Taken in a heavy rain shower, on a typically Irish day of alternating rain and sunshine: ten minutes later the scene looked like N9675 : Ruined abbey, on the Hill of Slane.
The hill, in mythology is where St. Patrick lit a Paschal fire in AD 433 in defiance of the High King Laoire who forbid any other fires while a festival fire was burning on the Hill of Tara. The Hill of Slane stands 158 metres (518 ft)... (more)
Standing, at 158 metres (518 ft), high above the surrounding countryside, the hill offers wide views. This is looking south east. The Irish Cement works at Platin, some 10 kilometres distant, can be discerned on the horizon.