Irish Traffic Jams, the Cliffs of Moher, Galway Loughcrew, Bective Abbey, The Hill of Slane, Trim Castle, & The Hill of Tara

While the days in Ireland have come to an end, the visits to UCD, NA Fianna, Aviva Stadium, Leinster Rugby, Croke Park, and the Irish National Sports Center provided an excellent background and history on sport in Ireland. However, any trip to Ireland wouldn’t be complete without a visit or two to the Irish countryside. The previous two days have included such trips, a visit to the Cliffs of Moher and Galway on Monday and the Boyne Valley on Tuesday, which has stops at Loughcrew, Bective Abbey, The Hill of Slane, Trim Castle, and The Hill of Tara.

Although, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the two Irish traffic jams we hit on Tuesday (photos below).

More information on our other tour stops is below, but we’ll let the pictures tell you the story.

Loughcrew is possibly the finest example of a passage grave in Western Europe. The site dates to 3300 B.C., meaning it predates both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The Hill of Slane has been associated with Christianity since the 5th century and was the location of the Pascal fire lit by St. Patrick on Easter Eve of the year 433 A.D. Trim Castle which is the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland and the largest remaining Norman castle in Europe. It is also where many of the scenes for the movie Braveheart were filmed. The Hill of Tara which is renowned as the seat of the high kings of Ireland. The importance of the Hill of Tara stretches back to the late Stone Age when a passage-tomb was constructed there.

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