One of our drives from our base in Ramelton.
A fascinating name for a place.
From Wikipedia
Bloody Foreland or “Cnoc Fola” (The Hill of Blood) derives its name from the evening sun which illuminates the rocks along this section of the coast to a rich red hue. In the autumn months, too, a thick covering of fern enflames the hillside with a russet-red-brown colouring. Bloody Foreland has no background in factual history to warrant the title “bloody”, although folklore records that one particularly unlikable warlord “Balor of the Evil Eye” was eventually slain by his grandson Lugh Lámh Fhada on the slopes of Cnoc Fola. Indeed some say that the tide of blood which flowed from Balor’s evil eye stained the hillside and gave it its name.
A pretty common occurrence in Ireland.
Sheep captivate me.
I love taking pictures of all the pubs! I don't mind dropping in for a pint either.
I first traveled to England with my Mom in 1960
My parents took us back as a family in 1970.
John and I first went together in 1986 to London.
Continuing 1986 with Oxford and Stratford.
Ireland 1991 Part 1 Dublin
Ireland 1991 Part 2 Around Ireland
Ireland 1991 Part 3 Around Ireland
London 2005 with family
Ireland Part 1 2005 Ballyvaughan Aran Islands
Ireland Part 2 2005 Ballyvaughan Dunguaire Castle, Galway
Ireland Part 3 2005 Burren Bunratty Castle Aillwee Caves Lahinch
Ireland Part 4 2005 Dingle Kinsale Inch
Ireland Part 5 2005 Killarney Limerick Ashford
Ireland Part 6 2005 Dublin
Ireland 2001 Ballybunion
1987 London
2001 Scotland
2007 Belfast Northern Ireland
2007 Derry Northern Ireland
Now I surely did enjoy looking at those photos. I also love sheep and the wildness of the photos you posted. Give me a little place by the water in a rural area, waling distance to a pub and I will be a happy camper.
ReplyDeleteWe stayed at this little place near Kinegad on a canal back in 2007. The people who owned the cottage rental also owned boats and you could rent them and take a tour of the canals. It looked like a wonderful business. We would walk to the pub over a bridge and enjoy sitting with the local folks, talking and drinking. Good times.
Love your photos very much.
What an interesting name -- and with so many origin stories. I love the stone fences making a checkerboard of the landscape.
ReplyDeleteA nice spot for sheep to be grazing in!
ReplyDeleteI love place names that are a bit 'different' like this one. The stone walls are quite interesting to me and I really like your photos of them. I love seeing sheep around, too, but ours look a lot different. Thanks for sharing your photos.
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