Diamond Hill

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The hiking trail at the top of Diamond Hill in Connemara National Park, Ireland. Behind, the sun plays with the clouds reflected in the sea. Galway, Ireland.

Rising steeply to a prominent conical summit, Diamond Hill (442m) takes its name both from its shape and from the rocks on its upper slopes – when the sun shines, the white quartzite sparkles and shimmers like precious stones.

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