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Our First Irish Christmas

In and around Ireland

For our Christmas holidays we did a loop of Ireland, going up to Mayo, across to Belfast and the down to Kerry.

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Marc & Rose

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    Killary Harbour

    Leenaun, Ireland | Dec 20 '07 | Reviews: 0
    At Killary Harbour we went for a short walk along a famine Road to the deserted village of Foher. Continue reading »
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    Achill Island

    Achill, Ireland | Dec 22 '07 | Reviews: 0
    Our stay at Achill Island was definitely the highlight of our trip.  We went for a walk up Mt Slievemore. Just after we'd reached the top the clo... Continue reading »
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    Croagh Patrick

    Murrisk, Ireland | Dec 22 '07 | Reviews: 0
    On our way to Achill Island we tried to Climb Croagh Patrick. We began up the easy pilgrims road, there was definitely no mistaking where the track wa... Continue reading »
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    Dun Caochain Cliffs

    Portacloy, Ireland | Dec 24 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Christmas eve we spent the night in Pollatomish, where we had to wander up the road and stand on a fence to get cell phone reception to tell our fa... Continue reading »

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    Belfast & Giants Causeway

    Belfast, United Kingdom | Dec 25 '07 | Reviews: 0
    We arrived in Belfast to some sad news.  Rose's greatuncle (who's house we were staying in) died a few hours before we arrived.  We still ma... Continue reading »
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    Killarney

    Killarney, Ireland | Dec 28 '07 | Reviews: 0
    We headed down to Kerry with Rose's cousin Sarah to spend a few days there with the UCD mountain club.  We attempted to climb up Irelands highest... Continue reading »

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