Not really cliffs in this first photo! We stopped for a late lunch at a pub in Doolin. The tables were made from the bases of treadle sewing machines! I had to get a quick picture of them. The food here was delicious, and so welcome after our trip on the ferry. Tea, sandwiches, soup, and a tot of Jameson's set me up just right.
towards the Aran Islands.
O'Brien's Tower. O'Brien seemed to be the name on a lot of places in this region, and I came home with a macabre story about the wife of one of them. More about her in a later post, I hope.
Looking north, I believe.
The light changed again, and the water looked more gray and stormy.
The sentinel rock I showed in my last post, far below O'Brien's Tower.
And then we were off again to take the Wild Atlantic Way back to Galway.
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Now this is more my idea of seeing the Cliffs of Moher - from the land! Doolin is a pretty little village isn't it? Lots of colourful buildings as you drive through, I can't remember whether I've ever stopped there though since I remember the name I suspect that at some point I have had a walk round.
ReplyDeleteA spectacular place to be sure. I seem to remember that a friend of mine played a tune, a reel I think, called the Cliffs Of Moher on the fiddle. Apparently it was so named because of the huge range between the highest and lowest notes.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to that tune (a jig actually)
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It doesn't seem to have such a huge range either so quite possibly a different tune with the same name (?) A rattling good tune anyway.
A tot of Jameson's makes everything just right :)
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