Tower Hotel Sligo

... noted for how far until Strandhill. We think we were halfway there when it started to rain and we realized that we were committed to going to Strandhill when a woman and her 2 kids stopped to pick us up!!! It was fabulous and the oddest thing all at once. A friendly stranger stopped to pick up two girls on the side of the road in this time of not trusting anyone and being afraid. On the way back a single guy who was going to Sunday dinner at his parents drove us back into town. We ...

... school, and realy to try out our new wheels. We were able to go out to West Cork, and up the West coast in to Connemara, Mayo, and up to Sligo. We named the little car, 'Jumbo Murphy&#8217; (Murphy being a Cork name). He&#8217;s now a good part of the family, sort of like a second home. <br><br>Anyways, we had a great time, and I think I&#8217;ll let the pictures tell it. <br><br>Thanks for the good times Helen, Cheers.<br><br>Daniel &amp; Luna

... mistress of the house threw the menu down to the staff from a balcony above so that she did not have to step foot into the kitchen....wow...now i know how im going to remodel the kitchen,,,,all for now please read and tell your friends about this great travel blog so we can get some advertisers to sponsor for clothes for our poor shoeless father.....love you all....Sister Carolyn.<br><br>Nothing from Sister Leigh tonight - he's in bed in his really dirty clothes.

... towards Sligo, our stop for the night...we stopped on the way at a church in Drumcliffe where Willam Butler Yeats was buried and took photos in the rain before reaching out hotel, the Southern in the middle of Sligo around 5pm.<br> The hotel room was pretty fancy, we ended up with a double and single bed again, so this time the double is mine. I swear I am going to come down with the bus cold tomorrow but hoping an early night will ...

... lines which people believe hold special significance and powers. There is this story, well the way it was told to me it was more like factual history but St. Patrick, ya know guy who brought Christianity to Ireland and we celebrate his memory by getting smashed on green beer, yea that one. Anyway during this time there was a king, high king of ireland or some such title, but he held the right to light the first fire on ...

Meteo: pioggerella<br><br>Saremmo rimasti a Clifden, ma non c'era posto. Andiamo a Sligo, tappa intermedia per il trasferimento nell'Ulster.<br>Ci fermiamo alla Kylemore Abbey, bellissima villa sul lago. Scattiamo qualche foto senza entrare, piove. Percorriamo il tratto fra Leenane e Cong, consigliato dalla nostra guida per una gita in bicicletta. Facciamo molte foto, il paesaggio invita. A Cong consumiamo un pasto frugale, c'è un bel parco sul lago. Facciamo un ...

Late start today, got ourselves settled in to the condo in Carrick (aka the bachelor pad). Wifi challenges won and got the pix up onto the blog. Hope you are liking them. Raining again, except when we are in a graveyard - just like yesterday...odd. I'm getting the driving down a little better. Still wish they hadn't given us a brand new car.... I was kinda wanting one with the mirrors already snapped off and the sides scraped ...

... picked up the phone on my second try, I introduced myself - I read off the names that I had...he quizzed me on a few particulars - who knows who I could have been, I passed the tests, and to my surprise he lived not 2 miles from Strandhill from where we were- he invited us over last minute, and what a time we had: Brian Gallagher is the grandson of Terence Kelly of Drumkeeran. The Kelly cousins reading this (of Cleveland) are the Great ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>Another grey and drizzly morning was upon us as we made our way to Donegal. After a tour of Donegal Castle in the middle of the town there, which was more like a fortified house than the grandeur the word &#8216;castle&#8217; normally presents to my mind, we spent ...

Co Donegal<br><br>Killibeg to Donegal<br>Gotta love this city!<br><br>This loop, from Ballintoy to Malin Head and down to Killibeg then Donegal was a tough ~ 175 miles ~ <br><br>Peace agreement was not observed between political parties, therefore, curfew is mandatory and we have to stay in house. That sucks! <br>