Dennis Deery
This past weekend Kath and I went exploring an area called The Burren in the western part of Ireland. The Burren is named from an Irish word that means “stone place”, and that’s what it is - mile after mile of stone-covered landscape. It’s really an interesting place, and contains a lot of different plant types. I’ll let the pictures speak their thousands of words on this one, rather than trying to describe it.
| [](http://static.flickr.com/176/463978859_6d87c54e67.jpg "Tomb marker at Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/181/463980569_8356537e1a.jpg "Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/215/463982233_861c4e0efe.jpg "High cross at Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/181/463983965_fc7238d780.jpg "Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/201/463979588_5ee659f6c4.jpg "Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/229/463980922_cad0f5171b.jpg "High cross at Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/191/463982442_5a4e8e17b6.jpg "Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/209/463990309_2e8fac8493.jpg "Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/198/463991807_00f06e764d.jpg "Kilfenora Cathedral, Kilfenora, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/177/463987096_99e25e23a1.jpg "Stone wall at Caherconnell Ringfort, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/173/463989036_c7b92e54cd.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/172/463996789_37d578ce6b.jpg "Stone walls in the Burren, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/228/463992418_0371261852.jpg "Stone cairn in the Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/179/463994030_9ee642ffcb.jpg "Poulawack Cairn (grave), Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/218/464001875_a1a891f747.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/210/463997334_e436542ce3.jpg "Kathleen on The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/168/463998956_e8c188a4db.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/231/464001012_e409498520.jpg "Stone wall on The Burren, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/212/464009053_2fee311cec.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/209/464010925_c95732b03f.jpg "Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/230/464013053_1b3e2ca301.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/201/464014799_170fc1f92d.jpg "Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/184/464010944_c7f59b00f0.jpg "Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/224/464012528_2b9965704e.jpg "Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/202/464020673_266d7a6efb.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/181/464016104_5433e0fbff.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/211/464017830_5aeb321d73.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/224/464026073_5d20237aec.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/184/464027875_c4405046bd.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/226/464023296_bd68e7bda7.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/223/464025502_d05cb8608f.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/176/464028066_cfe28b06d0.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/185/464030618_fb25b550de.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/170/464039369_f6db142422.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/179/464041625_687038d7e4.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/179/464036946_10ed01f5f6.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/194/464039312_19dbca75eb.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/217/464041562_d62c209f2b.jpg "The Burren, Co. Clare") | [](http://static.flickr.com/210/464050415_5e51c120b5.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") | [](http://static.flickr.com/171/464052963_d0be322a79.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") | [](http://static.flickr.com/181/464055471_e5538132fa.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") | [](http://static.flickr.com/181/464050966_d32bd5973a.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") |
| [](http://static.flickr.com/198/464060443_e8b7fdc257.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") | [](http://static.flickr.com/192/464055552_a1594bac8c.jpg "Landscape in the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary") |