Monthly Archives: September 2026
Ireland 2026 – Galway, Part Two
April 19-20 As we entered the pedestrian zone after leaving Eyre Square, our first sight was Lynch’s Castle, Galway’s best late-15th-century fortified townhouse, which was the home of the Lynch family—the most powerful of the town’s 14 “tribes”—and the only one of their mansions to survive. More than 80 of the mayors who ruled Galway […]
Ireland 2026 – Galway, Part One
April 19-20 After leaving the ferry, we got into the car and took off for Galway, a drive through the Burren that should only have taken about 90 minutes but due to a couple of missed turns, became more of an adventure that we’d planned for. Motivated by its description in our St. Steves guidebook, […]
Ireland 2026 – Doolin
Ireland 2026 – Doolin April 18 We left Dingle with a longer drive than usual ahead of us as we would need to stop at the airport in Shannon in order to add Joanna as a driver on the rental car. This would mean doing so at the Hertz counter there, which we managed to […]
Ireland 2026 – Dingle, Part Two
April 15 – 17 After relaxing for a bit, we set out for dinner back down the street at another St. Steves recommendation, The Fish Box. As we hadn’t had a chance to book a reservation, we were lucky to be able to get seated at a table ledge set against the front window, which […]
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