A motorcycle tour of western Ireland
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A motorcycle tour of western Ireland
On our honeymoon, we rented a Harley and went from Naas, to Galway, to Clifden, to Westport, and back to Naas. Here are some of the pictures.
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Welcome home, Cail. Congrats again.
It looks like you had an awesome time, although I must admit there are other photos in your Facebook album that I like even more than these.
Now, if you should tell me you came upon McCaffrey's Dragonhold farm in your travels, my eyes will definitely turn even greener with envy...
It looks like you had an awesome time, although I must admit there are other photos in your Facebook album that I like even more than these.
Now, if you should tell me you came upon McCaffrey's Dragonhold farm in your travels, my eyes will definitely turn even greener with envy...
We weren't expecting the awesome weather, so we weren't sure if we'd even bother renting the bike. We had a hotel room for the week in Portmarnock, and only had the bike for Friday and Saturday. We rode around 900 kms. in those two days. Friday night we stayed in a little B&B in Clifden.
Had we known the weather was going to be perfect, we wouldn't have stayed in Dublin after the first night. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a couple if B&Bs, and we could have easily toured more of the country for the rest of the week.
Had we known the weather was going to be perfect, we wouldn't have stayed in Dublin after the first night. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a couple if B&Bs, and we could have easily toured more of the country for the rest of the week.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Ah! The homeland! God Bless Eire!! It's been years since I was there. Beautiful pics, Cail 
And congratulations on your marriage. May you both have a long, happy, full life together.
And congratulations on your marriage. May you both have a long, happy, full life together.
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
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Great shots, Cail, and welcome back!
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Well Done Cail , nice choice for your honeymoon I must say and the sign you were in front off with Tullamore on it is quiet near where I,m from lol. I hope the irish treated you alright. 
By the way How did you find the roads 
Good or Bad .
By the way How did you find the roads Good or Bad .A lie well told and told often enough,I'm damned if the truth will ever catch up with it!
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I think the pookas were hiding from the bike.
I would have loved to have stayed out west longer, but we only had two days. My original plan was to go from Naas, to Galway, to Donegal, to Belfast, then back to Naas.....In two days. No way possible. I think I could spend two weeks between Cobh and Westport. For a tiny island, it's time consuming.
The roads were......Challenging. I got used to riding on the left pretty quickly, though it still made me clench up every time I saw oncoming traffic on my right side. America's roads were designed for cars, Ireland's roads weren't. Other than the highways, two lane roads are no wider than about 14 feet. Not a lot of guardrails around the coast either. And it was interesting dodging the sheep.
But I'm convinced that God created Ireland just for motorcyclists.
I would have loved to have stayed out west longer, but we only had two days. My original plan was to go from Naas, to Galway, to Donegal, to Belfast, then back to Naas.....In two days. No way possible. I think I could spend two weeks between Cobh and Westport. For a tiny island, it's time consuming.
The roads were......Challenging. I got used to riding on the left pretty quickly, though it still made me clench up every time I saw oncoming traffic on my right side. America's roads were designed for cars, Ireland's roads weren't. Other than the highways, two lane roads are no wider than about 14 feet. Not a lot of guardrails around the coast either. And it was interesting dodging the sheep.
But I'm convinced that God created Ireland just for motorcyclists.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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The roads were......Challenging. I got used to riding on the left pretty quickly, though it still made me clench up every time I saw oncoming traffic on my right side. America's roads were designed for cars, Ireland's roads weren't. Other than the highways, two lane roads are no wider than about 14 feet. Not a lot of guardrails around the coast either. And it was interesting dodging the sheep.
Be glad you experienced them after Ireland joined the EU! Many of the smaller roads, especially way out west or way up north, in the poorer counties, would have been treacherous on a bike! The roads, along with some bizarre (to me) farming practices were the first (and clearest)differences I saw post-EU.Aglithophile and conniptionist and spectacular moonbow beholder 16Jul11
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Very nice. Congratulations. On a Harley no less - at least you had two people to push it. 
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