“It’s the one place on earth heaven had kissed with melody, mirth, and meadow and mist. ~ Irish Proverb.”
Never have I seen so many shades of green in this rolling hills of Dingle Peninsula. According to the song Johnny Cash wrote, there are at least 40 shades of green you can listen here.
In contrast, below is Burren meaning the great rock.
The nature of Burren is rocky limestone loving plant thrives here. For the nature lover, there is a Burren Nature Sanctuary set on a 50 acre of land. It’s impossible for me to describe it, you just have to go and see.
The landscape walking along the Dingle Peninsula is a site of beehive huts that believed to be a structure that may have been used as a church. It was thought that this area was once a monastic environment. The huts are in good conditioned and became part of the UNESCO World Heritage site.
This is a tide pool, and it was the first time I’ve seen a pool in my life. It was teeming with life. Here lies a sea urchin. I took one for observation and for keeps as a pet while in Ireland. Silly me. It died.
And here I am in 1995, finding a well-natured horse to chin wag with.
Emerald Island is truly a grand place to visit and to live where Erin first rose to feel genuinely at home. The people are kind and welcoming. Until now I can envision the rolling pastures, stone fending, narrow roads, fairy hills and the sea.
My “Nature” photos this week were from Ireland, too! It’s just such a beautiful place.
I just visited your post. Great place to have visited Ireland.
Beautiful nature to share, Perpetua. I love them all, but the Dingle Peninsula is my favorite..
Beautiful place and lovely little conversation.
Thank you.
So much green–it is beautiful. You look so cute!
Exactly, I am green with envy. Cute? that was 23 years ago.
Beautiful – on my bucket list.
Thank you. It is.
I visited while I was still in college and again many years later. Your lovely images are a great reminder of this beautiful place. Loved the photo of you!
Thank you, Tina. Took me a long time to chronicle this trip. I thought I better do it before my memory escapes me.
What a beautiful landscape! The land was covered with lush green.
I love the photo of you, beautiful smile! 🙂
The landscape came in naturally. The bonus side, there is no snake in Ireland, not part of their nature. Thank you, Amy.
The bonus May be due to the weather?
Oh this makes me so eager to visit!! Thanks for sharing!
Joy, I sure hope you can visit this country. It’s beautiful.
Thank you! It is my dream!
Looks so beautiful there!
It was and still is, feels as if I was in fantasy island.