Day 4: Pirates, Sheep & Wool Arts

We started our day at Westport House in county Mayo, a grand home on the site of the Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley's old castle. We've wanted to visit here since J-P saw Grace's story on National Geographic. The home was built by and owed by descendants of Grace until 2017. The dungeons are still intact.

From Westport we drove into county Connemara, admiring the countryside and numerous sheep. We stopped in Leeanun at the Connemara Sheep and Wool centre for a private tour and lessons from Seamus on carding and spinning wool and weaving. Trickier than it looks! The town is also the site of Killary Fjord, Ireland only true fjord.Read more