Galway by the first bridge. The
one nearest to the sea.
Galway has three bridges. Looking
over the third one to the Cathedral
Inside the magnificent Cathedral
at Galway
Looking across the fishing harbour
at the mouth of the river. Not far from where I was staying
A harbour a little further north
round the coast
To the north of Galway is the
beautiful Lough Corrib. This flows down through Galway, under its
three bridges to the sea. This was taken at the northern end of the
lough
The Arran islands lie just off the
coast a little way to the north of Galway. I took a boat to the
largest of the islands and found an ancient fort situated right on
the edge of high cliffs
Looking across the ancient fort on
the Arran island
The little harbour on the Arran
Island
The harbour at Roundstone
A very beautiful place. Kylemore
Abbey. Built by a rich man who came here on his honeymoon, fell in
love with the place and built it for his new wife. They then went on
holiday to Italy where she died. He returned a broken man and took
to drink. Eventually he was forced to sell the place.
In the first world war a group of Nuns from
Belgium were evacuated to London. Later they found this place and
bought it. It is now a rather exclusive school run by the Nuns.
When he built Kylemore Abbey he
also built this Gothic style Church in the grounds
and all alongside the Abbey is
this amazing Victorian walled garden
Leenaun
Westport
Knock is the Irish equivalent to
Lourdes in France. Here some local girls had a vision of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, surrounded by three apostles. In the next few years
there were some miraculous healings and a Basilica, visitors centre
and shrine were built for the many pilgrims that come here
The shrine built over the place of
the vision has an artist's impression of the vision on the end wall
Rathfran Abbey now derelict
I think you could call this an
Irish Traffic Jam
Newport
Between Westport and Leenaun
Cong Abbey
The river by Cong Abbey
Now coming down south of Galway,
the Cliffs of Moher which are claimed to be the highest cliffs in
Europe
The cliffs of Moher as seen from a
little boat that sets off from the tiny Doolin harbour
Kilrush from my bedroom window
My last night in Ireland. I stayed
at this delightful hotel at Tyrrells Pass
