dream weaving

counter mapping and a pub in Ireland.

Strike out from Galway heading west and the landscape shifts and weather patterns turn into microclimates. There are formations of rock that were once part of the Appalachian Mountain chain from across the sea, ripped off like velcro when Pangea began to move. There are twelve peaks here, called Bens, and if you can see them, you are in Connemara. It is a place defined by sightlines. If you are too far to see the peaks, then you have ventured outside of Connemara.

In between the peaks are valleys, nooks, and crannies. The valleys, like the Bens, have names. There is the Inagh, The Maam, Glencoaghan, Owenglin, Polladirk, and Glencorbet.