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Connemara, Ireland – In Photos
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 2 September 2011
The fairy tale landscapes of Connemara.
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Artist’s Eye Ireland: Carna Bay, Connemara
Blog: Irish Fireside - 13 April 2011
Carna Bay, Connemara by Greg Long www.artbygreglong.com Greg Long works from his Waterside Studio in South Dublin. He studied at the College of Marketing and Design and the National College of Art. His work has been recognized by the Irish government for its “Artistic and Cultural value” and appears in collections throughout the world. About [...]
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Taking Time to Enjoy Kylemore Abbey
Blog: Irish Fireside - 4 November 2010
By Mary Caffrey Knapke Kylemore Abbey is one of Ireland’s most iconic sights. It’s worth the drive through County Galway even if you only have time to stop in the car park, snap a photo, and tear back down the road again. That’s how I remember my first visit to the abbey, 15 years ago. [...]
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A Little Reflection…Monday Travel Memories: The Sheep of Ireland
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 24 May 2010
In an effort to add some regularity here, I’d like to start a weekly post called “Monday Travel Memories.” A photo and mini story from current or past travels…perhaps a neat person I’ve met along the way, or a photo that has a bit of a story but not enough for a full blog post…or perhaps just a random memory. Monday Travel Memories: The Sheep of Connemara, Ireland Ireland is one of those countries that I just can’t help describing melodramatically; the country just speaks to my ...
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A Little Authenticity…Toe-tapping Irish Music
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 7 December 2009
The heart and sole of Ireland lives in the country’s pubs – and I don’t mean because of the Guinness, although let me assure you that plays a role. But it’s the country’s music and warm enthusiasm that keeps the yanks like myself enthralled with Ireland’s rich history and amazing music. I have to admit, my fondest memories from Ireland include a cold pint of Bulmers Irish cider and the bundled warmth of crowded bodies packed around the live Irish music filling the small space while a friendly local started the ...
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A little friendship…Diamond Hill and Keeping Friends
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 2 December 2009
Oscar Wilde described the Connemara region as a “savage beauty” – he was surely referring to the rough landscape that is largely covered with peat bogs, rocky hills, and interlocking chains of lakes. I’ve got to say, if ever there was a lonely landscape, it would have to be this region of Ireland. To really and truly appreciate Connemara you have to get some height – as in go climb a mountain or a hill. Although the Twelve Bens mountain range is right in the area too, I couldn’t resist the ...
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A little introspection…Connemara, sheep, and loneliness
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 26 November 2009
You know it’s about to be really good when a local tells you it’s his favorite drive in all of Ireland. I was cozied up to the bar at a little pub in Connemara, map spread awkwardly all over the bar top, attempting to plan a route from Galway to Clifden that would take quite a bit of time since getting there was really my only task for the day. The bartender placed my steaming cup of soup in front of me, turned my map around to face him, and asked ...
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Galway & County Clare: Music to my Eyes
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 2 November 2009
As a visually-oriented person, most memories of the places we’ve traveled come back to me in snapshots: that incredible field of wildflowers near Milford Sound in New Zealand, beautiful children trying to sell us trinkets at the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, the infinite abyss of ocean off Shirahama in Japan. Despite my visual leanings, [...]
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