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Cnoc Mordáin

Almost unimaginable forces buckled the earth to form the ridge that we call Cnoc Mordáin, the mountain behind Cill Chiarán (Kilkieran) in west Galway. And yet other forces managed to finely balance one car-sized boulder upon another , where it still sits. Standing on the ridgetop in the haze of summer sunshine, it's hard to picture the final retreat of the giant glaciers that shed these boulders, like fleeing soldiers dumping their guns, or the earth rebounding in relief as the massive weight of the ice sheets finally disappeared.

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