Valentia Island

More pictures...fewer words


We took a little car ferry over to Valentia Island. This is where the first transatlantic cable was laid down in the mid-19th century, taking radio across the sea. I don't think these kids are thinking about history at all.



Here, in Knightstown, is St John the Baptist, an old Anglican church. It's undergoing restoration. This is its rose window.


Yet more uphill paths. This was steep and about 2 kilometers up to a peak called Geokaun....


the view was well worth it. ...


and what goes up must come down - sometimes that's just as hard.



We ate our lunch here on these rocks overlooking the sea. There were tetrapod dinosaur footprints. It was about a meter long and looked like a salamander, apparently. I just liked being there and listening to the waves.


Then we trekked up from the rocks - yet another steep hill - and headed to the Shebeen to have a lesson in how to play the bodhran which is the Irish drum. Edie was an excellent drummer and an even better storyteller.

We pack up to go back to Killarney tomorrow morning. See you then.