The Monster across the Shore – The Tale of two Glencar Waterfalls

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Glencar Waterfall is located west of Manorhamilton, is 15 metres high, and is situated at Glencar Lough.  A great example of a Poet transforming nature, so that even a not-so-imposing waterfall can have some glory.  The Waterfall served as an inspiration to the Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats and features in his poem ‘The Stolen Child’

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star

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Sea foam – the natural bubble bath

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The agitation of sea water, especially when it contains a high degree of dissolved organic material creates foam on the shoreline. The beach is transformed from its normal state (sand, shingles etc) into all covering expanse of tiny bubbles.

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