mickreynolds
Doolough Valley
Here’s a pano I made 4 years ago but didn’t share as I posted other similar photos of the area at that time. This area is about 40min drive from me so I really should visit a little more often. I’ve also cycled through here and that too is an amazing experience.
Some info from the tourism site wildatlanticway.com A trip through the Doolough Valley is a special experience. Nestled between high mountains, there are two lakes along which the Wild Atlantic Way winds its way. The untouched nature creates a unique idyll.
At the northern end of the valley, right next to the road, there is a cross built in memory of the victims of the “Doolough Tragedy”. During the great famine in 1849 hundreds of needy inhabitants of Louisburgh (nearby town) set off on foot to Delphi Lodge to seek food from the authorities there. However, they were harshly rejected. On the way back to Louisburgh, many of them died of hunger and frost in the Doolough Valley.
A quote by Mahatma Gandhi is engraved in the cross: “It has always been a mystery to me how people can feel honored by the humiliation of their fellow human beings.
Doolough Valley
Here’s a pano I made 4 years ago but didn’t share as I posted other similar photos of the area at that time. This area is about 40min drive from me so I really should visit a little more often. I’ve also cycled through here and that too is an amazing experience.
Some info from the tourism site wildatlanticway.com A trip through the Doolough Valley is a special experience. Nestled between high mountains, there are two lakes along which the Wild Atlantic Way winds its way. The untouched nature creates a unique idyll.
At the northern end of the valley, right next to the road, there is a cross built in memory of the victims of the “Doolough Tragedy”. During the great famine in 1849 hundreds of needy inhabitants of Louisburgh (nearby town) set off on foot to Delphi Lodge to seek food from the authorities there. However, they were harshly rejected. On the way back to Louisburgh, many of them died of hunger and frost in the Doolough Valley.
A quote by Mahatma Gandhi is engraved in the cross: “It has always been a mystery to me how people can feel honored by the humiliation of their fellow human beings.