Ireland, Final Post

Ireland, Final Post

Well, time to close out our stay here in the Emerald Island. It’s been a wonderful month with some of the best weather that Ireland…

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Road Trip to Bangor

Road Trip to Bangor

  Best part about driving in Ireland is the awareness one gets from the constant road condition updates. NOT! We make our attempt to get…

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Weekend with Dave and Sarah

Weekend with Dave and Sarah

Joined by our longtime friends Dave and Sarah from Liverpool, we trekked out to show them some of Ireland’s west coast. Both Dave and Sarah…

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Pete Petersen and the Parable of Procuring Premium Peat for Parliament

Pete Petersen and the Parable of Procuring Premium Peat for Parliament

          Pete Petersen, proud purveyor of premium peat for Parliament, prepared his plan for purchasing piles of premium peat per paragraph…

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Giants Causeway and Coastal Road Trip

Giants Causeway and Coastal Road Trip

Second day of our Belfast tour takes us around the coast to the Giants Causeway, Old Bushmills Distillery, Dunluce castle and the ever so popular…

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To Belfast and Beyond.......

To Belfast and Beyond…….

Belfast Trip Costs: ~ $415.00 Bus tickets Clifden / Galway return 36.40EU; Train Galway to Dublin return 102.80EU; LUAS 7.20NIP; Train Dublin to Belfast return…

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Cleggan Local Travels

Cleggan Local Travels

Inishbofin (Pronounced Inishbofin) No trip to Cleggan would be complete without a visit to the island of Inishbofin. The name Inishbofin means “island of the…

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Murrisk, Country Life and more

Murrisk, Country Life and more

Once at Murrisk and we’ve seen the mountain, we walked across the street from Campbell’s to see the Famine Memorial. This impressive bronze sculpture is…

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Road to Achill

Road to Achill

The drive to Achill Finally caught up on our sleep and decided to trek off to Achill Island (pronounced Akl). The route will go through…

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Irish National Pastime

Irish National Pastime

Because this is our second visit to Ireland, we are fortunate. Collette and I have been selected to participate in one of Ireland’s oldest pastimes….

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Travels in Ireland

Travels in Ireland

Weather: Mostly cloudy, warm ~13C or 55F, some slight showers Cleggan (pronounced “Claygun”) Our house is located in a small town called Cleggan that serves…

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In Irlande  (Ireland)

In Irlande (Ireland)

Made it to beautiful Ireland with only minor discomfort.  Of course that’s to be expected if you are on an airplane, so not much you…

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The journey begins...........

The journey begins………..

  Finally, after months of planning we’re on our way to Ireland! Seems like a long time ago when we first started to talk about houses,…

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Ireland and Malta 2015 pre-adventure notes

Ireland and Malta 2015 pre-adventure notes

So off to Ireland and Malta for the months of October and November. Lots of pre-adventure stuff going on, like checking airfares, finding homes, rental…

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