A Real Irish Day.

Newgrange~ Built more than 5000 years ago in 3200 BC,  even before Stonehedge and the Egyptian Pyramids. Do you remember me writing that Daria said “Oh My God your head is going to pop off!” when I told her I was going to Newgrange? Well it certainly was beautiful with its green rolling hills, stones and crosses, but not sure now if it was the beauty of it all that she was talking about. 

There is a tomb called the Passage tomb where they kept the remains of the dead who were usually cremated. You can see from the picture how low the entrance to the tomb is. When the guide was telling us that we would break up into two groups and then go in, he said, “Just be sure to be very careful entering, we don’t want anyone’s head to pop off.” I was the only one who laughed out loud, not their fault, they didn’t get it.

 It is a nice site to see and the Mary Gibbons Bus Tour is the way to go if you’re thinking of coming to Dublin.

The second two pictures are of The Hill of Tara. You see that cloud up there in the sky? Well it burst into the hardest Irish rain that I've been in, in a long time and that wind, oh that wind was a blowin, sideways.. in your face.. at your back.. coldest windy rain ever.. So I'll have to come back again sometime to appreciate The Hill of Tara. The amazing thing is how well the Irish know their weather, just before it started, the guide said, "everyone move in a little closer, we're about to get a real lashing." Seeing is believing.