An expanse of windswept, often rushy fields stretches as far a(...)

A few rushy fields occupied the hollow and a house stood in the shelter of a thin fir wood.

ONE by one, the old rushy fields of cut-away bog along the road to Louisburgh are being reclaimed for grazing.

An expanse of windswept, often rushy fields stretches as far as Louisburgh, with a greener, lusher fringe onwards in the shelter of Clew Bay.