Ireland: A Home To Three World Heritage Sites
August 6th, 2011 by admin
The three World Heritage sites in Ireland are Skellig Michael, Bend of the Boyne and Giant’s Causeway.. In reference to Skellig Michael, George Bernard Shaw said it is “An incredible, impossible, mad place. I tell you the thing does not belong to any world that you and I have ever lived or worked in; it is part of our dream world.”
Skellig Michael located in County Kerry is the remains of a monastery believed to have been associated with 7th century Irish Christians. The structure is believed to have been built of stone with a wooden roof and to have been used as late as the 12th century. This breathtaking site situated on Ireland’s southwest coast is inhabited by what is believed to be the largest congregation of seabirds in the entire world.
Bend of the Boyne appears to be a megalithic burial ground dating to the late Stone Age. Evidence has been uncovered dating from 3300 to 2200 BC and indicating an extremely high level of regard for the dead.
Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway is a cluster of 40,000 hexagonal columns interlocked together and believed to have resulted from volcanic activity. One formation looks like a gigantic boot shoe.
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