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Our most strenuous day was undoubtably on 30th August with our visit to the Gougan Barra, in the mountains near the Cork/Kerry border. Gougan Barra takes its name from St Finbarr, who built a chapel on an island in the lake. The present chapel is a place of beauty and serenity beneath the Shehy Mountains that are the source of the River Lee. We climbed uphill and across the mountains - to fly a jury-rigged flag at a summit - and then down via an un-marked descent through treacherous, ankle-bending moor-grass and bog, with heat and flies above anything you'd normally expect from a visit to Ireland.
Gougan Barra, Ireland, 30th August 2007
Highlight of the day - an Irish bog; a thatched one!
The group at Gougan Barra, starting the climb
Above the lake, and easy-going thus far
Ken, out on a rock -
- and pointing the way
Flying the flag at the summit -
Gougan Barra, County Cork.
and beginning the descent
down here!
from the sun and into the shade
Gougan Barra - 30th August
The River Lee, near its source
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