Thursday, November 13, 2008

O'Brien Country


The Burren National Park, north easterly from the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. The Burren ("rocky land" in Gaelic) is a limestone karst region.


Several prehistoric burial tombs, like the Poulnabrone Dolmen bear testimony to past inhabitants.


This portal dolmen of Poulnabrone shows with what pomp and ceremony the prehistoric Burren-dwellers buried their chiefs.

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