Ireland 2008

Trip Summary

We had a fantastic trip this year! Once again we stayed at the lovely Ardagh self-catering houses, overlooking Pollan Strand in Ballyliffin, Donegal. We had a very relaxing trip with wonderful weather - the best that we have ever seen in Ireland! We spent many days walking to and exploring Pollan Beach. And, we had two great trips to the Clonmany waterfall.
When we weren't relaxing, we were partying at Mark and Josie's wedding and at Breege and Matt's wedding. Mom also celebrated Louise's wedding. Much craic was had leading up to the big events, with visits to the Coyles, Peggy and the girls, Jimmy and Kathleen, and we got to see both Anne Marie and Caroline's homes for the first time. We also got to celebrate Mom's birthday and Mom and Dad's 42nd anniversary while we were there.
We also took the girls to Ionad Cois Locha in Dunlewey, Donegal which was a heritage center slash petting zoo slash amusement center slash gift shop etc. Hard to categorize, but a fun day's adventure!
We regret that we had such little time to spend in Galway but we will get more time there on the next trip!

Big Thanks to John Kirrane for sharing his great photos with us!

Donegal Links

Carpenters self-catering houses
Ionad Cois Locha
Ballyliffin Golf Club
All about Inishowen
The Famine Museum
Malin Head - the northernmost point in Ireland

Galway Links

All about Galway
The Connemara Gateway Hotel