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Eating Out in Ireland
...some of the more memorable places we dined at while we were in Ireland.
Oct 24, 20204 min read
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Belfast - East and West - The Troubles’ may have officially ended but if you look closely...
Just under the surface and outside the central business district we could also see a divided city - obvious things such as the peace walls,
Oct 13, 20208 min read
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The Cliffs of Moher
We joined he Cliffs of Moher Hiking Trail midway for our experience of these amazing sea cliffs
Sep 25, 20202 min read
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A family connection, Well Worshipping and the Devils Bit...
From the roadside we walked down a long set of winding steps to arrive at a very quiet glade that we had all to ourselves.
Sep 18, 20204 min read
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A River runs through...
Killaloe in County Clare is connected by the lovely stone Killaloe Bridge to its "twin town" of Ballina in County Tipperary.
Sep 16, 20203 min read
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Galway and Limerick
We arrived on a cool, cloudy day - which didn’t really show Galway at its best...
Limerick, like Belfast is arranged into quarters
Sep 11, 20205 min read
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A day out in Connemara... Clifden, Kylemore Abbey and Killary Harbour
Oscar Wilde wrote about Connemara’s ‘savage beauty’, declaring it a ‘wild, mountainous country’, ‘in every way magnificent’.
Sep 6, 20204 min read
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Westport, the best place to live in the entire country...
Church Hill, Westport town, green countryside, a pirate queen; a Museum of Irish Country Life; Tinkers and Travellers
Sep 5, 20207 min read
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Our first House and Pet Sit
House and Cat sitting in East County Clare in Ireland
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Beginning The Wild Atlantic Way in the Republic of Ireland - Malin and Malin Head
Malin Head, the northern most point in Ireland.
Aug 17, 20203 min read
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Two evenings in Derry
Two evenings in Derry meant that we were able to explore... A Peace Bridge - A Walled City - Murals and a Memorial in Bogside
Aug 7, 20207 min read
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Northern Ireland
Back on the road - the causeway coast of Northern Ireland - Cushendun, Dark Hedges, Bushmills
Jul 28, 20203 min read
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Day trips in and around Belfast
Out and about in Strangford and Kearney, Bangor, Belfast Castle and Carrickfergus
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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Belfast's Titanic Quarter is so impressive - even during the pandemic
By the Titanic slipways, the Belfast Titanic, a titanic plaza, how it was in 1910 and now, the Titanic Hotel
Jun 28, 20208 min read
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Seville to Belfast and then a first look at the Cathedral Quarter... in lock-down...and a few murals
Journeying from Seville to Belfast, cobbled Belfast pubs and Entries, Belfast Cathedral Quarter murals
Jun 15, 20209 min read
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