All the rivers are underground

In the Burren, county Clare, all the rivers are underground. This is due to the porous nature of the Limestone.

340 Million years ago, Ireland was at the equator beneath a tropic sea. As sea life died, the remains settled to the bottom, and pressure and time made the limestone. Glaciers scrapped off the top layers of sediment and shale. The result: A grey moonscape with patches of green. Ironically, the only place in the world where livestock are brought UP the mountain to winter.

Any time an underground river surfaces, an abbey or church is built. Then come the village huts. Then the pub, or anti-church.

Quentin, an 18 yr old from Brittany on his first solo holiday, and I stole a rock from the Burrren. We giggled like Rugby players who just sold a dummy.