Some pictures from our first week in Ireland.

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We hope you enjoy seeing some pictures from our first week in Ireland. If you want to read more in the blog, it was from June 30- July 6.

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Photos

Corbally view
Our home in Corbally overlooks the Atlantic coast of Clare

guard dogs
Our neighbor Chrissy and the neighborhood dogs welcome us to the house.

Main Street, Corbally
The ONLY road in Corbally!

Cliffs of Moher
Jeff, Jackie and Cyndi look over the wall to O'Brien's Tower

Jeff's first pint
Our first pub, Vaughn's in Kilfenora.

The Burren Road
How do you drive on the left when there's only room for one car?

Poulnabrone Dolmen
Cyndi and Dean near the most famous dolmen in the Burren.

Cliffs of Kilkee
Jeff and Jackie descend into the depths of the Diamond Rocks Sink Hole.

Kilkee Cliff Walk
Jeff near the cliff edge

Ennis Friary
Our first Irish Heritage site. Many Catholic churches were damaged when the Cromwell invaded Ireland.

Cong Abbey
Jeff and Jackie at the Monk's Fishing House.

Galway Bay
Our friend, Liz gives Jackie and Jeff a tour of Galway Bay.

Galway street scene
A Eulian Piper entertains on the streets of Galway.

Aughnanure Castle
Cyndi, Jeff and Jackie tour Grace O'Malley's (the pirate Queen's) castle. She was the wife of an O'Flaherty.

Connemara National Park
We spend an afternoon climbing the hills and walking the trails. The Lakes and hills are beautiful.

Athenry
After singing "The Fields of Athenry" so often, we finally see the castle keep and the walled city. Unfortunately, it is not a "soft rain" day!

Kilmacduagh monastery
the rain continued as we walked the grounds of this 7th century abbey. Round towers are a common sight among the many ruins.

The Kilimer-Talbert Ferry
We leave the Nolans and take the ferry across the Shannon for the next part of our journey.

Carrigafoyle Castle
Across the Shannon, we navigate a narrow road to find the stronghold of the O'Connor Clan. We climb a circular staircase to a landing. When Dean and the kids descend, I take this shot from above.

Carrigafoyle
Jeff and Jackie scale the outer wall of the castle. Behind them, the damage done to the castle by English cannons are evident.

Comments

[Ed Raftery]

Great pictures
I feeel like I'm there.