Bridge from "The Quiet Man"
The Swedish women on the tour wanted to know if Maureen O'Hara was a relative of 'the woman from "Gone With the Wind"'.

Connemara, Mountains in Background
More Scenery!

Irish Trip and Fall Hazard
I like the way the land is sort of piled up here.

A Valley in Connemara...
All look the same, don't they?

Rocks in Connemara.
I admit it, this one is particularly boring. I post pictures like this to TORTURE YOU!!!

Leenane
Coffee stop.

The pub.
This pub was awesome--in Dublin, there are 8- bajillion people, so the employees hate everyone. Here, we were served by the owners' sons, one around my age and the other around 12. Very cool.

A Wall.
Have fun waiting for this download!

Killary Harbour
If fjords are your thing...

More Killary Harbour
But this time with rocks, so alost different...right?

Kylemore Abbey
Front and center.

Vellcome.
Since it's well known that the Irish actualy talk like eastern European vampires.

Dining at Kylemore Abbey
THis is to torture my parents. Yes, that's me in the mirror, but unless you're having a seizure, you'd never be able to tell.

Just Inside Kylemore Abbey
Is it bad form to light a votive from a fireplace log?

Dublin Civil Engineers, Take Note!
THIS is how it's done, morons!

The Lake and the Beach
The closest I've come to water, other than the shower, all summer.

Side View of the Church
Contending with busloads of Germans and Danes for a clear shot.

Church Tower
Nothing exciting.

The Church from the Front
Note: be warned, should this label be applied to my upcoming Liverpool pictures, expect adult content.

The Mausoleum as Seen from the Path
And some guys.

Closer...
There wasn't enough room to back up for a decent shot, unfortunately.

The Lake Path
Very similar to other shots of paths I've posted previously.

Kylemore Abbey from the Side
And we're back to the 'alternate views' collection.

Close Shot of the Church
For those interested in building their own.

The Lake
Big. Wet. Shiny. Very lakelike.

The Abbey from the Lake Trail
At least you can see flowers in this one.

Man Stalking Sheep!
For those of you who didn't believe me, yes, this man is actually chasing and videotaping sheep.

Kylemore Abbey, Reflected in the Lake
Finally, some blue sky!

Girls Picking Flowers
I took this because they reminded me of Jaina. Could care less about the scenery--too busy picking nuisance flowers.

Famine Walls
I have no idea how you could build these as high up the mountains as some of them go without falling. Good luck making sense of that sentence!!

Inagh Valley with Mountains
Nothing to comment on here...

Inagh Valley
...or here...

Another Shot of the Inagh Valley
...or here.

The Screebe Waterfall
No one fell in, which was a small disappointment...

Same, from the Other Side
Meanwhile, my fellow passengers were stalking sheep.

Galway Bay
Hard to tell but that's the Burren in the background.

Similar, with Walls!
A little clearer, anyway.

Train Station on Left, Eyre Square on Right.
I was too busy looking for the tour guide to take a better picture. They tend to be evasive.

The Platform
The Intercity train.


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