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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