The Burren

We returned to the bus with our phones' and cameras' storage space significantly reduced and started our drive back to Galway, via the village of Doolin. As we crossed the Burren, we stopped to briefly explore the lunar-like landscape of cracked stone and isolated patches of green. It is here that you can find over 70% of Ireland's flora, with Arctic, Alpine and Mediterranean plants growing alongside each other.

Plant life mostly populates the cracks of the limestone ground. Cows and sheep can not only survive for months at a time in the barren-looking landscape but truly thrive.

As we meandered along the coast back to Galway Bay, we made another, last stop at Dunguaire Castle, now mostly surrounded by water as the tide had come in.Read more