Westwood House Galway
Dangan, Upper Newcastle, Galway, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland
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At least I didn't blow over.
... taken in front of the pub with Tom Crean which Declan's brother found in a book he read about the Shackelton expedition. Crean survived frigid seas, ice and near starvation, only to die in Ireland in 1938 of a ruptured appendix.
We drove through Tralee, during which Declan sang “The Rose of Tralee” to us. He pointed out a sports arena that was built several years back that has a dome with a sort of small conical finial on top. The local people now refer to it ...
I'll have two pints of Hooker please!
... lots of different street performers who we saw; the most impressive were a group of teens doing traditional Irish dancing. After walking around for a while we bought a frozen pizza, some chips, and two oranges to have for dinner back at our hostel. When we finished eating our dinner we went out to check out a couple of places that were known for good live music. The first venue, unfortunately had a special artist playing and there was quite a cover charge so we decided not to go in. ...
A day of sights
... of the stairways; bedrooms, toilets, chapels, and more. We spent over an hour climbing around there. Then we walked the grounds a bit on the way back out. There are several thatch-roofed houses around, with fires in the fireplaces, and chimneys that don’t draw worth a damn – you could die of asphyxiation in any of them.
Before we left town, we stopped in at Durty Nellies and had a bit of lunch. Then back on the road to the Cliffs of Moher.
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My new home
... from the north get teased by people here for their accents and just for being from the north. also, gingers are not liked here either which surprised me. luckily my lecturers (the irish term for professor) dont have bad accents so far. ohh the lack of diversity has been weirding me out too. the only non-western european people i ever see is about like maybe two african americans a day and the same latina women with her kid. its odd.
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Galway walk about
... one of the last stone churches built in Europe. Pretty impressive structure!
At this point the sun finally broke through so we headed along the river again out to the Harbor and then to the Harbor entrance where a boat was just coming in to unload.
We then walked back up Quay (Key) street and checked out some stores and saw Lynch’s Castle which is now the Allied Irish Bank. It originally was a late 15th century fortified townhouse. ...



