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Liscanor to Westport
Today the weather person predicted rain and wind all day, but they were wrong! It was amazing pretty much all day, except when we were at the Prehistoric Tomb exhibit it poured on us. We started our day by driving a few miles North to an area called The Burren, then saw Ashford Castle, and enjoyed Westport's Music Festival.
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Dia Duit From Ireland
Finally after a day long of flying from Chicago, Illinois at 1am CST Tuesday we finally landed in Sligo Airport at 6 pm GMT Wednesday evening. It was a cool 48 degrees unlike in Illinois it was a windy 10 degrees. The first thing we saw was their Woolen Mill. It was cool. Then we went downtown to rent a hotel. Then we went to go see all the cool shops downtown, we found out their was a little tour of Dublin, ...
What the Cong?!
I've been to to Paris, London, Prague and Vienna. To this illustrious list I can now add Cong. We're not sure why we are staying in Cong but it seems analogous to medieval torture. Even all the Irish people we met last night were bewildered why we would bother coming here, and we are still none the wiser this evening as we sit freezing in this hostel from hell. If you told me the hostel manager was actually an gruff ...
I'm a bog hopper!
... him if her numbers came up. She said she would come back and live in Leenane. He said, “No, you won't do that. If you win, you can buy the whole town!”
On the bus, Declan talked some more about the potato famine, which is often referred to in Ireland as “The Great Hunger.” When the Poor Laws were passed in London, they required landlords to either feed and look after their tenants or to get rid of them. There were certainly decent Irish ...
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 ...


