IRELAND.
08/Jun/2015 to 19/Jun/2015.
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Monday 08/Jun/2015.
Aix-en-Provence (France) to Antwerp (Belgium) journey.
Flight Marseille to Brussels, 16:45-18:30, 1h45, Brussels Airlines flight SN 3600, Airbus A319-112.
|---| Antwerp, Belgium.
Tuesday 09/Jun/2015.
Journey from Antwerp (Belgium) to Bantry (Cork, Ireland).
Flight Brussels to Dublin, 10:05-10:50 (local times), 1h45, Aer Lingus flight EI 631, Airbus A320. Flight was 1.5h late.
|---| Seaview House Hotel, Bantry, Ireland.
Wednesday 10/Jun/2015.
Beara Peninsula Drive.
|---| The Lodge Guesthouse, Kenmare, Ireland.
Thursday 110/Jun/2015.
The Molls gap & Killarney National Park.
Gap of Dunloe, tourist horse carriages disturbing the rare road trafic (us)
Friday 12/Jun/2015.
The ring of Kerry & Valentia Island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Kerry
|---| Shealane Country House B&B, Valentia Island.
Saturday 13/Jun/2015.
Great Skellig Island (Michael Skellig) and journey to Inch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig_Michael
|---| Second night at Inch Beach House, Inch, Ireland.
Monday 15/Jun/2015.
Inch - Killrush Ferry - Roundstone journey (300km, 5h).
|---| Island View B&B, Roundstone, Ireland.
Tuesday 16/Jun/2015.
Connemara.
|---| 2nd night at Island View B&B, Roundstone, Ireland.
Wednesday 17/Jun/2015.
Roundstone to Cong, to Clonmacnoise, and to Athlone journey (160km, 2h40).
Cong.
Cong - Ashford Castle.
Clonmacnoise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonmacnoise
|---| Sheraton Athlone Hotel, Athlone, Ireland.
Thursday 18/Jun/2015.
Dublin (Ireland) to Antwerp (Belgium) journey.
Flight Dublin to Brussels, 13:30-16:05 (local times), 1h35, Aer Lingus flight EI 634.
|---| Antwerp, Belgium.
Friday 19/Jun/2015.
Antwerp (Belgium) to Aix-en-Provence (France) journey.
Flight Brussels to Marseille, 14:20-16:10, 1h50, Brussels Airlines flight SN 3599, Airbus A319-112.
|---| Home, Aix-en-Provence.
08/Jun/2015 to 19/Jun/2015.
Finnegan, king of the Leprechauns.
If you find him, he might lead you to his hidden pot of gold.
CLICK HERE to visit the previous Ireland post (2010)If you find him, he might lead you to his hidden pot of gold.
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Monday 08/Jun/2015.
Aix-en-Provence (France) to Antwerp (Belgium) journey.
Flight Marseille to Brussels, 16:45-18:30, 1h45, Brussels Airlines flight SN 3600, Airbus A319-112.
|---| Antwerp, Belgium.
Tuesday 09/Jun/2015.
Journey from Antwerp (Belgium) to Bantry (Cork, Ireland).
Flight Brussels to Dublin, 10:05-10:50 (local times), 1h45, Aer Lingus flight EI 631, Airbus A320. Flight was 1.5h late.
This time, traveling with my dear father.
Irish traffic signs.
The hotel for tonight.
|---| Seaview House Hotel, Bantry, Ireland.
Wednesday 10/Jun/2015.
Beara Peninsula Drive.
Beara Peninsula.
Glengariff, surprised to find the yellow submarine.
Quite narrow lanes on the Irish roads !
Father and son.
The ropeway's gondala, build from wood and with an ordinary door.
The standing Ogam stone of Ballycrovane, Ireland's tallest (5.2m).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
Ireland's only ropeway, connecting Irish mainland with Dursey island.
Transporting sheeps, cows, locals and sometimes odd tourists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
Allihies' abandoned copper mines. Boys entered when 15, died when 30...
Healy pass, view on the Glenmore lake and on the ocean.
The hotel.
|---| The Lodge Guesthouse, Kenmare, Ireland.
Thursday 110/Jun/2015.
The Molls gap & Killarney National Park.
Lost...
Gap of Dunloe, tourist horse carriages disturbing the rare road trafic (us)
(while the horsemen claimed we were disturbing them) !
Where, where are those ladies?
|---| A second night at The Lodge Guesthouse, Kenmare, Ireland.
Friday 12/Jun/2015.
The ring of Kerry & Valentia Island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Kerry
Staigue fort. One of the largest Irish circular stone forts, built some 2500 years ago.
They have Irish coffee too !
Waterville, where Charly Chaplin spent his holidays from 1959 to 1970.
Valentia island. Tetrapod footprints.
The oldest in-situ record of the world of a vertebrate walking on land.
Before this, all known vertebrates (animals with a backbone) were fish.
When I asked that guy whether they had a succesfull fishing day, he replied
"Good catches have gone". Hard to believe, seeing this.
Tomorrow's destination: Skellig Michael island.
"Good catches have gone". Hard to believe, seeing this.
The hotel for tonight.
|---| Shealane Country House B&B, Valentia Island.
Saturday 13/Jun/2015.
Great Skellig Island (Michael Skellig) and journey to Inch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig_Michael
Breakfast kippers.
Sailing for mystical Skellig Michael (10:00-14:30)
Skellig Michael.
The boat landing on Skellig Michael.
Boats disembark one at a time (pictured here the previous boat).
One can distinguish tourists from previous boats,
climbing the 600 steps towards the monastery.
There are many puffins on the island.
The Irish weather steadily improved.
Arriving at the monastery.
Catherine, guide, recalling the history of the monastery.
The monk's graveyard with their 'Beehive houses' behind.
The monastry was continuously occupied by 8 to 12 monks from the 6th to the 13th century.
After Mont Saint Michel (Normandy, France) and Monte Sant'Angelo (Puglia, Italy),
happy to have visited this mystical place devoted to the Arcangel Michael.
The hotel for the next two nights.
Dingle.
Irish urinal... with the collector full of ice cubes !
Ice-cream car at the Connor pass.
Got it!
Taking the hiking trail west from Brandon Point.
'Bog' (turf). Irelands prime heating source.
|---| Inch Beach House, Inch.
Sunday 14/Jun/2015.
Slea Head Drive and Conor Pass.
Slea Head Drive and Conor Pass.
Cairn reached at the summit of the 'An Buaicin' mountain.
Inch Beach.
|---| Second night at Inch Beach House, Inch, Ireland.
Monday 15/Jun/2015.
Inch - Killrush Ferry - Roundstone journey (300km, 5h).
Shannon Ferry.
Son & father.
More 'Bog'.
The High Cross.
Roundstone harbour.
|---| Island View B&B, Roundstone, Ireland.
Tuesday 16/Jun/2015.
Connemara.
Some sheep seem loosing their fleece, like this strange one.
Foggy and cloudy 'Sky Road'.
Some islands can be reached by car during low tide.
Killary Harbour fjord.
|---| 2nd night at Island View B&B, Roundstone, Ireland.
Wednesday 17/Jun/2015.
Roundstone to Cong, to Clonmacnoise, and to Athlone journey (160km, 2h40).
Cong.
Cong - Ashford Castle.
Unsuccessful entry permit negotiation for one of the most luxury hotels of the world:
Ashford Castle (Room rates starting at 550€).
Ashford Castle hotel (Picture stolen from the internet).
Clonmacnoise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonmacnoise
Clonmacnoise Cathedral doorway, from left to right :
St Dominic, St Patrick and St Francis (missing his head).
St Dominic, St Patrick and St Francis (missing his head).
Clonmacnoise, the central 'High Cross', the Cross of the Scriptures,
3.90m tall, 10th century.
|---| Sheraton Athlone Hotel, Athlone, Ireland.
Thursday 18/Jun/2015.
Dublin (Ireland) to Antwerp (Belgium) journey.
Flight Dublin to Brussels, 13:30-16:05 (local times), 1h35, Aer Lingus flight EI 634.
|---| Antwerp, Belgium.
Friday 19/Jun/2015.
Antwerp (Belgium) to Aix-en-Provence (France) journey.
Flight Brussels to Marseille, 14:20-16:10, 1h50, Brussels Airlines flight SN 3599, Airbus A319-112.
|---| Home, Aix-en-Provence.
1 comment:
Hallo Michael, great photos and what a good choice and lovely places you are showing your Dad, I agree the west of the country is the best of it. Thank you for your company on Skellig Michael, I really enjoyed the day and it made an impression on me. I am looking forward to reading more of your travels. Geniet die res van jou verblyf in hierdie pragtige eyland. Tot siens /joseph
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