Connemara Travel Blogs

The first two days of my Irish jaunt hadn't particularly gone on well what with my feeling rather underwhelmed with Dublin, to an extent where I was asking myself what the appeal of this country was. The first day of my trip had been amazing, in that I was having fun again with a crowd. But where's…

My friends Jan-Eis and Monique came to look us up in Ireland for a while. It was low season and we had a lot of time to spend with them as the campsite was not very busy at all. Jan-Eis is quite technical so he also helped us with some work to upgrade the toilet block and our computer system. It wa…

After purchasing our tickets from O'Neachtain Tours the day before, we found ourselves waiting for the yellow and white tour bus that would take us on a day tour looping through Connemara on the R336. What a wonderful day! The tour included these stops: Spiddal, Inverin, deserted famine village, Ro…

Monday started out with no rain to visit KYLEMORE ABBEY. Built in the 1860's, this was acquired by the Benedictine nuns in 1920 when they left Belgium in World War I and  now houses a secondary girls boarding school. It was rather breathtaking when we pulled in the parking lot. …

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I vaguely remember seeing a photograph years ago of this fairy-tale looking "castle" in Ireland. I had NO idea when we came around the corner in Kylemore, that this was it. Kylemore Abbey is a functioning convent run by the Benadictine nuns. Girls are accepted from all over to attend the school a…

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I spent 2 weeks in Ireland, one week with my friends and the second week on the Shamrocker Tour On that tour I met Vikram, it was great fun travelling with him and the others!! I don't know what happened here - why all my pictures got lost!!! I have to upload them again and get the locations set right!! The pictures are mixed up a little now ... I am working on it! ;-) I have not forgotten about this blog!

I went around the entire island in a two week period.. Ireland is a very beautiful country with a great heritage and diverse landscapes. I have a TON of pictures so I've been kinda lazy and only added the first couple days of the trip so far, but there will be many more to come.

Sin saber que existía, llegué al parque nacional de Connemara. El parque en si, muestra disitintos tipos de suelos, es mas bien desértico, casi sin árboles, y un recorrido bastante pesado... pero... Qué vista desde arriba! un lujo que vale la pena. Una vez mas, se domina todo el paisaje...

We were 6 friends from Germany, France and Argentina to go for a 10 day trip to Ireland. The idea of this trip was to discover the green country though its landscape and little villages, so upon arrival in Dublin we jumped in our little cars....direction West. We got 10 sunny days, just to say that…

I am currently in Ireland to work, save up money and to get to know the Irish way of living

Along the coast of Lar Connaught on the North Sound of Galway Bay, I parked my car by a small beach and river inlet and got out for a look.  Through a clear sky, the sun shone brightly over land and sea.  The water appeared a glistening ultramarine and the sandy beach a smooth, soft beige…

After talking with the man who owned the B&B that we stayed in Galway, he suggested that we go up to the Connemara mountains and drive around.  It was an absolutely beautiful drive.  We didn't see anything in particular, but we just drove around and enjoyed the scenery.  Oh, we d…

Hi there!Finally I found the time and inspiration to tell you about ma trip to Ireland´s west coast. (..this is actually the second try, after my first try of one hour´s work vanished in the depth of the www).So, I´ll publish the single days now instead of the full story at once. I hope you d…