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Slievemore Deserted Village

TIME : 2016/2/18 22:05:53

The remains of this deserted village at the foot of Mt Slievemore is a bleak place with sheep. It's slowly being reduced down to rock piles, a poignant reminder of the island's past hardships and a lost way of life. When the Potato Famine took hold, starvation forced the villagers to the sea and its sources of food. The adjacent graveyard compounds the desolation.