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

In the pink

Gneiss rock surrounded by thrift on Annagh Head, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo.

If you picked Saturday to do some exploring along Ireland's west coast, then go out and buy a lottery ticket - you're on a roll. It was a simply glorious day. I was on the Mullet peninsula which was aglow with colour. I passed by Elly Beach - it's Blue Flag (re-affirmed last week) was flying but not a single person was there. At Annagh Head, the ground is carpeted with forty shades of pink - the thrift (armeria maritima) is in full bloom, and the pastel shades complement the pink and ochre shades of the gneiss rocks scattered about the headland.

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