TravBuddy.com: euphemy's My first trip to Ireland 2001 travel blog

Exploring the "Fair City"

Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:59:50 PST

Dublin, Ireland, Oct 12, 2001

Friday morning we started with a bus tour of the "Fair City" of Dublin. We passed the sites of Dublin Castle, Temple Bar St. Patrick's Ca...

Bel-TOO-fast and Downpatrick

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:38:44 PST

Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Oct 11, 2001

Before leaving Northern Ireland, we did not stop in BELFAST, only getting a tour from the bus; seeing a Queen Victoria statue and the Europa H...

Back in the Republic

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:56:07 PST

Dublin, Ireland, Oct 11, 2001

Off to the largest city of Ireland and the capital of the Republic, DUBLIN. We were staying right outside of the city at the Burlington Hotel. This...

Kerry in Derry or Londonderry

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:00:00 PST

Derry, Northern Ireland, Oct 10, 2001

I was not nervous at all going to Northern Ireland just anxious. Back home, people said we should be extra careful, stay on the bus with all the tr...

Natural wonder of Giant's Causeway

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:00:02 PST

Bushmills, Northern Ireland, Oct 10, 2001

Next on our tour was the basalt columns of GIANT'S CAUSEWAY which is the result of a volcanic eruption. There are about 40,000 columns that lead in...

Sleeping in a haunted Castle

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:00:03 PST

Antrim, Northern Ireland, Oct 10, 2001

Wednesday would be our only night staying in Northern Ireland at BALLYGALLY CASTLE HOTEL which was reputed to be haunted. I was slightly nervous si...

Kerry meets Northern Ireland and its beauty

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:00:01 PST

Portrush, Northern Ireland, Oct 10, 2001

Heading up the Antrim coast, we stopped at an awe-inspiring site of a ruined, roofless castle clinging on a cliff! It reminded me of Dunnottar Cast...

Donegal excursion

Tue, 09 Oct 2001 16:41:48 PST

Donegal, Ireland, Oct 09, 2001

After breakfast, our bus followed the scenic coast of the Atlantic Ocean to Donegal. But first we toured BELLEEK POTTERY and saw how much tim...

Kylemore Abbey, Knock, Sligo and Drumcliffe

Mon, 08 Oct 2001 08:27:10 PST

Connemara, Ireland, Oct 08, 2001

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 Belg...

Beautiful Bundoran resort

Mon, 08 Oct 2001 21:06:39 PST

Bundoran, Ireland, Oct 08, 2001

In the early evening, we arrived in the resort of Bundoran passing some more pretty dark green mountain scenery of Benbulben. The rain had stopped ...

Awesome cliffs and a farm

Sun, 07 Oct 2001 16:24:48 PST

Doolin, Ireland, Oct 07, 2001

After an early 7:30am breakfast, our bus departed an hour later for the Cliffs of Moher. They rise 668 feet above the Atlantic Ocean with the highe...

Clifden bars

Sun, 07 Oct 2001 16:43:37 PST

Clifden, Ireland, Oct 07, 2001

We stayed overnight in the fishing town of CLIFDEN at the STATION HOUSE. There was a museum across the hotel but we didn't see it. We were interest...

Galway City

Sun, 07 Oct 2001 16:42:17 PST

Galway, Ireland, Oct 07, 2001

We got to spend a couple hours in the city of GALWAY after learning about the LYNCH STONE and how Mayor James Lynch Fitzstephen hanged his son for ...

Morning arrival in Limerick, friendly people and a traditional celi

Sat, 06 Oct 2001 11:29:36 PST

Limerick, Ireland, Oct 06, 2001

Upon our arrival in Limerick, our Globus bus driver, Timmy met us instead of the tour director. He said that our director wasn't able to pick us up...

Bunratty Folk Park Traditional Irish Night

Sat, 06 Oct 2001 13:59:58 PST

Limerick, Ireland, Oct 06, 2001

BUNRATTY FOLK PARK is a recreation of Irish life in the 19th century. There are 10 farmhouses, a schoolhouse, doctor's house, merchant buildings an...

The excitement begins

Fri, 05 Oct 2001 12:44:18 PST

Fairchance, Pennsylvania, Oct 05, 2001

I had always wanted to go to Ireland because we believed our ancestors lived there. My grandmother was as excited as I was in the up...