Day 8 - Ring of Dingle
Driving the Wild Atlantic Way and wanted a photo in front of the sign. A short update on yesterday's post. I should have mentioned that one of the English penal laws banned Catholics from taking mass. Churches were watched, so priests would serve mass in the countryside at sites where the portal tombs were, like yesterday's Cooms Tomb. These tombs were then became known as Altar Tombs or Mass Rocks. An alter stone/tomb A couple words about today's loop around the Dingle Peninsula. Rain. Wind. Clouds. Fog. Wind. And more wind. We knew the forecast was for rain, but still is a bit of a shock after our week of nice weather. Wind and rain and fog Our first stop was Inch Strand (beach). We walked out on the sand for a bit. It's a long and wide beach. Deserted at this time of the day and year. The waves were quite high. Surfable. There was a surf school truck on the beach, so there must be Irish surfer dudes. Inch Strand We then drove on through the town of Ding...
