Dun Aengus - The Fort of Aonghasa Inishmore

Something was just not right about this third morning in Ireland. My stomach rumbled like a looming thunderstorm and my sleep suffered from tossing and turning throughout the night, and Joanna couldn't sleep much either. Lumbering into the restaurant for some free breakfast, we saw our favorite cheery couples already there, looking like they had …

Dia dhuit!

While my sleep schedule may never be regulated after an amazing, fast-paced weekend in Galway and the Aran Islands, I saw some places that were simply incredible.

Because Ireland is such a small country, a couple tour buses brought 100+ international students from UCD cross-country to the city of Galway. We began the …

To Inishmore
I will not spend too much time on words for my blog today as I think the pictures will speak for themselves. Inishmore is the largest of the three Islands that make up the Aran Islands. The majority of the inhabitants of the islands are Irish native speakers and only speak English to interact with the tourists. It is at the end of …

... massive Irish breakfast, I was ready to go again. This time I wanted to visit the big tourist attraction on Inishmore, another fort called Dun Aengus (Dun Aonghasa in Irish). But I wanted to do it my way. No tour vans for me--I rented a bicycle for ...

... I secretly suspected he might be right. The island is a walker's paradise, but on Friday I rented a bike and headed for Dun Aengus. The oldest sections of this stone fortress date to around 1100BC, with the height of activity occurring around 800AD. ...

... see one more thing. Thus we walked back to the bikes and rode off again.  This stop was the most fascinating.  It was Dun Aengus, an ancient Celtic ruin which dated back to 1600 BC.  The original settlers of the islands used this fortress to ward ...

... again. But this time we wanted to experience it all on foot. Our final destination, a massive stone walled cocentric semi-circle fort called Dun Aengus, located at the top of a 100m cliff. It was a little over 7km away. So we set off, taking the "coast ...

... style.  Rocks are simply stacked and walls are formed.  That's all.  No cutting, glue, or special structure. Dun Aengus (Dún Aonghasa) is the main attraction of the island - an enormous rock fort with walls 4m thick.  To top it all ...

... 's poodle 'Peppy' chase it out again.  It was a very interesting conversation, and very entertaining. Visited the ancient fort of Dun Aengus, which is situated on the western end of the island on the Atlantic side.  It's a crescent shaped fort ...

... da farsi, se regalare sole o pioggia, perciò non me la sono sentita di affittare le biciclette e abbiamo deciso di raggiungere Dun Aengus, la maggior attrazione di quest’isola, con un pulmino guidato da un locale, un tipo con un’inquietante ...