Glendalough is home to a 6th century monastic site founded by St. Kevin. This is St Kevin's Kitchen\Church with the 30m high Round Tower in the background. I was thinking of Glendalough and this round tower when I made this card.
Glendalough Valley was carved out by glaciers during the Ice Age and the two lakes were formed when the ice eventually thawed. Students from the School of Archaeology were on a dig when we were there and I tried to avoid getting them in the photos but one of the guy's bright orange jacket managed to shine through the fushia bushes!
It's a wonderful, scenic place to visit and there are lots of great trails for every level of fitness.
I loved the brilliant views from the trail we took.
But the drops were a bit hairy at times!
Back on safe ground again!
With the arrival of those clouds and the rain, it was time to head for home.
I hope you enjoyed the ramble around Glendalough!
16 comments:
How AMAZING, Heather! I felt that I was there....Thanks so much for sharing these awesome photos! Beautiful and inspirational!
Thank you, Heather. I did enjoy that ramble very much and didn't even break into a sweat :)
I kept looking at the "orange jacket guy" and it could pass for a big butterfly!!!!!
Ingenious design for your card, the Celtic border was incredible :o)
Oh my! what lovely scenes, heather! i so do remember that delightful card series.. now i know where the inspiration sprang from. thanks for sharing :)
Such beautiful captures! Really lovely photos, thank you for sharing, makes me really want to take a vacation! ;)
I love when you share pictures of your beautiful country - thanks, Heather! Best wishes to your boys for a great school year!
Gorgeous pics! Looks like a fabulous place to be. :)
Gorgeous! Lovely trip!
Wow! These pictures are sooo beautiful! I'd love to go to Ireland one day - soo pretty! :)
wow!! these pictures are amazing, so beautiful!! I would live to see Ireland one day too :)
So beautiful photos thanks for sharing with us. =P
Hi Heather, your photos are gorgeous. I enjoyed looking at them.
what gorgeous photos, heather!! as close to being there as you can get! what beautiful scenery! thanks for sharing...
Fantastic photograps Heather, thanks for sharing, hopefully I will get to see Ireland one day!!
Stunning captures Heather. Glendalough looks amazing.
These shots are beautiful! Hope I get to Ireland one day to see these places in person.
Beautiful pictures, Heather! I love nature and miss the mountains when we were living in Austria! It's so flat here!
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