There was some old stuff around town, which was neat.

An old tombstone embedded in the wall of an even older church.

This grave was of a Crusades-era knight, though they don't think he participated.

The tan plaster was added in the 50s. It is slowly destroying the medieval-era stone underneath.

One of the first things we saw when we got to the tourist area, a huge trash heap.

Galway

June 26, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

Galway was kind of a bust. We only came because it was the logical halfway point between Kylemore Abbey and the Cliffs of Moher. The weather ruled out the Cliffs and then the fact that it was extremely hot in our Airbnb (and the AC it was advertised as having was not working) left me with about 3 hours of sleep, rendering me unwilling to navigate 2.5 hours of wrong-sided driving for Ryan. So instead we tried to walk around Galway, which turned out to be very small, very packed with tourists, and with very little to do aside from shop in generic tourist shops. Can’t win them all, I guess.Read more