The Emerald Isle 2025

Ireland
August 16-20 & August 24-September 1, 2025
Transportation:  Rental Car, Boat
Accommodations: AirBnB, Castle Hotel
Highlights:  Multiple castles, cliffs & seascapes

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
August 20-24, 2025
Transportation:  Rental Car
Accommodations: AirBnB
Highlights: Giant’s Causeway

Temple Bar Dublin
The River Liffey flowing through Dublin
Falling water as art in the Guinness Storehouse - a really spectacular fountain.
Guinness at the Storehouse
Great tit
Belfast City Hall
Titanic Museum Belfast
Belfast street art
Streets of Belfast
Hillsborough Castle
More street art in Belfast...this one of a more political nature.  It was surprising to me to see these murals and ones like it almost 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement.
The ruins of Dunluce Castle
Early morning back at the Giant's Causeway - and I had it almost entirely to myself.
To cap the morning, a pod of dolphins appeared and swam past the Causeway
Walking along the Derry city walls
Glenveagh Castle
The 67 Steps behind Glenveagh Castle overgrown with moss and vegetation.
Sliabh Liag (Slieve League) cliffs near Donegal
Donegal Castle
A great cormorant in Sligo
Westport House, Newport
Cliffs of Moher
Kylemore Abbey
Clonmacnoise
This is Trim Castle in Meath - a Norman-era castle built somewhere around 1172 AD.
The castle was also used as the motte & bailey fort for the movie Braveheart.

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