A moving day for us. It was raining when we left and rained off and on most of the day. However each time we stopped to see something it was not raining. We did not have long to look around before the rain started again.
Our first stopped fooled us. It was right on the main road heading south. We almost missed it. The Creekykeel Court Tomb was much bigger than the tomb we had seen up north. The shape was much the same but there were more burial chambers. They found a number of objects that were buried with the ashes at this site.
Soon we were heading overland to see the Glencar waterfalls. We were back on the usual narrow roads. Before we got to the waterfalls we saw two big falls cascading over the cliffs. We thought we would be seeing the largest of these, but no. There was only a short walk up to the falls once we arrived. There was a great amount of water over the falls. The river was swollen.
Park's Castle was the next thing we tried to find. Again this required an overland trip. When we passed though a gap, there was a marvellous view of the landscape toward the ocean. The castle has had a great amount of restoration done. While doing this they found the foundation for the 16th century house. The stones from this house were used to build the new manor house.
This ended the sightseeing for the day. It rained all the way to Ballina our next stop.
Some things about the roads in Ireland. If the roads are wide and have a line the speed limit is 100km/h. If they are 1 ½ lanes wide or narrower the speed limit is 80 km/h. Many of the roads we have been on we did not do 80km/h. Town speed are the same as home. The reflectors in the pavement look like two beady eyes looking out as us. They remind me of the little UFOs from the movie "Batteries Not Included" or the eyes on the sand people from Star Wars.
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