Back in the early weeks of my trip, I went on a Trafaglar tour of Ireland. I missed a few entries towards the latter part of the tour, so the next couple of posts will feature some images of this beautiful country, that is the ancestral home of so many Australians, particularly those with a convict history.
Galway is a harbour city, situated on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. It is reknowned as a cultural hub and the home of many music and arts festivals.
In the older parts of town, the streets are for pedestrians only.
It was hot and sunny on the day that we visited and the streets were buzzing with activity. There were buskers and other performance artists as well as lots of tourists and many locals enjoying a long lunch in the sunshine.
The village of Claddagh - home of the legendary Claddagh Ring - is in Galway. There is evidence that fishing and trading took place in this ancient village as far back as the 5th century. Unfortunately the old thatched cottages were destroyed in the 1930s and replaced by a rather unattractive council housing estate.
We travelled through the Connemara countryside, which provided some of the most picturesque images of Irish countryside.
There's a popular saying that Eskimos have a hundred words for 'snow.' I think that the Irish need a hundred variations to describe 'green.'
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