Ireland Hiking

[jasoncapecod]

First time in Ireland and I’m shocked by the beauty.
Also great hiking!!! We rented a car in Dublin and drove south.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Beautiful pix (but it looks like the northeastern U.S./Quebec).

 

[jasoncapecod]

Beautiful pix (but it looks like the northeastern U.S./Quebec).

True
Similar latitude

 

[Sbooker]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve got to get to the UK at some point.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Isn't it fascinating that in the late 1800s/early 1900s, people were packing up and leaving beautiful places like these to cross the ocean, sometimes with no idea where they'd ultimately end up (not infrequently an urban slum at first). Of course, most were motivated by the promise of a better life, which was heavily marketed by steamship companies looking to maximize revenues, as my great grandparents from southern Italy told us.

While watching Season 2 of The White Lotus that took place in Sicily, I was thinking about how it's now a sexy tourist destination but back then paesans were fleeing the island en masse.

 

[flyover]

Isn't it fascinating that in the late 1800s/early 1900s, people were packing up and leaving beautiful places like these to cross the ocean, sometimes with no idea where they'd ultimately end up (not infrequently an urban slum at first).

In the long shadow of the famine, the Irish were packing up and leaving poverty, economic and political oppression including land ownership laws that prevented the vast majority from ever having much opportunity to get a leg up, and political instability and/or violence.

 

[jimk]

In the long shadow of the famine, the Irish were packing up and leaving poverty, economic and political oppression including land ownership laws that prevented the vast majority from ever having much opportunity to get a leg up, and political instability and/or violence.

Lovely photos. Post more!
My ancestors on both sides were Irish. My Dad really cherished his Irish roots I know I'd love to visit Ireland, but I've always had other higher travel priorities (mostly relating to ski slopes or tropical climes). Time is beginning to run short for my opportunity to kiss the Blarney Stone

 

[Tony Crocker]

Liz is half Irish. Her ancestors emigrated to rural Vermont in the 1830's, reputedly because they were troublemakers for the British. Coincidentally, the 1/8 of my ancestry that is Irish also emigrated to rural Vermont. I visited my great aunt Maxine McNamara in Northfield after business trips to ski in 1988, 1990 and 1993.

 

[jasoncapecod]

Jimk here ya go
Blarney Stone castle is in the pics

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Have you tried the Beef and Guinness Pie? I've always been curious about it and vow to make a faux-meat version soon.

The article linked above has some descriptive language that you probably experienced:
Ireland will always hold a special place in my heart. Being Irish myself, it was amazing to visit the parts of Ireland my ancestors came from. Lush rolling countrysides, castles, Celtic grave sites, abandoned ruins and monasteries; Ireland has a cold beauty about it that is breathtaking and raw. Being immersed in a land so rich and full of history definitely captivates the heart and ignites the imagination. Tales of heroic battles and valiant kings are richly intertwined throughout the land. It’s hard to be in Ireland and not feel the wonder of times long past.