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Article: The magic of County Mayo The Ireland that tourists usually miss, but shouldn't.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2000
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From the enormous windows of the dining room of our hotel we look out on an idyllic image of Ireland. In the foreground we gaze at gently rolling hills topped with grass embracing a broad spectrum of shades of green.
In the distance, rising sharply from the wide green landscape, stands a stunning mountain. It is for the Irish a very special mountain - Croagh Patrick, a sacred link to St. Patrick.
Not far from the 2,510-feet-high holy hill lies a sea of deep blue. No place in Ireland is ever very far from the water, be it the vast sea that surrounds this island or the great multitude of lakes, ponds, rivers and trout streams that help paint tranquil ...