{"id":17605,"date":"2017-07-24T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=17605"},"modified":"2017-07-06T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T19:23:03","slug":"sliabh-liag-shleeve-league-irelands-highest-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2017\/07\/24\/sliabh-liag-shleeve-league-irelands-highest-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Sliabh Liag (=Shleeve League)&#8211; Ireland&#8217;s highest cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl1-e1499367695524.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17606\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl1-e1499367695524-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"sl1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17606\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/slo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17621\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/slo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"slo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17621\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sliabh Liag is of course Gaelic, and it is the name of Ireland\u2019s highest cliff, indeed they claim it\u2019s the highest in all Europe.  Who am I to doubt the Irish?  This gentleman was the one to explain to us what we were seeing as we peered into the abyss. If he looks a little like a character out of Lord of the Rings, you would be right\u2014 we shall call him Paddy.  Let\u2019s admit, the views are spectacular\u2014-<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17607\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/sl2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17607\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl3-e1499367963134.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17608\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/sl3-e1499367963134-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"sl3\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17608\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17609\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/sl4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17609\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17610\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/sl5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17610\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17611\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/sl7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17611\"><\/a> Yes there were others looking out at the sea as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl9.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17612\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl9\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17612\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thing about the coast of Ireland which distinguishes it say from the coast of Italy, or Greece, or even California, is not the steep cliffs or rockiness. It\u2019s how green everything is. It is much prettier than many of these other coastline drives, especially if you are lucky enough to have a wee bit of sunshine. <\/p>\n<p>And then there are the islands, many of them once populated by the successors to St. Patrick. The irish monks., some of whom produced the Book of Kells.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17616\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/sl16-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sl16\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17616\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/kel-e1499368290233.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17613\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/kel-e1499368290233-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"kel\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17613\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sliabh Liag is of course Gaelic, and it is the name of Ireland\u2019s highest cliff, indeed they claim it\u2019s the highest in all Europe. 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