This spring I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland with my family. Here are some pictures from our visit.
The Craggaunowen Project recreates archeological features common to the Irish landscape. It was like stepping back in time to the world of my characters.
A crannog is a settlement built on an artificial island. |
A celtic roundhouse. |
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Dolmen portal tomb. |
A curragh or currach is a boat made of hides stretched over a wooden or wicker frame. |
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Interior of a hillfort. |
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We also visited, Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran islands. |
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On Inis Mor is Dun Aengus, a stone hillfort from the second century B.C. enclosing 14 acres. |
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Our Slieve Bloom Mountain Hike |
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Other highlights of our trip |
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View from our hotel room in Sligo, the ancestral homeland of my husband’s family, the Gillgannons (or possibly the Kilgannons). |
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