Orchard Lodge Bed & Breakfast

Ballina, County Mayo, Western Ireland, Ireland | B&B

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Wild, Wild West - MAYO

A travel blog entry by jenny.og

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... where we checked into the beautiful Hotel Westport and grabbed lunch at another award winning establishment, Cosy Joes! We walked in and there were no more tables for 4 available, and just as we walked towards a bar in the corner, a nice man jumped up to give us his table. This set the scene for what was a fantastic meal in a pub with great atmosphere! Westport immediately struck me as a beautiful city with a great deal of Irish charm!

After lunch we hit ...

Croagh Patrick

A travel blog entry by doshaughnessy

On Monday, we climbed a mountain. Yeah, we climbed Croagh Patrick, a site for pigrimages, located out West near the town of Westport. At first, when we heard we were climbing a mountain, I thought, oh it can't be like a really hard climb or anything, they wouldn't really try to make us do anything like that. Well, actually, the ...

Report back Day 18 Galway to Sligo

A travel blog entry by borisatpace

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... pumpkin. We went for a wonderful drive out of town towards Dongegal. We went to the burial location of the famous author Yeats and checked out a beautiful waterfall. Went back into Sligo grabbed a dodgy kebab from a shop in town. The owner told us Moose and Squirrel were of to a folk festival in Cavan known as the Fleadh. Off to Cavan it is. That is the County where Bomber comes from. We may stay with his mum in Butlersbridge. Boris ...

The Shrine of Knock

A travel blog entry by rickandwill

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Yes we are now in Knock. No particular reason , it is half way to our next destination and seemed like a good place to park for the night. Once again lots of nice country side which made it a pleasure to look at. Good roads and mostly empty, helped as well. Arrived at the township of Knock just after 1pm and started looking for our caravan park. We drove through the township , seemed very busy to us, but said " oh well it is Sunday after all and people are coming out ...

Beauty

A travel blog entry by levinson5

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... I also like moving on. These five hours flew by. It was like dinner ended too early.

I did not get to see the proper pub until the next day with Des and Oonagh and Johnny McHales was definitely neat. No bells and whistles, just solid just like the people, solid.

L:This morning we went The Country Life Museum in Castlebar. It was really fun!

Thanks to Paul, Des and Oonagh

Off to Dublin

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Location

This B&B, located in Ballina, is near Rosserk Friary, Ballina Arts Events Centre, Ballina Dolmen, and The Humbert Memorial.
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