The theme for this week's Photo Hunt is cloud(s) What better choice than some more photos taken in Ireland. The mountain in question is known as the Paps or the Paps of Anu and are just over the Kerry border a few miles from Millstreet.
The following italicised text is from a forum on Julian Cope's Modern Antiquarian site
On our right, we were much struck with the singular appearance of the two hills, called The Paps. They are smoothly formed to the fairest proportion, imitating the outline of a woman's bosom' (Diary of Traveller on Butter Road in 1797 from visit to Killarney Lakes)This was the first chance to take a photo of the Paps but the cloud base was too low to see the summit.
"The Paps are named after Anu, prinicipal Goddess of pre-Christian Ireland and mother Goddess of the Tuatha De Danann, a legendary group of divine invaders who ruled Ireland until their final defeat at the hands of the Milesians. The Goddess Anu brought prosperity to Munster... was originally a European Goddess, her name being commemorated most famously in the River Danube."The this was taken on a clearer day with the mountains clearly in view. On each peak is a cairn
A photo of the cairn on the left peak There is a cairn on the right peak too. It's a hard climb and quite dangerous so the photo was taken with a long telephotoThe Paps' cairns appear to be part of a deliberately placed series which overlook the plains of the southwest. The cairn on the eastern peak is a substantial monument, measuring a height of 4 metres and a diameter of 18m-20metres. The entrances of both cairns are aligned westwards, towards the setting sun. It is thought that the cairns contain Neolithic burial chambers. They are the subject of ongoing study and excavations to confirm such theories.
The Paps were almost certainly objects of veneration for the stone age inhabitants of Ireland although I would like to think that my ancestors a few millennia back had a sense of humour.. I can imagine the conversation
"Hey check it out Beabhis, those mountains look like boobs huh, huh, huh, huh"
"Heh, heh, heh, he boobs Budvoc, boobs!"
59 comments:
Perfect choice for todays theme.... I may have my head in the clouds, but I have my feet well set on the ground.... mine's up too hope you can drop by...Happy weekend!
Great choice. Beautiful shots and an hilarious post. Those men must have been used to well endowed damsels for the mountains to strike them like that. Happy weekend.
Beautiful photos - great post! :-)
Happy Weekend.
It is always an aesthetic problem in scenic photography, what is more important, the sky or mountain?
You did right.
These rolling hills are such a contrast to the amazing clouds you captured. Nice composition, lively commentary -- & what gorgeous country!
Thanks for sharing!
p.s. I'm a Nick Cave fan too.
Perfect post for today's photohunt theme... Happy weekend!Mine' sup too hope you can drop by..
That's so funny! When I lived in the wilderness near Bella Coola, BC, my view was of what the natives called "Tit Mountain" for the exact same reason!
I really am enjoying seeing hte clouds from around the world today. :) Yours are terrific! :)
Love the photos!!
Those are some rather mean looking cloud formations hehe... cool photos!
Looks even more pap like than the pap of Glencoe!!
I love the many colors of the sky--that one looks like frothy water and I never had heard of a Cairn
Wonderful Photos...and at first I didn't even understand the pap connection... but your post explained it all..LOL
excellent shots and personally i haven't heard the term cairn till today :) great take on the theme :)
Hills are right Jams, mountains are much taller than those.
There is a mountain range in the USA called the Grand Tetons which means big breasts in French and the name is attributed to the French explorers who thought they looked like breasts.
That looks like typical Irish weather to me.
Your post is so fun. Those twin peaks look great :)
Oh wow - this is very cool. I just realized this is near where my husband's family is from (I think)...
Great sky pictures with those captions of introductions!! I had to laugh when I read about the outline of a woman's bossom!! :P
Those are perfect shots for the theme this week! Love the 2nd one:)
I love the look on the hills! Great photos too:)
Nice clouds and hills (he he). Enjoyed the pics and reading your post, happy weekend!!
Like a fairytale movie!!!
Pearl - have a good weekend. its hot in singapore and i'm staying indoors
Excellent second photo, but I like the first one - nice soft day on the summits!
Good stuff, Jams.
Such atmospheric mystery in these pics! Loved them!
Lovely shots - great post!
Now, by now, you know me Jams...the LAST photo is more a woman's bosom, isn't it?
Fabulous photos as always.
My 'colored clouds' are posted. A bit different in the 'take of the theme' this week. Come by, join me, if you can find time!! Happy weekend.
I love your boobies, hehehehe!
hopping back to your site. You have a great collection of photos... Yeah they look like "boobs" hahaha
Interesting. My experience of climbing hills in Ireland is similar, with most done in cloud and rain. Not so different to that of my trips in Scotland, where wind, sleet, hail, snow and the like were added to the equation.
I never got to the top of the Pap of Glencoe, although I did most of the rest of the Aonach Eagach one very cold and clear Sunday morning. The photograph I looked at made it look like a large mole hill.
Wish I was sitting there enjoying the boobs wait I mean view!
I wish I could see that "in live" it seems to be a very beautiful landscape !
excellent post Jams
A trip to Ireland with photos and history..Perfect..Thank you..
Thanks everyone!
Cloud capped peaks a teaser for the beautiful curves of Ireland. Great series of photos. Thanks for stopping by
Beautiful shots! Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
Nita
Great shots and I loved reading your post about this wonderful place. I wish I could see it IRL.
Thanks for sharing!
That is a real cloudy sky.
But the write up about it was very intersting.
It has been very fun to see different clouds from all around the world today! I love your photo of the feral mammacat, below.
That's the trouble with ireland: the clouds tend to be grey!
Very interesting. Much like our own Mumbles Head - said to be named from the French for breasts (mamma-something or other).
Very cool shots here! I also liked the history of the mountain!
Well then what are we looking at? The clouds? or the boobs? :) An Irish mist my father would have said.
Thanks for visiting mine. Have a good weekend!
We're seeing clouds from all over today. Quite a geography lessons. Someone was even eating clouds at one site - cloud mushrooms that is.
Nice choice for The Hunt.
Haha! Lovely photos.
So beautiful, those shots of different weather in the same place. Here, in the western US, we have a mountain range called the Tetons. Which is apparently from the French word for breasts. It's a universal thing, I guess.
Thanks for your lovely compliments about my entry this week.
Jams, your posts always make us laugh or think! Wonderful cloudy day over Ireland's bosom.
Great photos! It must have been a cold and breezy day.
Ha ha! I like their sense of humor.
Very cloudy with gray rather than more beautiful -- okay, my preference! -- blue skies yet still interesting to look at! :)
Great post, bet it was just as spectacular standing right there too. Have a great week.
Fabulous. I LOVE IRELAND! Funny though, at first, before i read, the first photo looked like the hills where I live, here in Southern California...we get morning fog from the ocean and it looks just like that photo....
I LOVE IRELAND
Ah - those shots take me back many years, to the time I visited Cork and Kerry. Nice shots! Hope you're having a great weekend.
Great cloud shots, Jams. Very interesting and amusing commentary too. That last bit made me laugh! ThanX for stopping by for the hunt.
i been having computer problems n havent been surfing much but when i came back here, i realized how much i missed visiting u. but u wouldnt know. i seldom comment. unless it is photohunters :)
Thanks everyone.
Welcome back Bengben. I'm glad you like my blog.
Great post. I learned something about Ireland today. Happy Monday!
Great captures! Love the contrast on the last one. Very dramatic. And the angry kitty below is a grand shot too! ;) Have a great day!
Great photos!
Those are two interesting hills! If they look like bosoms, the clouds seem to cover them. :)
How high are they?
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