My Trip To Ireland, part I

**funlvnman** · 13th April 09, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by kennethc

Great Pics, there are a number of Quinns in Athenry whats your wifes second name

Her maiden name is Shaughnessy.

My ancestors are from Donegal but we didn't have time to go there.

**george7** · 13th April 09, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by funlvnman

My wifes family is from Athenry, so we stopped to see if we could find any relatives. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful. We could only spend one day there.

Street Sign in Athenry

So the Fields of Anthery are for golfing?

**Laird O'the Cowcaddens** · 13th April 09, 10:26 AM

Great photo's, interesting concept. Thanks for the journey.

**cessna152towser** · 13th April 09, 10:36 AM

Superb pics, very interesting, looks like you managed to see quite a bit of Eire.

**funlvnman** · 13th April 09, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Superb pics, very interesting, looks like you managed to see quite a bit of Eire.

We did see quite a bit. It was nice to take walking tours of Dublin, Galway and Athenry. We took the train from Dublin to Galway. It was nice to just sit back and watch the countryside roll by. The EAT conferences were held at the RACE facility in Newbridge. It was humbling to be next to a million dollar horse. My daughter really enjoyed the Guinness. It was her first taste of it. That and the seafood chowder in all the pubs we stopped in. Man was that good.

One of my favorites parts of the trip was trying to decipher the English being spoken to me. The Irish on the west coast talk so fast I can't keep up. I had to ask the bartender in Athenry 4 times to repeat himself before I understood "Is that it?" The look he gave me was priceless.

**beloitpiper** · 13th April 09, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by funlvnman

We did see quite a bit. It was nice to take walking tours of Dublin, Galway and Athenry. We took the train from Dublin to Galway. It was nice to just sit back and watch the countryside roll by. The EAT conferences were held at the RACE facility in Newbridge. It was humbling to be next to a million dollar horse. My daughter really enjoyed the Guinness. It was her first taste of it. That and the seafood chowder in all the pubs we stopped in. Man was that good.

One of my favorites parts of the trip was trying to decipher the English being spoken to me. The Irish on the west coast talk so fast I can't keep up. I had to ask the bartender in Athenry 4 times to repeat himself before I understood "Is that it?" The look he gave me was priceless.

Living in Galway has given me the ability to decipher any Irish accent...even Cork! But I remember the FIRST Irish person I talked to in Ireland- a cabbie from Galway. I couldn't understand ONE WORD!

**McClef** · 13th April 09, 11:29 AM

Some lovely pictures there!

Christ Church is one of two Anglican cathedrals in Dublin (the other being St Patrick's).

**Mr. bone** · 13th April 09, 12:41 PM

My wife is part of equine therapy in her position as an elementary SED teacher. Hmmmm...I wonder how we can score a trip to Ireland...

**funlvnman** · 13th April 09, 08:18 PM

A castle in the Burren area of Ireland just south of Galway.

Burren Landscape

Hieroglyphics in the Burren area. The guide told us they were Viking glyphs but I think some creative tourism was going on. Beloitpiper is the resident expert on such matters. Perhaps he'll chime in with some accurate historical info!

**funlvnman** · 13th April 09, 08:26 PM

Cliffs Of Moher, It was cold, rainy and windy the entire time we were there. The reason we made the bus trip was to see the cliffs so it was quite annoying. But what can you do. And BTW, it rained every day we were in Ireland. Two weeks of nothing but rain. It was a treat at first. It rarely rains in Tucson, but c'mon it's my vacation.

My daughter

My wife

We left the Cliffs of Moher and drove to the Little Cliffs, about 20 minutes. The sun was shining, no wind, just beautiful weather. I had such a bad case of vertigo taking these shots. I actually had to lie down to take some of them.