We have taken to walking together Marcas, Stiofáin and me. We drove out to the area where the portal tombs are located all in a row along the road. We parked the car at the National School and started walking thinking that it might be a few kilometers. After about twenty minutes we saw a car about to go into a driveway. The car had a Kerry registration but we greeted the driver in Irish and she answered us back with a beautiful Donegal accent. She told us that we were very close to the first monument. We would have to go past the knitting factory and we would see it on the right. We walked for another 10 minutes before we saw the stones.
We found the entrance to the path across the bog. There was a small sign warning us that the monument was under the care of the government and we should not damage it. But there was no other information about the age of the monument or who might have built it. So much for encouraging cultural tourism!
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