but I was about a mile off course. The picture of me at the top gives an idea of the conditions-

I quite liked Killarney, it is a compact town with lots of amenities. On Saturday night I went to the cinema and watched the film "Terminator Salvation", which had nothing whatsoever to do with Ireland.