3/17/2012

My Ireland Top 10 and a Bunch of Photos

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 

Here's my Ireland Top 10 and a bunch of photos that will make you want to go ASAP. I am not including very many words, in case you’ve had one too many pints.

1. Irish people
2. Watching a Hurling Match at the Bridge Bar in Portmagee: hanging out in a small town pub watching Hurling with the entire town is the best time you can have in Ireland.
3. Skellig Michael: puffins, beehive huts & lots & lots of steps
4. Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin: Where many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and executed. This is not happy place. Very moving.
5. Black Taxi Tour of Belfast: see the murals & the wall, and get great stories along the way.
6. Oysters at The Crown Bar in Belfast: not only does this beautiful pub have loads of history, I am pretty sure these were the best oysters I have ever had.
7. Full Irish: Do not skimp on breakfast! You did not come to Ireland to lose weight.
8. Driving... well for me, riding in the passenger seat and being scared s*#!less the whole time. But, if you don't do it you won't have the chance to get lost... and ask directions.
9. Sheep
10. Pubs

Read: How the Irish Saved Civilization

Now for the photos...

View from Portmagee



Skellig Michael: Beehive Huts

Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael: Steps

Skellig Michael: Puffins!

Portmagee Port

Seanie our Capt.

Portmagee: The Bridge Bar

Valentia Island Homestead


Dingle Penn: Minard Castle

Lost!

Todd & the Skelligs

Valentia Island Sheep

Valentia Island Sheep sheared

Valentia Island Sheep stack!

Valentia Island Sheep

Dingle Pub

Ring of Kerry: Hurling practice at the beach

Ring of Kerry: 3,000 year old ring fort (Staigue Fort) and goat

Ring of Kerry








Guinness Truck

Kilmainham Goal: cell door





Kilmainham Goal: cell door


Kilmainham Goal: the "new" part

Kilmainham Goal: spot where leaders of the Easter Uprising were executed

Dublin: Guinness Storehouse

Dublin: view from Guinness Storehouse

Dublin: The Brazen Head Pub (Dublin's oldest?)


Dublin: General Post Office. HQ for leaders of the Easter Uprising. 

Gilroy's Guinness ad guy

Belfast: Black Taxi & Shankill Murals

Belfast: Shankill Mural of UDU UFF UDA

Belfast: Peace Wall

Belfast: Peace Wall and the back"yards" that are next to it

Belfast: Falls Road Mural of Bobby Sands

The Crown Bar: Entrance

The Crown Bar: View from our snug

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