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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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We left Keem Bay and stopped for lunch in Keel. There was a local fair and a half-marathon in progress. After lunch we walked to a local pub for a pint before getting on the road. The pub was teeming with people after the marathon; everyone was watching a Rugby match of the Lions vs RSA. The Lions who were the underdogs were winning 29 to 9 when we left. This is a view from the bus as we were leaving Achill Island.
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We left Keem Bay and stopped for lunch in Keel. There was a local fair and a half-marathon in progress. After lunch we walked to a local pub for a pint before getting on the road. The pub was teeming with people after the marathon; everyone was watching a Rugby match of the Lions vs RSA. The Lions who were the underdogs were winning 29 to 9 when we left. This is a view from the bus as we were leaving Achill Island.

Achill IslandCounty MayoIreland

  • Seamus's wife and Andrew Donelson
  • Corey Boyer
  • Kimberly Firth
  • Don Kress
  • Valentine McDonald
  • Matthew aka Martin
  • Corey and Paige Boyer
  • Andrew Donelson
  • Serena Smith
  • 5D09-3633
  • Dwight Reevers being himself.
  • Diane Reevers
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  • The next day we were off to Achill Island. We passed through an area that Matthew described as Grace O'Malley country. This was one of the four story look out towers used by the "Pirate Queen" taken through the bus window while it was raining.
  • View from Achill Island.
  • We arrived at Keem Bay, Achill Island.
  • At Keem Bay people were wading and swimming! There was even a lifeguard on duty for the swimmers in the 45 degree water...
  • This was a little stream that flowed down the mountain side to the bay.
  • Keem Bay
  • We left Keem Bay and stopped for lunch in Keel. There was a local fair and a half-marathon in progress. After lunch we walked to a local pub for a pint before getting on the road. The pub was teeming with people after the marathon; everyone was watching a Rugby match of the Lions vs RSA. The Lions who were the underdogs were winning 29 to 9 when we left. This is a view from the bus as we were leaving Achill Island.
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