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Dia Duit From Ireland
... the community build all of there houses, and after a long day of work we went back to the hotel. The next day we went to see the Michael Davitt Museum which looked like a house. We also that day had one of their traditional bacon and cabbage, it tasted good. That day we saw some kids playing Gaelic Football. The next day we got on an airplane to go back home. We had a awesome trip to Ireland.
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What the Cong?!
... s Irish Catholic background that makes me feel intense guilt here as we wander about the religious relics and nuns scurrying about looking like they could take flight ala the Flying Nun in this windy weather. They would surely approve of our night living like monks in Cong - no alcohol, no facebook, no modern facilities. Certainly we worshiped in front of our own version of an altar - tv playing Two and a Half Men. Bless the ...
I'm a bog hopper!
... 8221;) on the Erriff River. Declan's comment: “If you rode a canoe down the falls, you could say, 'I shot the Erriff.'” Then we stopped in the Doo Lough Valley so that we could walk on a bog. It's very ... boggy. It's not muddy, but you do sink a bit into the grass, and your shoes get quite wet. Declan had half of us stand on one side and half of us on the other. Then one side would jump up and down. The other side could actually feel the ground moving. This is ...
Day 181 - 28 August - Not a good start to today
... it looks like it could fall off the cliff anyday. Up the paddock from the library is the manor house called Downhill Castle. Would have been a very snazzy home back then.
Drove on down through Letterkenny bypassed Donegal and stopped at Ballina (not the one in New South Wales silly) for an early dinner in a lovely pub, watched Donegal get beaten by Dublin 8-6 in Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) football ...
Thanks Magella
Another island recommendation. We lucked out again and as we drove closer to the island, the sky cleared up and we yet again were lucky enough to have another good weather day for island exploring. We didn't stay on the island but only because the hostels were all booked up. If given the choice, we would’ve!
Thanking Magella who didn't lead us astray,
Leann and ...


