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I could sack this castle
The drive from Dublin took about four hours and included no less than 100 roundabouts. Nice place on a hill, not quite "Lifestyles of the rich Famous" (the Helicopter Pad looked like a worn out tether ball court). The rain was pretty consistent, which gave us a great excuse to read for hours by the lobby fireplace. Lacie was mostly distracted by …
BEST DAY OF WHOLE TRIP!
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Home to shower, cup of tea and off again to do a bit of shopping. We each found great Aran
sweaters – well actually Rich found 2 and I found a great open weave scarf. Into Clifden and popped into a local jewellery shop that I had found a brochure for in our hotel. What a character the owner – we had a blast and yup, Rich ended up with a new bracelet ("it will give you immense power! – especially naked and in the middle of ...
The Irish are NUTS!!
100 km speed limits on these nutsy small, narrow, no shoulder roads!! cannot believe it - I LOVE to drive fast but even 60 km at times was more than enough on the twists and turns on our drive today. My day to drive today - long driving day but o my goodness the beauty!!! We are blown away with the beauty of the Irish countryside - absolutely gorgeous!! Now relaxing in a lovely very old Manor ...
Day 11 - Omagh to Connemara
... a Geocache at Enniskillen Castle however it appears the cache had gone missing :(
As we hit the area of Mayo, there were flags with green and red flying everywhere as the final of the All Ireland Football was on the coming weekend and Mayo had made the final.
As we reached Connemara, we drove past a cemetery that was located in a spectacular location with a stunning view.
We drove up to the turn off to Kylemore Abbey we decided to check it out. The place ...
Wild, Wild West - MAYO
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On the whole Mayo is a ruggedly beautiful county with great opportunities for outdoor activities like horseback riding, surfing, and hillwalking alongside historical trails through pre-historic tombs intermixed with excellent accommodations and restaurants. As we traveled back to the land of Seamus Heaney, I felt I understood a bit better his poems of the 'Bogland', and at the least was quite inspired to write a few lines on my wonderful time in the bogland ...