Travelogue Ireland 2007
Strandhill - Downpatrick Head - The Ceide Fields
And then we reached the sea. Our first and quite short beach trip led us to
Strandhill, where you can find a lot of sand, dunes and also lots of walkers
and surfers.
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| Strandhill Beach Art by Gabi |
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| And then finally the rough
and beautiful Atlantic. We had headed towards a place called Downpatrick
Head without knowing what we were going to see. |
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| Breathtaking cliffs, unchanged
by man, open and accessible, dangerous and beautiful. |
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| Downpatrick Head itself, sculptured
by the waves. This is a place where you can easily spend one or two ours,
enjoying the forces of nature below you. If you've seen the Cliffs of
Moher before visiting this place (we did not) you will especially enjoy
the emptiness of this great place, there are hardly any tourists. |
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| Then, a bit disappointing:
The Ceide Fields and the museum (closed while we were there). The ruins
of this ancient settlement might be sensational to archaeologists, but
not to us. Anyway, the drive along the cliff line of the area is amazing. |
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