“It was then, as it is now, a land of grey stone…” |
“…The fields were paved with it…” |
“… the mountains… spiralling terraces of gleaming limestone…” |
“…they built miles of stone walls to enclose their small stony fields…” |
“…huge dolmens, silhouetted against the sky like the tables of some giant race…” |
“…they built great fortified dwelling places: cathair…“ |
“…tall grey tower houses…” |
“…monasteries and churches…” |
“…by the Burren on the western seaboard of Ireland” |