County Sligo 4
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I've just notice that they've put a pathetic little fence around Poulnabrone. I suppose they're protecting their 16 million* pound (IRP) purchase! Mad! It's survived being the second most visited site in Ireland for years, but they have to change it. They'll be charging next. All it means is that every Irish calendar will have the same old images of the place on them! Oh hum ...


* I think that was what Duchas paid for the portal tomb and a large tract of The Burren a couple of years ago..

Yes, they have a little cordon around the base of the cairn and a notice that you are not allowed cross the wire (little do they know I'm an accomplished limbo dancer *arf*!) and there is a path up to the tomb now of gravel but I couldnt see that the night I went cos it was pitch black. Its an amazingly surreal place to be early in the morning and I'm really glad I managed to get there before the buses, there were loads even in February! I was trying to crawl into Genisheen wedge tomb later on only to look up and see 60 grinnning faces looking out over the wall from a high bus that pulled up for a gawk.