Our first hike into the Burren

The Burren

Deeper into the countryside.

First view to the sea.

Beautiful colors in the grass.

Heading for a stone-age site.

The dolomite stone has a rugged beauty.

This is our guide.

A view of the farmland.

Rugged Wilderness

This tree is very old, but not so big.

A place where we need to watch where we step.

See to the Sea

Stunning countryside

This is a 3,000 year old kitchen fire hearth.

Rtz is drinking from the fountain of life

Heather is colorful this time of year.

Coming up on a Holy Well.

Learning the history of the Holy Site

Its time for tea.

This is Kathy and Mike.

This author is the figure in the middle.

Moving again, into the lower fields.

Going through the gap.

This church is from the 5th or 6th century.

The first Christian church in the area.

A church from 700.

Stone Work in the church.

A grave marker in the church floor.

Another view of church built in 700ad.

Stone Wall

More stone work.

This is the third church, built in 1194.

Burial plots on holy ground.

Stone Doorways.

Bigger than the earlier churches.

Chapel back wall.

The Chapel.

Graves in the church floor.

The Burren, in County Clare, is a beautiful rugged wilderness full of stone-age relics, heather, and dolomite rock.

The blackberries and haselnuts were ready for eating, and growing wild everywhere.

He gave us unique insight into the area, that someone could have only after generations of living in the area.

Early September.

They own the rental house we stayed in. They are wonderful, and the rental home is wonderful. If you are interested in renting, bauersacchetti@aol.com

The other two are Paul and Carolyn, the second couple we were in Ireland with. They are wonderful people.

We are heading into the grounds of a church built around 500ad.

This is the first of two churches built on this site.

Built around 470, the area grew so fast they built a second, bigger church in 700. Then built a third in 1170, about a mile away.