(written 17th October) From Connemara we travelled on to Donegal, where we stayed another two nights just outside of town. It wasn’t a terribly exciting place, and the YHA we stayed in was a bit uninspiring compared to the Old Monastery, although we were the only ones there, so room and bathroom all to ourselves! [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’
I want Milo.
Posted in travel, tagged chess, Connemara, Ireland, Milo, Skye, The Fairies on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Leprechaun Land
Posted in Onomastiphilia, travel, tagged Aisling Symes, Connemara, Enid Blyton, Ireland, Kylemore Abbey, namenerdery, netball, silver ferns, Stephen Gately, wordnerdey, World Series on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Tonight we’re spending our second night in The ‘Old Monastery’ Hostel in a little town called Letterfrack (which makes me lol for no reason I can discern). There are 3 cats and two kittens, and it’s quite a family sort of feel – everyone hangs out in the common room and there’s no tv so [...]
Bye-bye Wales, Kia ora Ireland.
Posted in travel, tagged ancestry, Birr, castles, ferry, Galway, Ireland, Wales on October 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Thursday was our last day in Wales. The hostel warden burnt some toast in the kitchen and set off the fire alarm (apparently he did it the morning before too!), which was wonderful. Dad knocked on my door and asked me if it had woken me up. Silly question of the year award goes to… [...]

