Middle Earth
Just a short note here to say that we arrived just at sunset last night in Athlone after a terrifying drive from Bru na Boinne (New Grange). The Budget car rental office on Drumcondra Rd. in Dublin sits right on the N1 motorway so the drive nortth to New Grange was not too bad. After fantastic tours of two of the three "passage graves" at New Grange we followed directions across country (on reasonable roads) through Navan - Trim - Longford - Kinnegad - Athlone. The trouble was left-side driving + not really knowing where we were going. But we made it and stayed at a very pleasant (and tiny) B&B on the west end of Athlone.
Today we'll explore Lough Ree for a bit and then head to Galway where we've booked 3 nights at the Balcony House B&B. We'll check in from there later.
Wow, middle earth , did you see any elf's feel any magic??????? ;D,
ReplyDeleteI want to hear about the passage graves. What ARE they? Were they in wild country?
ReplyDeleteThe pre-Celts buried certain people in tombs constructed by propping up large flat boulders to create a chamber. Some were 30-40' long and often capped with huge mounds of rocks and soil.
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