The British have Dover, Ireland has the cliffs of Moher, an hour’s bus ride from Galway. The area is very sparsely populated, with a few small villages and remote farms, and small castles that dot the coast. Lots of sheep though, it is said that there are three times as many sheep as people in…

Galway is a pretty small town on the west coast, and like the Ring of Kerry part of the Great Atlantic Way that connects all the destinations on the west coast of Ireland. The main street is pedestrianized and packed with tourists, but the town still somehow manages to be quiet and scenic, except where…

Kerry is an Irish county in the southwest. Lots of rugged coastline with fjords and small villages, and Ireland’s highest mountain at 1000m. For once, the weather was excellent (by Irish standards) – some rain in the morning but later mostly sunny at a sweltering 17 degrees C.… Read the rest

This is one of the top attractions in Ireland, a short bus ride from Cork. It was built in 1446 in the most impractical way possible. It’s very tall, and most rooms are small and stacked atop each other. There are two very narrow and steep spiral staircases. It’s all exceedingly gloomy and medieval. You’d…

This town does not only have a super Irish name, it’s also very pretty and feels much more Irish than the big cities. Pubs everywhere, with doors and interiors painted black and bright red, locals who have clearly had too much Guiness, and very few tourist shops. If only there were fewer cars clogging the…

Mission accomplished – I have officially been to all 27 EU member countries now. Dublin is the capital of Ireland. It’s cool and cloudy; Irelandbis known as the Green Island and that means it rains a lot. It’s a surprisingly compact city with a limited number of sights, like Dublin Castle and St. Patrick’s cathedral.…