25 June 2025 Whiskey Tasting and OAT Tour Begins

 

25 June 2025               Whiskey Tasting and OAT Tour Begins

Today was moving day for us as our Overseas Adventure Travel tour began today and we joined our traveling companions who just arrived from the states.  For the next 2 weeks we will be traveling together around the northern and western coasts of Ireland.   Last night was the warmest night so far and the Temple Bar Inn does not have air conditioned rooms (in Ireland it is quite common to have no air conditioning and much smaller rooms than we are used to in the States.  So neither one of us got much sleep.  Thank goodness our new hotel will have air conditioning.

However, before we left the area around the Temple Bar, we had one more stop to make.  Although we had already visited the Whiskey Museum, you cannot visit Dublin without visiting the Jameson Whiskey Distillery (notice that I have ignored the Guiness Beer Brewery entirely – neither Bill nor I enjoy Guiness – it is much too bitter for Bill and I do not enjoy beer.  But we did have a sample taste of Guiness and it is much better tasting here in Ireland than it is in the states.  I found it to taste more like iced coffee.  And for those that do like Guiness, they also have a tour and tasting at their brewery here in Dublin

Founded in 1780, the Jameson Bow Street Distillery was the original site for the distillation of its famous Jameson Irish Whiskey.  It closed in 1971 when operations were relocated to a new distillery in Midleton in County Cork.  Today it is a visitor’s center that provides tours and whiskey tastings and includes a bar and gift shop.  Our visited included a cocktail made with Jameson Irish Whiskey to get us in the mood (I had a lime ginger drink and Bill had straight Jameson), a guided tour which explained the history and operation of the old distillery, and ended with a comparative tasting of three Jameson whiskeys (Jameson Crested (not sold in the States), Jameson Original, and Jameson Black Barrel).  We like the Black Barrel best.  Our tour guide explained the process of “Gran to Glass” that they use to make the whiskey – from the malting of the barley to the three process of distilling to the maturation in oak barrels.  The barrels are actually used bourbon barrels from Kentucky

In the late 1960s, when sales of Irish whiskey were falling, Jameson, Powers, and Cork Distillers combined forces and created the Irish Distillers Group.  All use the distillery in Midleton to make their whiskey.  Today, Jameson has over 2 million barrels/year of whiskey maturing in its warehouses.  It was a very interesting tour and the whiskeys were very good

Our Three Whiskey Samples

My Ginger-Lime Whiskey Drink

Following the tour, we found a taxi to take us back to the Temple Bar Inn to retrieve our luggage and then on to our new hotel – Hyatt Centric The Liberties.  We had lunch there and then met our Trip Leader (TL) Tom Kiely and several of our new traveling companions.

At 6 PM we all gathered (there are 16 on this tour) in the Hyatt’s restaurant for our welcome dinner.

 

9 July 2024 Cliffs of Mohre

 

9 July 2024                 Cliffs of Moher

 Today is the last full day of our OAT Ireland tour.  After breakfast, we drove to what some might say was the highlight of the trip – The Cliffs of Moher.  Over 300 million years old, they have featured greatly in the local folklore since the Celtic Age.  Five miles long, they rise 702 feet from the Atlantic Ocean.  You might recognize them as the Cliffs of Insanity from The Princess Bride.  On a clear day you can see the Aran Islands from here.  On top of the left side of the cliffs stands ruins of the Moher Tower, a stone Napoleonic-era watchtower that was built in 1808.  It was built on the site of an earlier fortification called the “Mothar of Moher.”  Also located near the visitor center on the right edge of the cliffs is O’Brien’s Tower.  It was built in 1835 by Cornelius O’Brien who realized the potential the Cliffs of Moher had for tourism.  Today it is the high point from which are spectacular views of the area.  We arrived at the cliffs very early – in fact our bus was the first one there.  Although it was cloudy we still had great views of the cliffs.  Some of our people rented binoculars and walked to the top of the cliffs on the left side to see the nesting puffins.  As I have already seen puffins, I decided that the steep walk up to the viewing area was not in my knees best interest.  We took a golf cart up to the top of the right side of the  cliffs.  From the top we we could even make out the outline of the Aran Islands.  It was very windy on the top but the views were spectacular.  We then walked back down to the visitor’s center where they had a 3D video of the Cliffs from a sea gulls perspective – complete with a misty spray from the waves.  It was just a short video, but I could see how some people might become a little dizzy watching it.

 As with other places we visited in Ireland, there is a story associated with the Cliffs – the Witch of the Cliffs of Moher.  A sea witch named Mal of Malbay fell in love with the Irish hero Cuchalainn.  She chased him across Ireland but was never able to cast a spell on him.  When they reached the Cliffs of Moher, Cuchalainn was able to escape by hopping across sea stacks to an island, but poor Mal, as she tried to catch him, fell to her death on the rocks below the Cliffs.  That section of the Cliffs of Moher is now known as Hag’s Head.  Legend says that she took the form of the rock to warn other smitten lovers of the danger.  It is said that you can hear her protest at her fate in the crashing of the waves below the Cliffs of Moher.  We did not hear any crashing waves or the witch’s cries.

Cliffs of Moher

Cliffs of Moher

Cliffs of Moher

O'Brien's Tower

 From the Cliffs we drove to Caherconnell Fort, a well- preserved stone ring fort.  Ring forts are small circular fortified settlements that were built during the Bronze, Iron, and Middle Ages.  During excavations of the site, archaeologists found jewelry and glass from Vienna, amber from the Baltic, and pieces of the earliest pen found in the British Isles.  These discoveries have led the archaeologist to believe that this site had been inhabited up to the 16^th century by well educated and well cultured people.  With a local guide we explored the ruins of the fort and learned more about the history of this area.  Our guide explained the stone fence that surrounded the fort that has stood for over 3,000 years.  As with all the other stone fences, this was a dry stone wall, that is no motor was used to bind the rocks.   However, unlike most of the stone fences, this was constructed of layers of perpendicular stones.  The space between the vertical stones allows the wind to pass through the fence, thus making it stronger.  It certainly has stood the test of time.  There was very little to see inside the fort except for some stones that outlined a few rooms or buildings.  That is because there is an archeological law (do not know if it is an Irish law) that dictates that once an excavation has been completed and all the necessary artifacts have been collected, the area of the dig must be covered up again.  So, in reality, what we were walking would have been the top of the fort.

 

Stone Outline of Buildings within the Ring Fort

Fire Pit Inside the Ring Fort

Celtic Grave Inside the Ring Fort

Food Storage Pit Outside Ring Fort

Stone Fence Around the Ring Fort

We then made a short stop at another archaeological site – Poulnabrone Portal Tomb.  A Portal Tomb has two large stones that stand on either side of an entrance that is capped with a massive sloping stone.  Located in the Burren region on one of the region’s most desolate and highest points, it is the oldest dated megalithic monument in Ireland.  Archaeological excavations have revealed the remains of 33 people that date back to between 5,200 and 5,800 years ago.

 

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb

Returning to Ennistymon, we had a little free time to pack before our Farewell Dinner.  The dinner was held in our hotel and after the dinner, Tom had arranged for a trio of musicians to come and play for us and explain their instruments.  There was an accordion player, a violinist and a harpist.  They basically play be ear as they had no written sheet music.  Most of what they played were jigs.  It was the perfect way to end our tour of Ireland.

 Where did the time go?  What a fabulous trip.  So, as we end this part of our journey, we say “Slainte,” which means cheers in Gaelic, to our fantastic Trip Leader and our fellow travelers for helping to make this such a memorable trip.  Tomorrow, we fly from Shannon to Denver with a stop in Chicago to change plans.

 This trip covered everything we wanted to see.  The highlights included Belfast and the Troubles, the Giant’s Causeway, the Aran Islands, and finally the Cliffs of Mohor.  Along the way we saw beautiful lush green fields where cows and sheep (and their babies) grazed, ancient stone fences, and lots of ruins of castles (too many to remember their names).  On the bus we listened to Irish music and enjoyed the many candy treats Tom provided.  And at night we feasted on Irish dishes like fish and chips, cottage pie, raw oysters, and Irish stew.  We also loved our little stops where we toasted our trip with Irish whiskey or Irish Country Crème (my favorite).   We were really lucky with the weather – temperatures in the 60s to 70s (down to the 50s on some nights) and mainly overcast days with some sun and a few 5-minute rain showers.  The only two minor downsides were that most hotels did not have air conditioning (but fans were provided) and it stayed light until almost 11 PM with the sun beginning to rise about 4 AM.  But those did not detract from the tour itself.  We highly recommend a trip to Ireland – the scenery is beautiful ,and the people are very friendly and welcoming.

 

 

8 July 2024 Optional Aran Islands Tour

 

8 July 2024     Optional Aran Islands Tour

Today we opted to take the optional tour to the windswept Aran Islands where we visited Inisheer (or Inis Oirr), the smallest in this group of islands which is primarily a fishing community.  There are three islands (Inishmaan, Inishmore, and Inisheer) that make up the Aran Islands which are located 18 miles off the coast and is the last point of land between Europe and the Americas.  They have been inhabited for more than 3,000 years.  The residents of the islands are self-sustaining and have learned to augment what little topsoil there is on these limestone islands with seaweed and sand.  Electricity did not come to the islands until the 1970s.  In addition to farming, fishing provides much of their diet.  Today the most famous product of the islands is the Aran sweater, a white cable knit sweater that has become very popular in the 20^th-21^st centuries.

 Visiting the islands is like stepping back in history.  Today a total of seven stone forts/castles, going back to 1000 BCE, have been found on the islands.  All three islands are also criss-crossed with stone walls (also dating back to 1000 BCE) that line the limestone paved roads and are used to contain the livestock.  Many of the homes are made with thatched roofs.  There are few cars on the islands, so most people use a bicycle or a horse-drawn cart.

 As we drove to Doolin where the ferry port is located, we passed another ruin of a Castle – they seem to be everywhere.  Then we drove through a small town that had a pink thatched roof home – Tom called it the “Barbie” House.

 

Barabie's House

Ruins of Another Castle

Today was by far the best day of the tour – weather wise.  It was sunny with clear blue skies and not a hint of rain.  We traveled by bus to the port town of Doolin where we boarded a ferry that took us on a 35-45 minute ride to Inis Oirr.  Fortunately, it was not windy so we had a very smooth sailing.  And because it was so clear, we had views of the Cliffs of Mohre.  As we approached the island, you could see the lighthouse on the tip of the island and the ruins of a shipwreck (more on that later). 

There are only 260 permanent residents on the island and one of the few places that still speak Gaelic and practice Celtic customs.  The Irish/Gaelic language is a very difficult language to master – it did not derive from either the Germanic or the Romantic languages.  After the potato famine, it almost disappeared.  Families wanted their children to learn English in case they needed to emigrate and as a result, only English was taught in the schools.  In the early 20^th century, there was a movement to bring back the Irish language and now the Gaelic language is once again taught in the schools.  And it has only been since 1985 that the island now has a high school in addition to its elementary school.  Before, high school students had to take the ferry each day to Galway for their education.  The high school teaches all subjects in the Irish language – in fact in addition to children on the island, some of the students come from the mainland of Ireland to continue to learn the Irish language.

As an example of the complexity of the language, there is no one word for ‘Hello.”  Instead, they use a phrase which loosely translates to “May God be with you.”  If you are meeting a person for the first time, you would reply “May God and Apostle Paul be with you.”  This would then go back and forth with each person adding another saint or apostle until (1) you run out of names, or (2) you just decided enough is enough.  Another word which has no direct meaning in English is “craic”  which is pronounced like “crack.”  To the Irish it means a good time or a good atmosphere and you hear it a lot while traveling through Ireland.  There is also no word for “yes” or “no.”  Instead, you get a long explanation as the answer to the question.  And there are no curse words in the Irish language.

Upon our arrival we were met by Una, a local who has lived on the island for most of her life and runs a café where we will have lunch later.  She took us on a bus tour of some of the highlights of the Island.

Our first stop was to the coastline where the ruins of a massive shipwreck massive of the cargo vessel Plassey that ran aground during a storm in 1960.  Fortunately, all the crew and its cargo of whiskey were saved – it is said that there was a very large celebration after the rescue.  From this stop you could view the O’Brien Clan Castle built during the 14^th century on the highest point of land on the island.  We could only view the Castle as it mostly destroyed during Cromwell’s Conquests of Ireland.

 

Shipwrech

Ruins of O'Brien's Castle

Lighthouse on the Island

We then drove around the island seeing all the fields lined with stone fences finally ending at the Island’s cemetery which was filled with Celtic crosses and a small 10th century church, St. Caomhán (or Cavan) Church, that sits 6 feet below ground as the Atlantic winds buried it in sand.  Next to the church is the grave of St. Caomhan, who lived around the 6^th century and is the patron saint of Inis Orr.  Little is known about him, but the saint’s Pattern Day (the feast date of the patron saint) is on 14 June and is celebrated by an open-air mass.

 

Etchings Inside St. Caomhan's Tomb

St. Caomhan's Church

Cemetery with Celtic Crosses

St. Caomhan's Tomb

Fields Lined with Stone Fences

Below the cemetery is the island’s commercial airport.  There are daily flights from Galway that take a mere 8 minutes to reach the island.

 

Horse Drawn Wagon

Runway Down from the Cemetery

The island has become a favorite camping spot for many of the mainlanders and as we walked down the hill from the cemetery, you could see many tents in the campgrounds with children playing in the small playground or around the fields of the campground. 

 After our lunch of vegetable soup and sandwiches, we headed back to the dock to catch the ferry.  The water in the harbor was filled with many different types of jellyfish.  Some looked just like purple flower petals.  Again, the weather gods were with us, and our return was very smooth with views of the Cliffs.  One interesting thing that came from this visit was a comment made by our guide Una.  She was giving us a talk about her life and she mentioned that her maiden last name was “Sherry.”  As I was named after my grandmother’s maiden name “Sherry,” I have decided that I should do a little research on Ancestry to find out if any of my distant maternal relatives came from this area of Ireland.  While traveling on the bus in this area, I also saw some stores named “Sherry.”

                                                         Some Pictures of the Jellyfish in the Harbor

 

This evening, we participated in OAT’s Home Hosted Dinner at the home of a local family.  Our group was divided up into smaller groups with each group going to a different family.  There we enjoyed a traditional Irish dinner and saw first-hand how local families live their daily lives.  Our group of 5 went to a home which was hosted by the home owner Jerry and his sister-in-law Mary.  There son had just had their first grandchild and his wife was over in Scotland to see the baby.  The house was a beautiful home that he had enlarged from the original home which was about 100 years old when he bought it.  However, he kept a lot of the old features, including the original doors.  He now operates a B&B from the house.  Our Trip Leader had told us an interesting fact about Jerry and that was that he had been a snail farmer.  So of course we had to ask him about that.  He said it was actually his wife’s project that they did together during covid when everything else had shut down.  He said that it required a lot of preparation.  He started by building an enclosed pen where the soil doesn’t drain well and is not exposed to high winds.  He said that trenches were the best things to have in the pen.  You then add damp loamy soil.  Once you add the snails you need to feed them with leafy vegetables.  Once the snails have bred and laid their cluster of eggs, Jerry said the hardest part was carefully moving the eggs to a warm, moist soil so they could hatch.  He said one of the biggest problems he encountered was if flies got into the pen as they would eat the eggs and small snails.  He only did this for one year, but he estimated that he was only able to harvest about half of the snails that hatched.  As he said, it was a lot of time and work for very little return.  His sister-in-law, Mary, works with young autistic children.  We had a very good dinner, starting with black pudding with applesauce as an appetizer.  Now I did not ask about the ingredients, but I know that blood was in there somewhere.  But it did not taste bad.  Our main course was a typical Irish dinner – bacon (what we would call ham), cabbage and mashed potatoes.  And they kept pouring the wine.  It was a very interesting and fun evening that ended way too soon.  We really do enjoy these home-hosted dinners.

 

Members of our group usually take a small gift to give to the host family.  I have created a small photo book that has pictures of animals that frequent our home and also some of the scenic sites in Colorado, such as the Pike’s Peak, the Garden of the Gods and the Air Force Academy.  This has always been a big hit with the families, especially if they have children.  They are really interested in our local wildlife.

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6 July 2024 Connemara and the Kylemore Abby

  6 July 2024     Connemara and the Kylemore Abby

Today we continued our exploration of Connemara with a visit to a sheep farm.  I have to admit that I was not very enthusiastic about this visit – we visited several sheep farms in Australia and New Zealand.  But it turned out to be one of the best stops.  The sheep farmer was also a shearer and sheep dog trainer.  The sheep he raises are mountain sheep that he brings down every winter as they would not survive in the harsh mountain conditions.  In late spring after the shearing ends (around the end of June) he lets them return to the mountains as by then the spring lambs are strong enough to survive.  There was also a pen where the orphan lambs are kept.  They are hand fed until they are old enough to join the rest of the herd.  There was one poor lamb that kept bleating for his mother – so sad. 

Dog Herding Sheep

Orphaned Lamb Bleating for its Mother

Shearing the Sheep

Shearing the Sheep

Sheep's Wool After Shearing

Mussel Farm

Orphan Lambs

Sheep Waiting to Move to the Mountain

 

Foxglove Wild Flower

The farmer then told us of the struggles the sheep farmers face and the fact that this may be a dying trait as not many young people are willing to stay on the family farms and continue the sheep farming traditions.  He shears all his sheep by hand and can do one sheep in about 5 minutes.  We also had a demonstration of how a sheep dog is trained to interact with both farmer and the sheep.  It takes about 3 years to train a dog.  It was amazing how far away from the trainer the dogs could be and still understand the commands the man is giving them.  The farmer has a brother that does help him when he is not working on the mussel farm he owns out in the water.

Leaving the sheep farm we traveled to the Kylemore Abbey, built in 1868, on the peaceful Kylemore Loch.  The castle (as it was referred to then) was built by a successful financier, Mitchell Henry, after his bride Margaret, while on their honeymoon to Connemara in the mid 1840’s, gushed over how beautiful the area was and how wonderful it would be to live there.  Mitchell heeded her words and and in 1867 he began construction of the castle was built.    He not only wanted to show his love for his wife, but also to showcase what could be achieved in the remote wilds of Connemara.  The couple then spent much of their time adding all the modern-day innovations to the 70-room estate and expanding the gardens to include 21 heated glass greenhouses where they grew exotic fruits and vegetables.  During the building process, Henry helped the local community recover from the potato famine by hiring local workers and providing homes and schooling to the local population. 

 Unfortunately, on a visit to Egypt in 1874, Margaret contracted a fever and died.  Broken hearted over her death, her husband built his wife an elegant memorial, a neo-Gothic church nestled in the nearby mountain.  After her death, Mitchell hardly spent much time at Kylemore.  When Mitchell died in 1910, he was buried next to his wife in the church. 

 In 1920 the 1,000 acre estate was gifted to the local monastic order and became an Abbey for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium during WWI.  Surrounded by a beautiful 6-acre, walled Victorian garden, the Abbey remains today as a working abbey.  The Abby also has a partnership with the University of Notre Dame that offers unique opportunities for reflection, creativity, and learning, hosting a variety of programs that enrich the Notre Dame community.

After eating lunch at one of the Abbey’s cafes, we first walked around the beautiful Victorian Gardens.  The flowers were in full bloom and the garden is flanked by woods and water on both sides.  We next walked down along the lake to the small Neo Gothic Chapel.  Along the way we saw the new dormitory for the Notre Dame students, a small waterfall and the ruins of the old Boathouse.  The Churchis tower was under renovation, so we did not get a complete view of what the exterior of the chapel looked like.  The inside seemed rather plain, but it has beautiful stained glass windows and marble columns.  Near the church was the mausoleum where the couple are buried. 

Back at the Abbey we walked through some of the rooms in the on a self-guided tour.  The rooms were as they were when Mitchell Henry built the castle.  We finished at the gift shop where we tasted some Irish Crème that is made at the Abbey.  It was delicious – it now be my go-to for coffee.

Beautiful Irish Countryside

Kylemore Abbey

Kylemore Abby Sacred Heart Statue

Gardens

Gardens

Gardens

Gardens

Gardens

Gardens

Waterfall near Church

Ruins of Boathouse

Neo Gothic Church

Inside the Church

Stained Glass Windows

Marble Columns in Church

Cemetery Near Church

Living Room of the Henry's Family

Wedding Dress Worn by Henry's 3rd Daughter

Dining Room

There are several legends or fables surrounding Connemara and the Kylemore Estates.  

One of the most popular legends in Connemara is the story of Grace O’Malley.  She was a 16^th century pirate queen, married to Donall O’Flaherty, one of the ferocious O’Flaherty clan in Connemara.  She would terrorize any English ship that sailed into the waters around Connemara

·     There is another story about Finn McCool (remember him from Giant’s Causeway) and Cu Chulainn, another mythological figure of Ireland.  According to legend, the two engaged in a battle in the mountains around Connemara.  It was during one of those battles, that Cu Chulainn picked up a massive stone and hurled it toward Finn.  It missed Finn, but ended up at an unusual angle on the grounds of the Kylemore Estate.  The stone looks like a traditional clothing iron and is called the “Ironing Stone” or the “Smoothing Stone.”  To the local children it is a wishing stone.

 

Ironing Stone

·       According to legend Finn McCool lives on one of the mountains, known as “The Diamond,” which faces the Kylemore Abby from the south.  The mountain contains quartz which sparkles when the sun hits it.

·      Children love to tell the tale of a white horse that emerges from the lake (or loch) in front of the Kylemore Abbey every seven years.  In 2022, Abbey workers were certain that they had seen the horse, but most people believe that it is more than likely to be wispy white clouds moving across the surface of the lake.

·       And the last legend again revolves around Finn McCool.  High above the church is an unusual rocky outcrop that is called “Leim na h’Elite” (The Deer’s Leap).  As the story goes, Finn McCool’s horse Bran were chasing an enchanted deer through the wilds of Connemara.  Traveling at high speed, Finn noticed that his horse was in danger as it was close to a rocky cliff.  He called for Bran to stop and return to him, but the horse was too involved with the chase that it did not hear him.  When the deer leaped from the cliff, Bran followed him into the lake.  Neither were ever seen again.

On the drive back to the hotel, we stopped by a field where the locals had dug up some of the peat bog to use as a source of heat in the winter.  As this area is dotted with bogs, here is a little more information on peat.  You didn’t know you were getting a history lesson today.  Peat has been the centerpiece of rural life for many centuries where it was used for heat.  The act of removing the peat from the bogs, called turf cutting, has been immortalized in songs, paintings, and poems.  However, now with all the emphasis on and efforts to combat climate change, this may all change.  While in Connemara you still see stacks of peat drying in the sun before it is burned, Ireland is hoping to end this practice.

Peat, a saturated soil, is formed from the accumulation of decaying vegetation over thousands of years.  One of the characteristics of peat is that it soaks up and stores huge amounts of greenhouse gases, storing twice as much carbon as all the forests of the world combined.  Peat bogs account for 20% of Irelands terrain and store more than a billion tons of carbon.  Unfortunately, when this peat is cut from the bogs and then burned, it releases those greenhouse gases into the air, contributing around 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions.  As a result, Ireland ranks as one of the top European greenhouse gas emitters.  The government is now working to preserve the peatlands by ordering all commercial turf-feed power plants to be closed.  If they are successful in preserving the bogs, peat will be like Ireland’s own coral reefs – containing tons of flora, fauna, and history underneath its top layer.

In addition, peat is also a natural time capsule.  From the discoveries made in the peat bogs, Ireland has been able to document some of its ecological and cultural history.  One of the most remarkable discoveries has been the well preserved bodies that have been found, thanks to the high acidity in the soil and the cool temperatures of the bogs.  So far 17 bodies have been found, some dating back to 1000 B.C.E.  We saw four in Dublin’s National Museum, including the Oldcrogan Man dating back to between 362 and 175 B.C.E., that provided the first set of fingerprints known to man.  If you are ever lucky enough to visit Dublin’s National Museum, you can view these four bog bodies.

 

Piece of Peat

Peat Bog Where Peat has been Harvessted

We made one last stop on a hilltop overlooking Clifden Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.  The coastline was beautiful, and Tom had brought some Irish Creme so we could toast another wonderful day in Ireland. 

We also saw two white Connemara ponies which are Ireland’s native horse breed although their earlier origins most probably came from Scandinavia and Spain.  As early as 795 AD the Vikings brought an earlier version of the breed to Ireland, but it wasn’t until 1588 when the Spanish Armada ran aground that the Connemara pony was formed.   They are known for their strong work ethic and friendly personality. Their ability to adapt to the harsh conditions of the Connemara region resulted in a breed with a muscular back, short, strong legs, and hard feet.  They are also great jumpers and have won many championships in competitive showjumping tournaments.

 

Atlantic Coastline

Atlantic Coastline

Atlantic Coastline

 

Connemara Ponies

Ruins of Clifden Castle