Trip to Galway

Today was the first day of our second Rabbies tour. This tour is going to southwest Ireland. Saw the ruins of a monastery today. I believe it was the first one in Ireland. It was a very peaceful place. I have taken lots of pictures of purple flowers growing out of the stones. I always find this interesting.
Just outside the monastery are the ruins of the Tower O'Rourke. Our guide said the O'Rourke's were a very powerful family in this area. He also gave a couple of reasons that the O' may have been dropped.
We then stopped in Galway for shopping and exploring. Took some pictures of the river(s) that flow through this city.
The first two photos are of the breakfast room in the hotel we stayed at the past two nights in Dublin (Beresford Hotel).Read more