Ireland-0542-Sheep dogs in action. Training a sheep dog involves a lot of patience... and a lot of swearing.
Ireland-0543-Those sheep are about to get herded!
Ireland-0544-It's on!
Ireland-0546-The dogs are normally not muzzled. This one was muzzled to demonstrate cattle herding techniques.
Ireland-0547-The Poulnabrone Dolmen (grave marker), circa 4,000 B.C. It is pretty nice but it is roped off and you can't touch it.
Ireland-0547a-I set off to find one that wan't quite as famous and so not roped off. Hopped a fence that said, DANGER, Beware of bull and passed these cool spine like neolithic stones. Bull is back by the farmhouse.
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Ireland-0548-The third largest stalactite in the world.
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Ireland-0550-Here you can see the dead stalactite. The darker one is older and eventually the water supply was cut off and the new lighter colored one formed completely independent of the old one.
Ireland-0551-Light trickling into the cave along the underground stream.