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<\/a><\/p>\nI won’t say much about the history or myths as the people there are very much better at that than I would be but suffice to say that there was a very good tour given that involved laser eye, flaming swords and possibly even a visit from Darth Vader. I should have suggested that Bealtaine could have come from Star Wars day – May the 4th.<\/p>\n
This is the Earth\u00a0Goddess – and she’s looking very well.<\/p>\n
The landscape up on the hill was quite odd. It had some upland appearance about it but there was a little lake up there. Of course the lake has all kinds of historical and mythical significance being the place where the Sun\u00a0God Lugh met his end.<\/p>\n They have some quite cool carvings up there. This is Lugh.<\/p>\n This is our erstwhile band of travellers on our way to the Catstone.<\/p>\n Our guide for the day pointing out how if you squinted and perhaps took off your glasses the catstone looked like a cat.<\/p>\n Another view of the catstone<\/p>\n I though the landscape was quite odd on the hill. There were little clumps of hawthorn bushes everywhere which gave the place quite a stark feel.<\/p>\n We had a nice day out and it was a very enjoyable tour. For more info have a look a the uisneach.ie<\/a> site or their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This wasn’t primarily a \u00a0walk but there was a bit of a hike involved and I had a few nice pictures so I figured I’d do a quick blog post about it. We went over to Uisneach, the ancient spiritual centre of Ireland for a guided tour on Sunday and it was a very interesting … Continue reading Uisneach Tour<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n