High Island, Claddaghduff, Galway, Only 1,250,000 Euro, today only!
Like many other pastoral portions of the European nation, High Island (or Ardoilean) is home to rolling grass, two fresh water lakes and an "abundance of birdlife." Also, like the mainland, it's teeming with historical artifacts.
Some ruins may date back to 300 BC, when some say it served as an Iron Age settlement, but it is slightly better documented to have hosted several dozen inhabitants in the seventh century, when early Christians built a monastery there. (Many believe that Saint Féichín himself — associated with supernatural healing abilities — was responsible for the founding of the church, but scholars say it's hard to verify such claims.)
Remnants of the monastery, an old water mill that may have been the first of its kind in Ireland, and interestingly, a "beehive hut," still exist on the island, making it a living historic destination and one researched by scholars for decades. It's also, as the Guardian points out, just 200 miles north of the Skellig Islands, which "Star Wars" fans may recognize as the backdrop of Luke Skywalker's lush, secluded holy Jedi hideaway.
Beware the selkies, my friends.
ReplyDeleteNeeds trees. Aside from that, and the climate, it would be nice. A beach would be good too though.
ReplyDeleteWe could develop it, put high rise timeshares on it and run a bullet train out to it to civilize it...
ReplyDeleteWould that be the same type of bullet train that's going to Hawaii as part of the Green New Deal?
DeleteI'm thinking you could achieve exactly the same effect by telling that IRA bastard over there that his sister is ugly and you knew his mother, wink wink, knudge knudge. What a dismal fate. Of course, I lived in Emeryville in a nice little house for 5 years back in the 90's and I'm a wee bit familiar with real San Francisco. I'd sooner go up against the IRA.
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