Roscommon, Ireland

... 1920s, a rarity for sure. We decided to pay a suprise visit to a cousin of ours, Florrie McHugh in Boyle, county roscommon, and also to visit the tombstone firm there to have them fix up Uncle Pat's headstone in Drumkeeran. Her mother was Agnes ...

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After a wonderful nights sleep we awoke refreshed and enjoyed a delicious Irish breakfast cooked by our hosts. Abbey House is delightful and the house has a huge dining room for breakfast and a comfortable lounge with open fire for meeting and watching TV ...

We'd missed the bog stuff at Allen (because it was closed on weekends), so we really wanted to do the Bog Train of Clonmacnoise this morning. We’d picked up the flyer on it at the tourist info yesterday, and it had a cool train ride, some bog ...