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| A renovators dream! |
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| The lads, route finding with success - mostly. Signs make it harder not easier! |
We have rented a house on
the An Cheathru Rua Peninsula, a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area on the coast
of Galway Bay and a rugged corner of Ireland. There is an old world atmosphere
here except for all the new bungalow style houses built during the Irish boom
times, some which blend in well but others can be an eyesore.
Stonewalls crisscross the
undulating fern hills, rocky countryside, with bogs and the heather adding
colour among all the greens. It is a cool, overcast day and good for a long
walk so we headed out with Tra an Doilin as our destination – the Coral Beach.
It is a rather unusual beach made up of red coralline algae, washed up from the
bay, which has dried and hardened.
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| Ireland walking. |
Winston Churchill: "We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
