Westport Travel Blogs

We made our way back to Westport for some late lunch. Westport is one of Ireland’s most popular holiday destinations, be it for a weekend end or longer stay. It overlooks Clew Bay and is situated near the base of Croagh Patrick. One of the few planned towns in the Country, Westport was designed i…

Croagh Patrick is a mountain of 724 meters high in the west of Ireland. It is said that Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland spent the 40 days of the fasting period here and he chased away all the snakes from Ireland by waving a stick around. If only everything was that simple... On the last …

Croagh (pronounced 'crow') Patrick is a holy mountain.  It's the site from which St. Patrick is supposed to have banished all the snakes from Ireland (and, thus, a mecca for snake-hatin' me!).  It's a completely treeless steep mountain on the peninsula north of Galway.  On the last S…

Sunset had begun by the time we reached Westport, and being in the West, it could only look all too beautiful. We reached our hostel, as cheap as it can come what with all of us boyz and a few more being bunged into one big dorm of about 30 beds with no lock, no nothing. Anyways nice th…

I and my friends took a car from Shannon and first drove north up to Achill Island and down south to Cork.

****Tour blurb:We start by immersing you in myth and legend at The Hill of Tara, seat of the High Kings and a Pagan Stronghold of ancient Ireland. Next it's off to Kilbeggan, home to one of the oldest licensed Whiskey Distilleries in the world. After sampling the good stuff it's then on to Ireland'…

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!

chilling with the rents in westport, getting ready to leave on sunday.Everything nearly in place, excepting poss a few jabs i might need for Costa Rica.  Need to suss it out quickly as i've only got a couple of days before i go...Looking forward to surfing and working on a photography project …

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

In September of 2008 I went to the West Cost of Ireland on Business.  During the trip I was able to visit the Westport House (County Mayo, Ireland).  The Westport House is the former home of Grace O'Malley (Granuaile the Pirate Queen of Connaught).  It was built and is still privatel…

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com) Another grey and rainy morning beckoned, but it hardly dampened our mood as we drove by the dramatic cliffs and beach-side town of Kilkee, and kept on going north until a little later in the morning we stopped at the incredibly popular Cl…