The Sheep on the Edge!

So we  spent a lovely evening at the manor house and then went on adventures the next day.  We hit some really rainy, chilly weather and drove on some teeny tiny water-logged roads, but the coast was dramatic and gorgeous just the same.  This was a beach we stopped to see.

These next two shots are a pier we drove down to see, and as you can see, it really started to rain for a bit.

Undaunted by the typical Irish weather, we headed out to tour the Ceide Fields, which turned out to be closed.  Steve e-mailed to ask about it and they sent back that someone was going to be there so we could come in the back way.  Unfortunately, we didn't get the email until we got back to the house - so, something to see again - right?!

The  Ceide Fields are located in northern County Mayo, just northwest of Ballycastle.  They are the most extensive Stone Age monument in the world, and they are about 6000 years old.  The oldest known monument in the world!  It is a series of field systems, dwelling areas, and megalithic tombs that are all under a bog!  It would have been interesting, but not sure how much I would have cared to trot around the bog on this cold, wet, windy day...

Anyway, the area along the coast of Mayo is amazing and these shots below are from a vantage point right across the road from the entrance to the fields.

Sheepies!

It would be a nasty fall...

This was the look-out area where we could  view the ocean and the cliffs.

These next two shots are my close-ups trying to show you just how far down the cliff this sheep had gone!  I don't know if you can see it, but that white spot partially down the hill is a sheep.  I was worried about it, because a fall from there could only end in tears!  It was a REALLY WINDY DAY - so it was probably going lower to get out of the wind?  I don't know.  It wasn't  crying out or anything, and appeared to just be munching grass...