Cows in Ireland

Lunch and Snack in Éire

	Lunch and Snack start their Irish adventure by visiting the famous Temple Bar district in Dublin -- famous for its collection of great traditional Irish pubs and music.
	First stop -- The Temple Bar itself!
	The cows head for the countryside where they see a reconstruction of "Woodhenge" at Knowth, the site of a neolithic passage grave. It's a world heritage site, part of the Brú na Bóinne group of gravesites that date back to 3200 BCE.
	These are spirals on a kerbstone at Newgrange, another neolithic passage grave and one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, going back as far as 3300 BCE. "Snack, that makes it a thousand years older than Stonehenge and 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Wow!"
	Lunch and Snack find their first castle to climb around on at the Roscommon Castle outside the town of Roscommon. It was built in 1269 by Robert deUfford, the Justiciar of Ireland. "Lunch....what's a justiciar?" "Um... I have no idea."
	"Wow, another one! This one's called Dunguaire Castle -- it's in County Galway near Kinvarra."
	Lunch and Snack get their first look at the Atlantic Ocean from Ireland at Doolin Harbor in Country Clare.
	"Lunch, can we pleeeeeeeeeeze ask someone for directions now???" The cows finally figured out they were in Ballyvaughan, County Clare.
	"Another castle, Lunch." "ANOTHER castle? How many castles are there in Ireland, anyway?" "I don't know, but this one's called Doonagore Castle, near Doolin." "Too cool."
	Lunch and Snack take a break to munch on some grass at the beautiful, misty Cliffs of Moher in County Clare.
	The cows found a traditional Irish harpist playing for tourists at the Cliffs of Moher. This is Tina Morrissey neé Mulrooney, a long-time performer at the site.
	"Snack....who do you suppose St. Brigid is calling from that phone booth?" "She's not in a phone booth, silly...that's to keep the rain off her."
	Time for prayer and meditation with Virgin Mary and Jesus statues at St. Brigid's well shrine. People stop in here to add their gifts of rosary beads and statues -- there were hundreds and hundreds of them.
	The cows ponder the placement of a giant boulder along the sidewalk on John Street in the town of Dingle. "Lunch...why is this big rock parked here? It's in front of a fire hydrant!" Dingle has been caught up in controversy over the name, with some looking toward a return to the traditional Irish name of Daingean Uí Chúis.
	Lunch and Snack pose for the camera in front of some islands off Slea Head -- almost the very western-most point in all of Europe.
	"Kind of a holy country, huh Lunch?" The cows stop along the road circling the Dingle Peninsula to check out the cool crucifix at a turnout.