On our way to Slea Head we stopped at Edan’s farm. He raises Sheep and we got to pet, hold and feed baby lambs. Aw, Cute!  We also visited the Bee Hive Huts on his property which date back over 1,000 years. These are dry-stone structures which have with stood the weather for many years and have not been destroyed by interlopers looting the stone because of the remoteness of the area and the poor quality of the land for large scale agriculture. 

We proceeded from there to the Blasket Center Museum to learn the history of these islands which were evacuated in 1953 due to a declining population and increasingly dangerous weather. This was an Irish speaking community that had not been forced to 
English speaking because of their remoteness. We took a 3 1/2 mile hike along the coast from which we could see the incredible views of the ocean and across to the Blasket Islands themselves.

Oh yes, this is Star Wars territory so we climbed up to a site from which some of the scenics from one of the recent Star Wars movies was filmed.

This picture of the remains of a school house from yet another movie set in Ireland is for a quiz, answer next post.

The last day of our pre trip and the first day of the  trip coincided as usual. We mostly drove from Dingle to Ennis with a stop for lunch and shopping in Adair which must be the quintessential Irish tourist village with its street of shops and restaurants and cottages with thatched roofs. We ate in Good Room and we shopped without helping the Irish economy or incurring packing difficulty.