Our first stop was at the Hill of Tara, a site with many ancient monuments. One of them near the summit is a double-ditched earthen ring fort called Forradh, or the Royal Seat.
In the middle of the Forradh is a standing stone, which is believed to be the Lia Fรกil (Stone of Destiny) at which the High Kings were crowned.
There's also a Neolithic passage tomb, known as the Mound of the Hostages.
After we finished visiting this site, we drove over to Newgrange. Newgrange is a passage tomb like the Mound of the Hostages, but it's much larger and more complex.
We'd hoped to tour the site, but visitors are restricted to guided tours and by the time we arrived a little after 1 PM, there was already a 3-hour wait for a tour. We didn't have that much time, so we viewed the good exhibits at the visitor center and headed on.
We arrived in Dublin just about the same time as everyone in Ireland headed for Croke Stadium for the Gaelic football quarterfinals, so traffic was crazy. We did eventually make it to our B&B, and then headed downtown (avoiding the traffic this time) for a quick visit to the National Museum of Ireland.
After dinner, we took a walk around and saw a few more sites that we missed last week. Here's a picture of the Customs House.
A sad one of the Irish Famine monument...
And finally, a cool bridge.
Tomorrow we head back home, so this is the official end of the Ireland blog. We hope you enjoyed sharing the adventure with us. We'll see you soon.
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