2. Cliffs of MoherLiscannor The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometres. At their southern end, they rise 120 metres above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and, eight kilometres to the north, reach their maximum height of 214 metres just north of O'Brien's Tower, a round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs, built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien, then continue at lower heights. The closest settlements are Liscannor and Doolin . From the cliffs, and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south. The cliffs rank among the most visited tourist sites in Ireland, with around 1.5 millio... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled GardenKylemore Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I. The current Mother Abbess of the Benedictine Community is Marie Hickey. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Burren National ParkCorofin The Burren is a region of environmental interest primarily located in northwestern County Clare, Ireland, dominated by glaciated karst landscape. It measures, depending on the definition, between 250 square kilometres and 560 square kilometres . The name is most often applied to the area within the circle made by the villages of Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna, and Ballyvaughan, and Kinvara in extreme south-eastern Galway, including the adjacent coastline..A part of the Burren forms the Burren National Park, the smallest of the six National Parks in Ireland, while the full Burren and adjacent territory including the Cliffs of Moher are included in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. Ashford CastleCong Ashford Castle is a medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, on the shore of Lough Corrib in Ireland. It is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World organisation and was previously owned by the Guinness family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Nestled west of Westport on the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo, Croagh Patrick, or Mount Patrick, stands 762m high (~2500ft). It's a pilgrimage site, as Saint Patrick is reputed to have climbed it and stayed there for 40 days and 40 nights without food or water. Normally people are advised that it takes 3.5 hours to go up and down - and it might, if you stick to the gravel side of the path. But gravel is slippery...
I went along the rocks - big ones embedded in the ground, or smaller ones intricated in each other. With long legs, I could hop from one to another at a fair pace without feeling tired; I did stuff like this all the time when doing orienteering as a youth, except on mini-cliffsides of maybe 10 m, not 100m at a time...
The last bit has a grade that must be close to 40 degrees! It was tough going up, and more treacherous going down.
I went up in 65 minutes, rested 20 minutes, and went down in 50, resting another 20. My excuse is that I had other places to be after. :) At the top, my batteries died, and I had forgotten my spares, so I could only get a few seconds' worth of videos at a time, and no pictures.
No, I am NOT going up another time to take pictures. :)
Minaun Mount - Achill Island - County Mayo - Ireland
Falaises de Minaun - Île d'Achill - Comté de Mayo - Irlande Coordonnées GPS: 53°57'26.7N 10°01'35.5W
Le sommet de cette falaise, d'une hauteur de 466 m, offre un splendide panorama de l'île d'Achill. On y voit les monts Croaghaun et Slievemore, Achill Head, Keel Bay et Trawmore Strand.
Cependant, pour arriver au sommet, il faut prendre une route très étroite (pente plutôt raide) qui sillonne en bordure d'un précipice.
Pas moyen d'échapper aux moutons... Ils sont partout sur la route.
Lors de notre passage, la visibilité était partiellement réduite par le brouillard qui commençait à nous envelopper. Cependant, nous avons réellement apprécié la vue que nous avions de cette magnifique région.
Inner Light par Kevin MacLeod est protégée par une licence Creative Commons Attribution ( Source : Artiste :
DUBLIN SERIES - Day 7 - CLIFFS, OCEAN, GALWAY
DUBLIN SERIES - Day 7 - CLIFFS, OCEAN, GALWAY
Newport - County Mayo - Ireland
Newport - Comté de Mayo - Irlande
Nous avons fait un court arrêt à Newport, un petit village situé sur les rives de la Baie de Clew qui a été fondé au XVIIIe siècle.
Juste avant d'entrer dans ce village, il y a un petit stationnement (Coordonnées GPS: 53°52'59.8N 9°32'47.9W) qui offre un magnifique point de vue de la rivière Brown Oak qui traverse ce village, et qui s'écoule tout doucement sous un imposant viaduc comportant plusieurs arches.
Nous pouvons également apercevoir une imposante église érigée en 1914 au sommet d'une colline qui surplombe le village de Newport.