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

Ghosts

If you're ever going to see a ghost, the night of Halloween is probably your best chance. The giant sprite dancing on the edge of Glencar mountain north of Sligo town on Saturday has a more earthly explanation. The wind whips in from the sea at Rosses Point, casts a cold eye over the graves at Drumcliff and scours the ridge all the way from Ben Bulben, past Kings Mountain and all the way along the Glencar ridge. Its power easily overwhelms the natural urge of water to flow downhill, instead driving it skyward from whence it came.

The stream, called sruthan in aghaidh an ard, flows into the Swiss valley, a small hidden valley running along side Glencar mountain.

The waterfall can be seen to the right of the picture (looking a bit like a trail of smoke). The peak in the distance is Kings Mountain (Ben Bulben is hidden behind it) and the coastline in the distance is Rosses Point (the belltower at Drumcliff church, final resting place of W. B. Yeats, was visible from the waterfall)

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Posted by Monasette at October 31, 2005 09:54 PM