IrelandWe arrived at the castle today. One of the things I've been anticipating most. It did not disappoint. It's famous for it's Salmon fishing, but it absolutely georgous! I wish we could have stayed longer, but it was a bank Holiday weekend and so they were booked up the rest of the weekend. We will have to plan out next trip with better timing..lol There are several walks aroung the grounds you canRead more
IrelandTook a hike before leaving the castle. Saw the old train depot, baby fish in the river and the sheep that Joyce swore would stomp us to death and eat us if we got to close.
IrelandKylemore abbey is still a fully working abbey. Until 2010 the abbey was used as a school. In the early 1920s, nuns from Belgium, who lost the abbey during the Ypres battle during the WWI, bought the castle and turned it into an abbey. Today it is together with the gardens one of the main tourist attractions of the area. But it was a rich businessman from Manchester, who built the castle in theRead more
IrelandThis is the place, where the first trans-atlantic wireless service was established in 1907 and went on on a regular basis until 1917. It was destroyed during the Irish Civil War in 1922. On the same spot, Captain John Alkock and Leutenant Arthur Brown made an unplanned landing during the first non-stop trans-atlantic flight from Newfoundland.
IrelandWe chose to stop on this spot because this place became very famous for celebrities during WWII. From here the big planes took of to get their passengers to America.
IrelandThis is one of the most famous sights in Ireland, the cliffs of Moher. Great sights.
IrelandRight in the middle of Connemara, we stayed a this wonderful retreat, Ballynahinch Castle !
IrelandClifden is the main town in Connemara. Rain was pouring while we were there. Good and nice shops in town, luckily, even an excellent tiny bookshop !
You might also know this place by the following names:
Emlaghdauroe, Imleach Dhá Rú
