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Our Western Ireland Bus Tour

:: Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 @ 10:50 pm

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The Kylemore Castle (built in 1870 for Mitchell Henry of London) – Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Today we, meaning the entire Bedford Clan, decided to do a little sightseeing of the western side of the country. So after inquiring with the concierge at the castle, we were lined up with a very nice older gentleman who had his own tour bus and sightseeing business. We gave him a couple of places we thought we would like to see and then he put together a full days outing which would have us cover a huge area of western Ireland.

We traveled over the mountains through the beautiful Connemara National Park and as far north as Leenaun (I think… no cell service!) We tip-toed through the Peat Bogs and also had a nice lunch at TheĀ Kylemore Abbey Castle. We drove out Sky Road through Kingstown to one of the western most points to a beautiful scenic overlook of the Atlantic Ocean and then down through Clifden. It was a very long day, but we felt we had seen a lot of the country by the time we got back to Ashford Castle.

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