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Ireland 2009

At the end of June 2009, Patrick Rowley and his wife Ann organized yet another "pub crawl" of the southwest coast of Ireland ending with two days in Dublin. We left Dulles at 7:30 pm and arrived in Dublin at 7:30 am which was actually 7 hours later plus the 5 hour time difference. We immediately flew to Shannon arriving at 10:30 am and boarded othe tour bus with our driver/guide Martin Raft who was called Matthew. We didn't go to our hotel but rather headed immediately for the Cliffs of Moher where our adventure began...
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The next morning we left Shannon and spent the day in Galway. This is just a little scenery along the way.
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The next morning we left Shannon and spent the day in Galway. This is just a little scenery along the way.

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  • This needs little explanation.
  • This lovely lady was behind the bar.
  • Tom and Val just had time to finish breakfast with Mike off to the side. Don only looks innocent; his glass was in the pub next to Bill.
  • Looking out from the deck of the pub is a view of Inch Beach and surfing....
  • Ther road signs are in Gaelic on top with English below and occasionally a reminder on which side of the road one should drive.
  • More landscape out the bus window on the way to Dingle.
  • More rockscape out the bus window on the way to Dingle.
  • We arrive in Dingle, a seaport town.
  • A bit of Dingle.
  • This cottage was on a side street just off the main in Dingle.
  • More of the harbour view Dingle.
  • We had lunch in this harborside pub in Dingle.
  • On the drive back from Dingle we sped by this windmill which we were told was the second largest in Europe.
  • Across the street from the Shannon Shamrock Hotel was a pub called the Creamery where we spent our second evening with pints of Guiness and samples of Tullamore Dew whiskey.
  • The next morning we left Shannon and spent the day in Galway. This is just a little scenery along the way.
  • Our first stop in Galway was the Skeffington Arms Hotel to appreciate the woodwork in the pub and to have a pint.
  • Detail of the woodwork in the pub.
  • They have special tables in this pub where you can "pull' your own pint right on your table top.
  • This is the famous and ancient Spanish Arch. We were told that Christopher Columbus "almost certainly" studied navigational charts here prior to embarking for the New World.
  • This is a HDR (high dynamic range) photo of the interior of St. Nicholas Church, Galway. St. Nicholas was the patron saint of sailors before he was the patron saint of children and Christmas.
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