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This is one of the most westerly points of Europe.

We are on an island but one can drive here from the mainland.
 
This is one of the most westerly points of Europe.

We are on an island but one can drive here from the mainland.

The bay is the site of a former basking shark fishery.

The beach is one of five ‘Blue Flag’ beaches on the island.
 
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This is one of the most westerly points of Europe.

We are on an island but one can drive here from the mainland.

The bay is the site of a former basking shark fishery.

The beach is one of five ‘Blue Flag’ beaches on the island.

The upturned boat in the foreground of my photo is unique to this region. Max has correctly identified it as a currach. They are made from lattices of timber with a gunwale on top and without a keel. They are covered with tarred canvas (animal skins were used in the past) and they are sea-going!

A famous German writer and Nobel Laureate (among many other awards) had a second home on the island. His ‘Irisches Tagebuch’ (1957) is said to have had a profound influence on the German view of Ireland and the Irish. A former President of Ireland remarked in jest to a former President of Germany that if Ireland did not already have a national saint, this writer would be a suitable candidate.
 
HansAlbert said:
Heinrich Böll had a cottage on Achill Island.

As to the bay: Keem Bay ?
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Hans,

Well done! You are correct, my photo is of Keem Bay on Achill Island, County Mayo – a place of fond and happy memories for me.

Heinrich Böll lived at Dugort on Achill Island, where he became an astute observer and commentator on the lives, culture and ‘ways’ of the islanders – see http://www.achill247.com/writers/heinrichboll.html The island hosts a Memorial Weekend for him every year (see http://www.achilltourism.com/artsweekend.html ) His cottage is now used as a residency for artists and writers.

He was, of course, a German national but, speaking as a child of Mayo, he is part of our collective consciousness; we see him as ‘one of our own’. He once described the Irish as “the only people in Europe that never set out to conquer, although they were conquered several times, by Danes, Normans, Englishmen - all they sent out was priests, monks, missionaries, who, by way of this strange detour via Ireland, brought the spirit of Thebaic asceticism to Europe. Here, more than a thousand years ago, so far from the centre of things, as if it had slipped way out into the Atlantic, lay the glowing heart of Europe."

Enough said! Over to you...

PC
 
where?



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A searching spree might now take place...and maybe, at one point, hold water.

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Kia ora!
 
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Unfortunately too easy to find with Google image search: Müngstener Brücke, the highest railway bridge in Germany.

Would you like to try another photo? Please check Google image search before.
 
where?



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one clue to start with: it's part of something bigger
 
Could that be part of the Museumsinsel Hombroich (Museum Island Hombroich), Neuss, Germany?

Free turn if correct as I'm away to bed down here.

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Kia ora!
 
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