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County Mayo Slideshow
County Mayo
Travel Blogs from County Mayo, Ireland
The Disneyland of Ireland
... we watched the landscape change as we drove through town after town. From thick and woodsy to rolling hills, we found our way to the land of sheep and peat. We finally found the part of Ireland that we had originally imagined, our very our fairytale town. ...
Finally, sheep!
After staying up late enjoying the fire, we got a slow start today, which actually worked in our favor since the weather didn't clear until just after noon. We began by driving out to Achill Island, which we knew little about. We were doing the Atlantic ...
One bag here, one not
Guess who's is here??? The positive thinker...ME..sister Katie...I get clean clothes tonight..although I can honestly say I wish it had been Dad's that had arrived.. I can wear Care's clothes and he looks funny in them. Great time today...I am ...
Camping in Westport
... , we drove north of Westport to Achill Island and saw some more beautiful Irish scenery. Places like these make me happy to be moving to Ireland! We had a lovely weekend and the rain managed to stay away for the most part, which was very ...
Cruisin' the Sod.
During a long walk around the gorgeous countryside, I got a call finalizing my trip to Chad... on the edge of the country... technology is amazing. We stopped in town on the way home to make a copy of my passport & fax it to the guy in France, ...
Back again in County Mayo
Joe and I arrived at the Dublin airport and were lucky enough to get a ride back to Mayo (3 hour drive) from the guy sitting next to us on the plane who lived a few miles away! We really didn't do much on this trip--just relaxed. Joe took a few driving ...
To Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
We saw a ring of stones in sheep pasture. We visited Ashford Castle and we went on a little "hidden forest" walk. Something Abbey. Kylemore Abbey. Coffin Ship memorial. Ate at John J. O'Malley's. Stayed in Westport. Listened to music at Matt Malloy's, ...
My new home!
Now I am in Ireland to experience the country - but never did I think I would do so literally. My new home, Castlebar in county Mayo is a little country town where the cows are never far away! Seriously though, my home is an easy 10 minute walk to the ...
1st day in Ireland
... it started raining and our walking was somewhat curtailed. Had lunch in a neighborhood pub and had my first Guinness in Ireland. Tomorrow we meet up with our tour group and onto ...
Achill Island- lost driver's liscense, killer hike
We traveled out to Achill Sound today from the little town of Westport in County Mayo. It was absolutely beautiful- probably my favorite day of this adventure. We passed through the Gaeltach and drove out a rural road with wandering sheep until we hit ...
Bed of Feathers
... was so nice to be travelling in a car for once, much more laid back. The scenery here is gorgeous, even though a lot of Ireland looks like same there are still certain things that make each County or town a tad bit different then the last. I found there ...
New Found Friends
... by our new friends. Hard to turn down, but hard to swallow after so many drinks. It's a good thing the beer in Ireland doesn't have as much alcohol as the beer in the US. We were even invited back to one fellow's place for Irish ...
Tree House and Top Class Dining
... with the food they ordered. I had scallops to start and fresh salmon to follow. Both were as good as I have ever had. Niall tells me that there are lots of restaurants in the area of an equally high standard. The west of Ireland has come a long ...
Kayaking on Lough Corrib and Cornamona River
Today's highlight was a kayak trip. We kayak at home but today, our hosts organised the kayaks and everything else we needed for the trip. Four kayaks and Tommy Coyne's boat with outboard motor made up the expedition fleet. The weather was reasonable and ...
Caidre Fields- 2 quid to see rocks in a field
So on our way back to Dublin, we decided to loop up toward the Caidre fields on the northmost tip of County Mayo to see an archelogical site of a neolithic community. Well, the museum really trumped up the site and required visitors to watch a very epic ...
Livin the life as a 19th century landlord.
... because this house belonged to the Fitzgerald family who were Irish. They were removed by the english from their home in wexford Ireland where they held 70,000 acres of great land and moved to castlebar and given 7,000 acres. Still a lot, but ...
Cold, wet and marvelous
Today I drove to Cong, which is in country Mayo, probably one of the prettiest county's in Ireland. It has lots of loughs, woods and castles, which means I could happily spend a month just on this little corner of Ireland. Today, I stopped off at the pub ...
Sep 28, 2009
Paul smiles Paul gets
Paul must have really been looking forward to picking up the hire car and starting our driving tour of Ireland as he was up, showered and dressed before I even woke up. We packed up, checked out and headed back to the airport on the air coach. When we ...
I'm a bog hopper!
... of the people on board would have died. Ergo, these ships were known as coffin ships. The Anglican church sent missionaries over to Ireland to help the hungry people. Rather, they were sent to help the hungry Anglican people. The missionaries set up soup ...
Westport Country Lodge Hotel -The Ultimate Getaway
We visited the Westport Country Lodge when we were looking for a nice, relaxing getaway. It is a few miles outside of the town, but that is exactly what we were looking for as it was nice and quiet, yet just a quick taxi ride into town. The ...
Day 2
... 2/3 of the population in the 1840's I don't remember all the cities and town names we drove trough or stopped at. I will have to look at a map! But we drove to Balleena which is on the west coast of Ireland. This is where we stayed the ...
Balleycastle and Giants Causeway
Drove further north from Larne round the coast and found the giants causeway. Was pretty impressive. Went from there further round the coast and decided we would aim for Silgo as the camping spot for the night. Could work out where the coast was at Silgo ...
Preparing to leave
... of, vaccinations, visas, money, clothes, backpack. Travelling at the moment seems to be a right of passage for young people in Ireland (How long this will last, Im not sure) and even though we all know friends and relations who have done the exact same ...
Ashford Castle
We stayed the night at Ashford Castle before driving back to Dublin for our flight to ...
