Travel in Ireland
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Great Blasket Island: Sleeping with Seals
The path wound steeply down to the little pier at Dún Chaoin (Dunquin), with its dramatic cliffside setting and views of azure-turquoise water. I wiped away the sweat trickling down my face, waving…
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Clare Island: A Room with a View
The ferry to Clare Island was much smaller than we expected. It bobbed in the waters at Roonagh Pier in County Mayo on a June morning under dark, threatening skies. A couple of…
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Campervanning in North Mayo: A Scenic Adventure
It was a week to remember, a week in late August, spent campervanning around Mayo, a week of spectacular walking on stunning coastal paths, pristine white-sand beaches, lonely bogs and remote mountains and…
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A Tale of Two Islands, Sherkin and Cape Clear
There’s something appealing about visiting islands. Maybe it’s the isolation, the idea of ‘getting away from it all’, the rugged beauty of most islands or the desire to experience a simpler rhythm of…
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Tory Island – Timeless and Tantalising❤️
On a sunny July Sunday, we parked our van in Magheroarty in North West Donegal and walked down the pier to the small passenger ferry to take us to Tory Island, the most…
