Killary Lodge Leenane
Derrynasliggaun Leenane, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland
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What the Cong?!
... as the Guinness flowed and made their Irish lilt more pronounced, and my hearing over the throbbing traditional Irish tunes worse. And as the stout kept getting downed, and the Irish dancing commenced, the passions of some men became more pronounced. Not passion for women, but passion for country. One gent decided to spend the best part of an hour telling me that Australian's are idiots for having the union jack on ...
I'm a bog hopper!
... did what they could for their tenants, but there were plenty of landlords who decided to simply get rid of the problem. They chartered ships and had their tenants removed to Scotland, Canada, America and Australia. They usually weren't very seaworthy ships and they weren't well provisioned, so by the time a ship reached its destination, most of the people on board would have died. Ergo, these ships were known as coffin ships.
The Anglican church sent missionaries over ...
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 ...
The Quiet Man
... d spend more time exploring these counties if we could and would recommend making them a high priority to check out if ever making a trip to Ireland.
Cong is located on the Republic of Irelands largest lake in County Mayo. We decided to make use of our previously purchased tent and camping gear and set up at a nearby campsite/hostel. It was a chilly and damp experience. However, it did give us the opportunity to watch the hostels nightly showing of "The Quiet ...
Middle of Nowhere, Ireland
... zero euro to spare in our daily budgets, and we ate quite a bit of toast, oatmeal, powdered soup, and noodles at the Aille River Hostel. As everyone around us in the hostel left to get pints and some music, Ryan and I made ourselves a pot of tea (free, provided by the hostel of course) and read our books with the over-50 crowd and the small children. When 10:30 pm hit, we were already fast asleep. This morning, we ...


