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
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
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
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
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
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
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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