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Sadly, this was our last day to explore Irish country roads. We headed west from Cong to the coastal town of Clifden, tucked in between the Twelve Bens mountain range and the bay. Before we enjoyed a late lunch in quaint Clifden, we stopped by the Connemara National Park to learn a bit more about bogs and did a drive-by of stately Kylemore Abbey, a Gothic Revival estate built in 1826. The… Read More
The Cliffs of Moher were impressive, but I’d have to go with The Burren as the most fascinating place we visited today. Cromwell’s surveyors described The Burren as “yielding neither water enough to drown a man, nor tree to hang him in, nor soil enough to bury.” It truly is an odd, unique landscape, and does seem to hold some sort of mystical power locked within. Flat, smooth limestone rocks are pitted… Read More
We set off this morning on some more Irish country back roads, heading to Ballybunion to play golf on a traditional links course; in this case, the Old Course, dating from 1893. It was a great experience and lots of fun to walk the 18 holes with a caddy. Let me tell you with some of the positions my balls landed, it was a pretty rugged walk. It was a bit chilly,… Read More
