North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

And finally

Bad luck happens in threes. Sign of exasperation near Derrybrien church. The 1999 reference is to the designation of bogland at Derrybrien as a Special Area of Conservation, restricting turf cutting. Here is a reference to the controversy from a Dail debate in 1999 (half way down the page).

I never thought I'd see slurry tourists, but there has been a constant stream of visitors to Derrybrien, particularly today (though there is very little to see, since there are county council workers preventing people from wandering about). However, the drive from Gort to Derrybrien is quite beautiful, now that the beech and yew trees are glowing yelow, gold and russet. If you are going down there for a gawk, be sure to look around the woodland. The area around Lough Cutra is particularly beautiful.