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| Ireland Trip |
I took a ferry from Doolin Harbor to the island of Inishere, the smallest of the 3 islands. The other islands are called Inishmaan, which is the 2nd largest, and Inishmore, the largest of the 3 Aran Islands. On Inishere, I hiked to a stranded boat and a lighthouse, climbing over many stone walls that lined the landscape. Stone walls are a common sight as there are few trees left in Ireland and lots of rocks. After taking a ferry from there to Inishmore, I visited Dún Aengus. The next day I took another ferry from Dún Aengus to Rossaveal, and then a bus from there to Galway, where I stayed at the very hightech Sleepzone hostel. I then took a ferry to Inishbofin, where I stayed in a small hostel, the only one on the island.
Inishbofin is a small island, it has a small dock, a helipad, a few paved roads (the rest are either gravel, 2 dirt tracks, or nothing at all), and a few small cars. Most of the cars are very old and run down. There's no reason to keep them in tip-top shape because there are so few roads to travel on anyway and that the island can easily be crossed on foot. After taking a ferry from Inishbofin back to the mainland, I took a bus from there to a town right outside Connemara National Park. Then took a bus to Clifden and checked out an awesome castle.
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| The main road through the small town of Doolin. Beyond the hill is the Cliffs of Moher and the Atlantic Ocean. |
Allie River Hostel. A very nice hostel run by a cool guy named Karl. The Allie river runs under this very old bridge. |
The Cliffs of Moher are visible in the distance along with a waterfall. The picture below shows the top of this waterfall.
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| The very rocky Burren coast. At high tide this is completely covered. Picture taken at low tide. |
A large freestanding rock on The Burren. | A valley along the Cliffs of Moher, with a small creek that ends in a waterfall cascading into the ocean. |
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| "Very Dangerous Cliffs ahead". At parts of the trail there are few precious feet from the edge, a drop of 702 feet at the highest point. |
Rough waters off the Cliffs of Moher. Doolin harbor is to the left on the other side of the hill. |
A very steep cliff with Doolin in the far distance. I hiked all the way from Doolin to O'Brien's Tower. This picture is taken inches from a sheer drop. | ||
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| "Extreme Danger, cliff falls continuing". A sudden slip or mistake is sure death. I passed both warning signs with a shrug. |
Stone walls line the path to one of the 2 castles on Inisheer. | Beautiful Inisheer sunset looking to the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the islands houses are visible in this picture. |
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| Rusted out boat stranded for over 50 years during a bad storm. |
A miniature beach along a rocky coast. The Cliffs of Moher are visible in the background. | Most of the roads on Inisheer are like this one, aside from the few paved ones near the town center. |
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| The only dock and beach on Inisheer. Everything is brought onto this island via the dock and the small Airstrip. |
Inishmore, Dún Aengus, miniature house shows the way. Behind the sign is the Atlantic. | Lovely view of the Atlantic looking west (you can almost see New York). |
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| Galway, one of the larger cities on the Western side of Ireland. | Roads like these wind through Inishbofin. They are very narrow, even for a little car. | Towards the north sits a rusted out car on Inishbofin. Like Inisheer, there are very few cars. |
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| The small island in the distance is cut off from the shore at high tide. 2 people were stranded there and died on the stags. |
Inishbofin harbor shown. This is one of the best deep Harbors on the West Coast of Ireland. | A very nice beach, a rarity for this area of Ireland. | ||
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| Very clear water along the Inishbofin shore, where much of the area remains untouched. |
Very top of Diamond Mountain in Connemara National Park. | Partially standing castle located in Clifden. |