Category: Ireland
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In the morning, I had coffee and a continental breakfast downstairs, and then I got on a hop-on, hop-off bus to tour around Dublin and see some more areas I had not seen before, and some that I had seen in 2012. When we went by Sweny Chemist, I had to get off and see…
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After breakfast on Tuesday, we were taken to the Westport train station, where most of us were leaving for Dublin that morning. I enjoyed watching the countryside of the center of Ireland, but I did not take photos. I just stayed in the moment of seeing. Once we got to Dublin, many of us said…
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We had had wonderful weather for most of our week, and finally it rained toward the end of our stay. I kind of liked the change. Our taxi bus driver had to stop for all these sheep in the road. I started filming about halfway through! Colum, our tour guide, told us that every day,…
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Just down the road from the cemetery was the ruins of one of the castles of Grace O’Malley, the pirate queen. This was most of our group^ Then we stopped at one of the most spectacular views of my entire trip. Again, the video is showing in landscape view, which is not how I filmed…
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Wow, what a day this was, exploring one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The photos hardly do it justice, and there are a LOT of them, so I’m dividing this post in two. First, a wonderful and sad and hopeful cemetery next to the bay. Kildavnet Cemetery is still being used,…
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Before I move on to our day on Achill Island, I want to devote a post to Currane and Currane House, of which I’ve posted several photos already, but it deserves a post with this video taken in its garden next to the bay. If you know me, you know how badly I wanted to…
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Another beautiful day began, as usual, at Currane House with breakfast and a view. We randomly chose from this deck of cards that was at the studio. I had chosen a Tarot card on the plane, “Death,” which quite frankly scared the crap out of me even though I knew it was not necessarily a…
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Every morning, the three of us were picked up at our house and whisked around the corner to Currane House, where the views and the breakfasts were outstanding. I am not much of a breakfast eater and even I could not resist. Usually I had scrambled eggs and sauteed mushrooms, although I had local smoked…
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In the morning in Ardara, I had breakfast in Charlie’s West End Cafe, then Geraldine picked me up and took me to Donegal Town. She even brought me a large suitcase on wheels to give to me! It was really too big for what I needed, though, and I was still thinking about doing only…
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On Sunday morning, I had a light breakfast at the Corby Pantry and Tearoom, where I was pleased to see some nice art on the wall. I gathered my luggage and waited at the bus stop for my Uber, which had been confirmed the night before. It canceled at the pick-up time. So the answer…
