They could be poppy fields or red earth
2007-01-25 23:54:20 · 11 answers · asked by Bill T 2 in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Limerick
not surprised Google wouldn't want to get too close to Limerick, they'd probably steal the satellite.
2007-01-26 00:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by Christine 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you mean quite a bit east of Limerick - as in the orangey-red coloured pieces in the centre of the country, they are peat bogs.
Presumably the Google satellite coloured them differently to distinguish them from mountains.
Peat is used as a fuel in Ireland, where it is known as turf.
2007-01-26 02:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Trish D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are probably the 257 acres of red mud hills of a by-product when alumina (fine white granular powder) is extracted from bauxite ore (coarse red earth) at The Aughinish Alumina plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, which is situated on the Shannon Estuary.
2007-01-26 10:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by alpha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Especially Street View. Awesome feature.
2016-05-24 01:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all the blood flowing from stab city aka Limerick
2007-01-27 01:18:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those red areas are the peat bogs. They harvest them commercially. I've driven past them and it's a great site.
2007-01-26 02:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by Amber911Fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, peat bogs - have a look at these mapped bog locations, they should coincide nicely with your google images.
http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/13/bord_na_mona.htm
2007-01-27 08:03:25 · answer #7 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood!!!ha ha ha Limerick is Stab City!!
2007-01-27 08:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by findmenowniallhaha 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i googled it and it brought me back to this feckin question lol
2007-01-27 05:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by misssherlock06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋