Ireland Week 1

We spent the first week of our Ireland trip in Doolin at a bed and breakfast called Cullinan's, which was great.  The day we arrived we went to see Bunratty Castle, a restored 15th c. castle.  Our first full day we went on a hike around Doolin, finding a 12th c. church in ruins and a megalith, stone ruins from about 3000 BC.

We also found walls with sheep holes.

We went to the Burren a bit that afternoon, a national park.  On the second day we went over to Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands.  We rented bikes and biked over the hill and down the hill, had lunch and then A & D went up to the Stone Age fort and M & I took the easy route back.

The next day we went up to Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo where the Caufield side of the family is from.  We took the route along the coast and stopped along the cliffs.  That night we went to MacDermott's one of the local pubs known for music.  We had a great dinner then watched some of the soccer game before the band played some great music.

The next day we headed further south to our next destination, Bantry.