Came across Molly Gallivan's place by chance. She was a widow with seven children and had to find a way to survive. She was ingenious, determined and a hard worker... Ran the farm, raised her children, wove and knitted clothes and had the first tea shop for tourists. She opened a “Sibheen” (illegal pub), where she sold her own home made “Poitín” locally known as “Molly’s Mountain Dew”.
Let's hear it for Molly!
Now surely these fine gentlemen weren't here for an illegal tipple were they?
Molly's is still a tourist spot. We picked up the wooden key and let ourselves through the gate and up the hill. We were greeted enthusiastically by sheep who have obviously got used to being fed by well meaning tourists. Great little video in the cottage that made the whole place come to life.
Molly's is still a tourist spot. We picked up the wooden key and let ourselves through the gate and up the hill. We were greeted enthusiastically by sheep who have obviously got used to being fed by well meaning tourists. Great little video in the cottage that made the whole place come to life.
In the carpark is the Druid who looks across the valley to the highest peak “Barra-Bui”, where a Cairn on the summit marks the resting- place of an ancient Chieftain.
The druid represents the first settlers in the Sheen Valley more than 6000 years ago. These people had a great devotion to their Gods and their dead. They had an advanced knowledge of astronomy which is evident from the vast legacy of burial and ritual sites that they have left us. At Molly's there is a Neolithic Stone Row (3-2000 BC) - we were to discover lots of stone circles and monuments on our travels in Ireland.
A final pat of the sheep and we were on our way!
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