Connemara Coast Galway
Spiddal Road, Furbo Galway, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland
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Day 3
We left Balleena headed for Gallway and the Connemara Coast. Along the way we stopped at a church that in 1879 a whole bunch of people witnessed an apparition of Mary, St Joseph, and St John the Evangelist for about 8 hours and a monument depicting this has since been erected. On our way to the next stop we passed by Crough Patrick Mountain which …
The Ring of Dingle / The Cliffs of Moher
An early start this morning to visit the Dingle Peninsula and work our way up the coast to Galway. The weather is dramatically changeable, with periods of sun and rain. The wind is gusty, but we are gutsy! The guidebooks say that the Ring of Dingle is in many ways more spectacular than the Ring of Kerry. It certainly is true for us, simply because …
Exploring the Connemara Region
We head out into the wild, barren region north-west of Galway city called Connemara. The weather is as wild as the scenery, with glowering skies adding to the drama. We travel through villages with names like Spiddal, Screeb, and Maam Cross before reaching Clifden. One of the locations for "The Quiet Man" film with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is …
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Cliffs of Moher... the cliffs of insanity!!!
... right up to the edge and laid down to peek over... kinda scary!!!
We stopped into Gaynor's bar for a drink before noon (eeeeek). I had hot chocolate and bailey's and it was AHHHHmazing. Our driver told us that the locals men see us coming on the bus and head down to greet us.
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Small Dirt Road
... that not many people lived there, that this road was at least somewhat undiscovered. The land was so untouched by man and the green was so radiant that it is still there sometimes when I close my eyes.
The whole day was overcast. It wasn’t ominous, but, rather, another tone in the palette of greens and browns already created. That brand of gray was far more comforting than any shade of blue could be; it hung like a ...



