{"id":1948,"date":"2014-07-15T22:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2018-07-13T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:07:16","slug":"our-western-ireland-bus-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/2014\/07\/15\/our-western-ireland-bus-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Western Ireland Bus Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Kylemore Castle (built in 1870 for Mitchell Henry of London) – Connemara, County Galway, Ireland<\/small><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We traveled over the mountains through the beautiful Connemara National Park<\/a> 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 The\u00a0Kylemore Abbey Castle<\/a>. 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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