Monthly Archives: August 2013

What a treat to visit Ashford Castle (1228 A.S.), one of the world’s leading luxurious resort/hotels located in Cong, County Mayo, on a 350 acre estate once owned by the Guiness (beer) family who sold it to the state in … Continue reading →

The rainy day started with a double rainbow as we headed out for a Connemarra excursion where the Galway mountains dropped down to the coast and little white washed, thatched roofed cottages were scattered over this land of mountains, rivers … Continue reading →

After we ferried across the River Shannon estuary, we drove through bucolic countryside which turned into a stark and barren landscape until we reached our major destination, the Cliffs of Moher. These spectacular cliffs which rise 700 feet above the … Continue reading →

We staarted the day with a bus ride around the Ring of Kerry, a peninsula ssticking into the Atlantic Ocean with Dingle Bay on one side. It is very picturesque and contains 3,000 foot high mountains in the middle. There … Continue reading →