Connemara Walkabout

Here are some pictures taken around the coast of Connemara.

Almost to the coast.

 Piles of turf. Turf is peat after it has been dug up.

Burns long-time in the stoves. Some of the people here have turf rights and can dig up peat from the countryside (on public lands). Some have kelp rights as well.

Hello Donkeys!

Getting a bit too close to junior, so mom came over to say hi.

Love the stone walls!

I could sit at the coral beach for hours!

Coral Beach.

Ballyconneely.

Me and my door fetish!

Driving back from Doolin, saw this Wedge Tomb in the middle of nowhere. The ground is so rocky here that it made graves all but impossible to dig.

Say, uh, hmmm. My map is in English and the road signs are in Irish (as it is the first language in many parts of the west of Ireland). The Irish words have very little in common with the English words they represent. Very little. Don't get me started on how to pronounce them either. Even less in common.

The next pictures are from Doolin. I was intrigued by the limestone and the way the water cut channels into it at the water's edge.

The next three pics are from back in Galway.

No waiting at Galway Airport.

Cows next to the parking lot at the airport.

Couple of Irish lads hanging about in Galway.

Ta my friends, Filemu (Samoan) to you all!