HAG’S HEAD

CLIFF OF MOHER, COUNTY CLARE, 2024

From the top of O’Brien’s Tower, the world opens up in a dizzying embrace of sea and rock. Before your eyes, the jagged line of the Cliffs of Moher stretches out, stretching like an ancient wall until it disappears into the horizon, where the Moher Tower watches alone at Hag’s Head, silent guardian of this border between land and ocean.

Each layer of these cliffs tells millions of years of history, forged by the impetuous hands of time and sculpted by the inexorable force of wind and waves. From this privileged point, the soul is lost in the vastness of the panorama: an eternal dance between the hardness of the stone and the fluidity of the waters below, where the seagulls circle lightly, brushing the waves that crash furiously against the base of the cliffs.

The Moher Tower, small and austere at the southern end, seems like a lighthouse without light, a witness to the passing of time, a warning that reminds us of the fragility of human existence in the face of the majesty of nature. These cliffs, which rise like giants for over two hundred meters above the Atlantic, have been the scene of legends and myths: it is said that Hag’s Head, the Witch’s Head, takes its name from an old sorceress who, chasing her lover, fell from the top of the cliffs, turning into stone. And even today, on stormy days, there are those who swear they can hear her lament, confused with the roar of the sea. This place, where sky and earth meet without borders, is an irresistible call to contemplation, an invitation to immerse yourself in its primordial and wild beauty.