Stendahl syndrome refers to the phenomen of being overcome by great beauty, named after the eponymous artist’s reaction to the cutural works he witnessed in Florence. I managed to avoid a dose of the flutters when I visited Florence some year ago, but I did get some sense of Stendahl’s reaction when I visited the Burren last Saturday. The place seemed impossibly beautiful, and I’ll post a few pictures over the next few days.

Within the Burren National Park, Mullaghmore mountain in the Burren is on the right, with Slieve Roe and Knockanes to the left.

Lough Gealain, at the base of Mullagh More.