Our plan for today was to take a ferry to Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands, to see Dún Aenghus, a 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort. From Rick Steves' Best of Ireland: The stone fortress hangs spectacularly and precariously on the edge of a cliff 200 feet above the Atlantic. Its concentric walls are 13 feet thick and 10 feet high. As an added defense, the fort is ringed with a commotion of spiky stones, sticking up like lances, called chevaux-de-frise (literally, “Frisian horses,” named for the Frisian soldiers who used pikes to stop charging cavalry). Slowly, as the cliff erodes, hunks of the fort fall into the sea.
However our plans had to change a bit when Ophelia came to town.
The waves and the wind were very enthusiastic!
Almost all schools, shops, and restaurants were closed for the day and no ferries or buses were running. We basically spent the day in the hotel but our guide, Dara, arranged for some excellent Irish music after dinner.
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