These pictures are taken at Maum, near the Maumturk Mountains in Joyce Country, named after James Joyce, the famous Irish writer. This is the region that hosts the Connemara Marathon each April. It is stark, but amazing.
Also in this region is Kylemore Abbey. This 19c neo-Gothic mansion was built for Mitchell Henry after he spent his honeymoon in the area and loved it. During WW1, a group of Benedictine nuns left Ypres and eventually set up in Kylemore, turning it into an Abbey. Today they run an exclusive boarding school here.
P.S. The gate WAS open!!
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