Orange & Green Are the Colours of Ireland

Orange and green are the colours of Ireland’s flag. These two colours also show up all over the countryside, especially if you happen to be there in the fall.

Huge clumps of colonized orange Crocosmia bloom in abundance along the roads on Inishowen Peninula (and yes, that’s rain you see streaking across the picture).
Orange Crocosmia grow in abundance along the roads on Inishowen Peninula in IrelandA stoney beach with some tough orange and green plants. A Stoney Beach on Inishowen Peninula in Ireland A narrow road curves around farmland in the Beara Peninsula drive, the orange tones being bracken, a pretty name for dead ferns.
A narrow road curves around farmland in the Beara Peninsula drive Green and rusty orange moss at Glenveagh National Park.
Green and Rust Moss at Glenveagh National Park To walk to Giant’s Causeway on the northern Irish coast is free but if you take a car it’s 9£ per person.
The walk to Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is free At Glenmacnass waterfall looking down the valley.Glenmacnass Waterfall looking down the valley An angel, backdropped by fall colour, guards a tomb in the cemetery at Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park.
An angel guards a tomb in the cemetery at Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park A tree-lined path at Killarney National Park.
Tree-lined path at Killarney National Park

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