Ireland Travel Blogs - Page 8

To those who are fully aware of my lifestyle choice, it comes as a surprise to some that no matter how far afield I have journeyed so far, why would I choose to neglect places much closer to home such as Wales and the Republic of Ireland? Well, an attempt to remedy that perception in no small measu…

Well... yes, it´s been awhile and man, do I have stories. Some good, some bad, some ridiculously awful, some just... different. To say that I have incredibly mixed feelings about Barcelona would be the understatement of the century... It´s going to take me a while to get all my faithful readers c…

I had to wake up early to check out. Ate breakfast alone again in the "restaurant," which is an old church turned into a cafeteria-ish setting where I ate my free toast and cereal. Yay for free. I had to get them to hold my bag for me, though, which was a confrontation that resulted in me getti…

Our whirl-wind trip to Ireland began with a one-night stay in Dublin.  Upon arriving, we discovered that my luggage was missing, so naturally I had to go out and buy a completely new wardrobe in case my suitcases didn't arrive by the time we left the next day.  It was in this manner that …

Months before our group left for Europe, Brett planned an epic trip to Dublin for his birthday, which had about 20 of us hopping on good 'ol Ryanair for the weekend trip. The first night wasn't entirely eventful as we got there later in the day, but the next day was fantastic. G…

all the family together in a car trip around ireland, beautiful places very kind people and a good road map!!!

Ireland may be known as the land that boasts 40 shades of green, but not all natural attractions shimmer a shade of emerald. The Burren was formed around 340 million years ago at the bottom of a sea, and is an extraordinary region stretching from north Clare to south Galway. Arres…

Today is Feis day! My first feis out of region! For those who don't know much about Irish dance (approx. 7/8 of the worlds population :)  ) A feis is an Irish dance competition. I normally dance in the region Mainland Europe, and this feis was in Ireland, in the Leinster Region. So, that's why…

Dad-ish #2. =)I left the research of the area up to my parents, since I was going to be planning the entirety of my trip before they arrived, so I wasn't really sure what was in Northen Ireland.  I didn't think there would be anything to match the beauty of southern Ireland.  So, I was on…

The Irish capital is a small, but vibrant, historical, joyful and green city with charming houses and elegant boulevards. Who remember the novels of Gulliver's Travels, Dracula and Ulyses?? They were written by Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker and James Joyce.... all of them sons of Dublin. The most outstanding and well known son is undoubtedely Oscar Wilde.

 Our last day in Dublin our flight back wasn't until 5 and we were pretty much skint so spent the day walking around the city sight seeing and taking lots of pictures, the weather was really nice which was a welcome break from the rain (yes in July!!) we stopped off at Starbucks and …

John and I have been in Dublin for 36 hours.  We were jet lagged for the first 30.  I think we finally feel somewhat normal.  Dublin is ok.  We already changed our plans and cancelled our jaunt to the Irish countryside and instead we're headed to LONDON!!  We just weren't f…

Today began with a full Irish breakfast.  What a great way to start the day.  I couldn’t bring myself to try the black pudding, maybe tomorrow.  When I got outside the fog was in full effect.  I got a little lost going to work.  The navigation system can only do so much w…

About 10 miles from where I live in Ardsbeg, Gortahork, Donegal, is the magical village of Dunlewey (or Dún Luiche in Gaelic - meaning the Dún or fort of Lúgh). The village is small, really a ribbon on buildings including a good garage, McGeady's pub a large new Youth Hostel and a fascinating pl…

Hey, so today was the first real day after the jetlag that is.  Went out with some girls to the pub last night, it was called the Corner Flag and there was a guy playing a guitar and singing bad American pop music.  We left after a pint and when a pop/techno version of Stand By Your Man s…