The Burren

The Burren és una regió de paisatge càrstic, al nord-oest del Comtat de Clare, a Irlanda. Els turons estan compostos de pedra calcària amb esquerdes anomenades grykes.
Curiosament, en un terreny tan àrid hi ha una vegetació molt diversa i abundant, formant un paisatge que sembla d'un altre planeta.

Celtic High Cross

Cross of the Scriptures (replica) and McCarthy's Tower, at the Monastery of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly.

Cliffs of Moher

Another cloudy day at Cliffs of Moher 

Tambourine man at Molly Malone's statue

Ok, I know is not a tambourine. It is a bodhrán: A traditional Irish drum considered the heartbeat of Irish music. And the "little drummer" was sitting on the Molly Malone statue, in Grafton Street, in front  of the Trinity College. She is a character of a song that tells the fictional tale of a beautiful fishmonger who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin, but who died young, of a fever. In the late 20th century a legend grew up that there was a historical Molly, who lived in the 17th century. She is typically represented as a hawker by day and part-time prostitute by night.

In Dublin's fair city,

Where the girls are so pretty,

I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,

As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,

Through streets broad and narrow,

Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"

Resident of Temple Bar

That was at Temple Bar Palm, in Dublin. A tipical bench where tourists would take their pics. He was lounging there and was upset at having to leave so I prefered to give him some money and take a pic him there.

Oscar Wilde Memorial Statue

A Merrion Square, un parc públic de Dublin vam trobar aquest monument en homenatge a Oscar Wilde.

Em va cridar molt l'atenció la tria de materials per les diferents textures i colors de roba, especialment les sabates i mitjons.

Ireland

Enceto un fil sobre Irlanda, segurament seguiré amb una serie de retrats de gent que vam trobar en el viatge, però no podia començar sinó amb un dels paisatges més enigmàtics de l'Illa Maragda: The Giant's Causeway (o la Calçada del Gegant).
Patrimoni de la Humanitat i Reserva Natural Nacional, és un conjunt d'unes 40.000 columnes basàltiques entrellaçades resultat d'una erupció volcànica ocorreguda fa 60 milions d'anys i que es troba a es costes d'Antrim. Portada de "House of the Holly" de Led Zeppelin va ser visita obligada.

Giant's Causeway