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When we had stopped in Cork, I had noticed a sign for greyhound racing at a nearby racetrack and had wanted to check it out.  Unfortunately, the races weren't for a few days, so we were unable to watch one.  By the time we reached Galway, I was ready to stop driving and touring around for a few days and just get to Danny and Carol's, so I insisted we get up early that morning to leave.  On the way out of town, we passed by the Galway Greyhound Track...and I was incredibly disap...

A friend of my dad's took us up for a flight in his Cessna plane, from Sligo airport around the coast of Sligo, Leitrim (small enough as the coast is) and then around our home village and town. Enjoy the photos of Ireland's beautiful western coastline

Although I am not a poet and don't pretend to know anything about poetry, I was still intrigued by the final resting place of the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.  Drumcliff is a short drive north of Sligo, where Yeats spent holidays and summers with his grandparents.  We searched the Protestant churchyard high and low until we found his grave.  It was well marked with a marble tombstone and situated very close to the front steps of the church building.   Yeats...

After checking out the waterfall he made famous, we went to see W. B. Yeats' grave site.  It's in a small cemetary in the area known as Drumcliff.   After spending some time at the cemetary, we headed up the road to Standhill, where we stopped and had lunch.  The weather was rainy at this time, but that didn't stop us from enjoying the Atlantic Ocean.  As we drove toward Galway, the rain clouds went away and the sun came out.  We were in good spirits and decided ...

A brief introduction to Benbulden Mountain in Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland. Drumcliff is also the burial place of WB Yeats. The mountain is also called the Giants Table, for obvious reasons. Its a lovely hill walk for anyone that is interested in hillwalking, or if you just want to get some great scenery photos!