Today was a crisp, sunny day and we hired a guide to take us to Holy Island, just a stones throw from our cottage but needing a boat to get there. Our driver/guide Gerald is a local historian and full of fascinating information. It is thought that the island was originally used as a pagan ritual site, as evidenced by the Bullaun Stones that still exist that were most likely used for mixing ritual herbs and spices. The Catholic church built a monastery there, there were Viking attacks and then the church regained control. There are wonderful ruins of several churches, many gravesites and even cows that graze there. Gerald has a website: www.eastclareheritage.com so if you'd like to know more, check it out. And if you are ever in this area, you have to go to Holy Island.
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