I woke up early on Sunday with the intention of driving out to Tobar Naomh Ciaran to see the court tomb that is in the fields beyond. It was such a beautiful beginning to the day I didn’t want to waste the opportunity of seeing this monument. Last year I got as far as the cairn with Beryl and Madeleine but was persuaded from going further. This year Oi was determined to see it.
I picked up Treasa at the Teach Mór. She was as eager as I to see the tomb. As we went past Roarty’s we saw Edie and Sylvia walking up the road. We stopped and asked them if they wanted to accompany us. We had a great time in the car, singing and catching up on everybody’s story.
The monument looks a lot closer from the road than it actually is. It took us quite a while to make our way through the bog, over fences, across a stream, and down the steep hillside to the tomb. But it was worth it. It’s hard to describe in words the feeling of being in the presence of something that has been sitting there for millennia, suffice it to say we were awestruck.
On the way back up the hill to the road we found wild peppermint growing and two different species of orchids.
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