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2023 also saw my first-ever visit to Ireland, where I learned firsthand a) that all those stories I’d about the narrowness of Irish roads and the frequent presence of sheep on or near the roads were true; b) that even before you reach your destination, simply driving along those roads will expose you to so much beauty that reaching the destination will be just a further exploration of amazingness. These are all on the drive to Connemara National Park in northern County Galway.
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Sticking with our theme of rainbows to welcome 2024, I’ll share a few last photos of the Salmon Weir bridge & the River Corrib, which drains from Lough Corrib (largest lake fully inside the RoI, if I recall well) down to the ocean at Galway City.
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And now we’re back to County Galway’s lovely Connemara National Park for the rainbows and glimpses of sunshine with which we welcome 2024. May the year bring us all kindness and light in abundance.
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Here we are, already on the last day of 2023. So I’ve decided to throw a few more Irish rainbows and views of one of the most stunningly beautiful places I visited over the course of this year. To end the year on a high note, I’m sharing here any remaining photos of the Sliabh Liag cliffs in County Donegal. My guidebook tells me these are much higher than the more famous Cliffs of Moher, down in County Clare south of Galway. I’ve left many similar photos in the gallery below, so that you get a sense how colors and contrast on the cliffs and sea change as the clouds scuttle past in the – at times frighteningly strong – winds.
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Soon, I’ll actually start more carefully sorting and curating my Ireland photos. Any day now, I promise. For now, we’re grouping the relatively-appealing shots I took in a given location into larger posts. Here, a historic and religioussite of importance on Inishmore (Aran Islands) called The Seven Churches / Na Seacht dTeampaill.
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City Views.216
Coasting.85
(so much world, so little time....) 