This is coming into Galway. A port city where coal and oil were along the docks.-population 72,700 and one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. We never stopped because it was so jammed packed. A place to come back to.
We are heading Northeast and coming into Sligo. This part of the country is home of WB Yeats. it was also the battlefield for the Vikings in 807 with many other battles to follow through the centuries.
The mountain is called Ben Bulben which is 1729 ft. and has a monastary on its top.This is on the way out of town.
Rossees Point is famous for WB Yeats. The picture shows 2 boats in the fore ground ..high and dry!
We have arrived in Donegal. This is Franciscan abby founded in 1474 by Hugh O'Donnell,that is along the water's edge of the Donegal Bay. It has hundreds of graves dating to the 18th century. As you can see there are old plaques with new ones.Here is where the 4 Masters (monks) wrote that the Celtic culture was doomed by the English conquest.- called The Annals of the Four Masters which is the whole Celtic history and mythology up to 1618 and written from 1632-1636.I found this pretty amazing. The original is locked up in the National Libray in Dublin.
The old castle Inn near the castle.
Donegal Castle built in 1470 by clan leader Hugh O'Donnell. The castle stayed in the family till 1602 and was then owned by Sir Basil Brooke. You can tour this but we came too late and it was closed.
I had to take a picture of the ambulance coming by! They are all bright yellow here. So that brings you to the close of our day. We are heading North still.
This is coming into Galway. A port city where coal and oil were along the docks.-population 72,700 and one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. We never stopped because it was so jammed packed. A place to come back to.
We are heading Northeast and coming into Sligo. This part of the country is home of WB Yeats. it was also the battlefield for the Vikings in 807 with many other battles to follow through the centuries.
The mountain is called Ben Bulben which is 1729 ft. and has a monastary on its top.This is on the way out of town.
Rossees Point is famous for WB Yeats. The picture shows 2 boats in the fore ground ..high and dry!
We have arrived in Donegal. This is Franciscan abby founded in 1474 by Hugh O'Donnell,that is along the water's edge of the Donegal Bay. It has hundreds of graves dating to the 18th century. As you can see there are old plaques with new ones.Here is where the 4 Masters (monks) wrote that the Celtic culture was doomed by the English conquest.- called The Annals of the Four Masters which is the whole Celtic history and mythology up to 1618 and written from 1632-1636.I found this pretty amazing. The original is locked up in the National Libray in Dublin. 
The old castle Inn near the castle.
Donegal Castle built in 1470 by clan leader Hugh O'Donnell. The castle stayed in the family till 1602 and was then owned by Sir Basil Brooke. You can tour this but we came too late and it was closed.
I had to take a picture of the ambulance coming by! They are all bright yellow here. So that brings you to the close of our day. We are heading North still.
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