galway

To the West (Day 4)

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May 15th 2010
Got up at 9am to get breakfast and check out of our hostel here in Dublin. Fixed up a simple breakfast and headed out the door to go catch a bus out to Galway on the west coast. Got on the 11am bus and were there by 2:30pm or so. Not a bad ride either, got to check out the Irish countryside, which was very....Irish. Lots of cobbled walls dividing farmlands and plenty of cattle and sheep grazing ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more