Portacloy beach in County Mayo, Ireland
Portacloy beach, near Carrowteigue in County Mayo, Ireland. 2014
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Ireland in June - Bill, Debbie, Carson fly into Shannon, stop at a teahouse in Limerick. Pick up Kathleen at tiny Kerry Airport. Road trip through Dingle Peninsula. Stay the night at Skellig Rock pet farm BNB, Cahersiveen, Ring of Kerry. Travel Wild Atlantic Way to Moher Cliffs. Two nights in Galway in lovely apartment. Traveling north through Connemara, stop at abandoned Clifden Castle. Arrive in Belmullet, County Mayo to meet Bill's Irish cousins (through his paternal grandparents). Surprise visit to meet cousin Nora, noontime, who offers spirits to drink to health & family. Travel to home place of Bill's grandfather Anthony Mills Gortmellia Strand
Barnatra Then travel to Derreens, Barnatra and have a lovely lake view lunch courtesy of Bill's grandmother Matilda Mills descended family. Dinner in Talbots, Belmullet -we win $5 on Evelyn's gift of scratch tickets! Music/dancing at McDonnells Bar. Spend time with cousins Michael & wife Moira Durkan. Walk the Cross Beach Loop Walk. Cemeteries with ocean view! Say Goodbye to cousins. Travel to Westport and on way to Banagher, happen onto ruins of medieval monastic church. Stay outside town at Lynch's farmhouse then to Charlotte's Way, Charlotte Bronte's husband Arthur Nicholls's house. Nicola, the owner was very hospitable, LOVELY place to stay. Good time in JJ Hough's We visit more medieval ruins, Clonmacnoise, with Irish friends Terry and Julie Adams, who lived in Mother & Mid's apt in Hickory. Photo of Matilda and Anthony Mills, and Bill's father, John (about 9) with his mother Matilda, (shortly before she died, leaving Bill's father an orphan.)
Absolutely lovely trip, the best part was meeting the Mills/Murphy/Murray/Durkan Irish family!
fishing belmullet
day out fishing erris head
Cliffs at Carrowteige, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Video of a walk at Carrowteige Cliffs in County Mayo, Ireland during March 2016. It's a place on the Wild Atlantic Way as scenic as the cliffs of Moher, but not as well advertised.Thanks for watching.
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Canon 550D (Rebel 2TI) camera.
Tokina 11-16mm DX II wide angle lens.
Sony Experia Z2.
Intervalometer.
Flow Mow for timelapse rotation.
Joby tripod.
Hahnel Triad 60 Lite Tripod.
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