Hotel Westport
Newport Road Westport, County Mayo, Western Ireland, Ireland
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-Began Ireland Shamrocker Tour -Went to Kilbeggan, whiskey distillary -Knock - religious town -Went to "Mat Malloys" pub in Westport
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What the Cong?!
... tour earlier in the day. He was fantastic in explaining more about 80% catholic Derry, a place full of republican passions. But probably more instructional again was his 'guided tour' of Derry nightlife that evening at Peader O'Donnells pub. We were promised to meet many locals and we weren't disappointed. We were actually smothered by locals who crowded to chat with us. Most of the time I couldn't tell what language they ...
I'm a bog hopper!
... from 1845 to 1850. In 1844, the population of Ireland was 9 million. In 1850, it was 5 million. About half of the lost population died from hunger, and the other half emigrated. If the famine hadn't occurred and Ireland had kept pace with England population-wise, today it should have around 40 million people. Instead, it has around 6 million. It's clear why the famine is still treated as a recent event here.
We stopped briefly at Aasleagh Falls (pronounced ...
Day 181 - 28 August - Not a good start to today
Had a nice breakfast, spoke to one of the workers who was very keen on the car, but just didn't have the money. Oh well.
Time to head off. So I decided to drive today. BAD mistake, VERY bad, we had parked in the back of the pub the night before and as I reversed out of the narrow driveway I scraped the back left wheel arch on the brick wall.
Not happy Jan, our beautiful now has a nasty scrape, but as Leon ...
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 ...



