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Visiting Ireland:
Flora and Fauna


April 28 through May 4, 2007

We saw sheep every day as we drove from place to place, plus assorted other animals and birds. Yellow gorse bushes, lilac bushes, and massive clumps of rhodedendron were everywhere, and the mix of trees was fascinating, from monkey puzzle trees to pines to palms.

Pigeon in the wall Two trees Gull
Pigeon at the Rock of Cashel Gardens of Muckross House Gull on Dingle peninsula
Whispering what? Garnish Island wall The Burren flowers
Palm trees in Kenmare Flowers on a wall,
Garnish Island
Plants thrive in the limestone crevices of the Burren
Sheep! Traffic jam Goat
Sheep in the hills... ...and everywhere else (MP) Goat in a famine house (MP)

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Photos by Mike or Marguerite, except where noted (MP = Marilyn)


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