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The Dingle Peninsula
In July and August 2005, I spent two weeks in Ireland. Most of it was with a tour group via a public radio station, before I stayed at a Dublin hostel for three days.
The Dingle Peninsula
Tim Collins — our tour guide in the Dingle Peninsula
Ring forts date back 2000 years and are connected with fairies in legend. We just passed one, land up several feet, plants growing on it, reminiscent of stone cattle walls.
We came to a narrow road that dates to the 1840s-1850s, for carriages and carts.
The Ring of Kearay is another peninsula, about 100 miles around.
Beehive huts
We came to a small bridge, just down the street from St. James Church.
We went to a sixth century foundation of a monastic settlement (I took many photos, despite “oh the dreadful wind and rain”).
We saw several foundations of beehive huts within a stone wall. This was an archeological dig, and they’re 2000…