The scenery is lovely ~ very lush and green. We stopped at the Giants Causeway - its a lot of formations of rock made centuries ago in a volcanic eruption however the Irish have their own story about what they are and how they were formed (did u just see the leprechaun??).
We stopped off in Derry for lunch. There was a market in the middle of town with an amazing array of food. We enjoyed looking around and sampling although we are finding the accent difficult to understand at times - as they are ours!
Next stop Belleek pottery - we had a tour of the factory which was very interesting. Now I can appreciate why its so expensive - its all done by hand with traditional tools. Not my cup of tea but they did have exquisite stuff.
We then stopped at Drumcliffe to see WB Yeats grave - very exciting for some (yawn yawn).
We stayed in Sligo for the night - a nice place with many pubs! Ironically a group of us ended up at one which we found out when talking to the Ozzie bartender was called Swagman - not an authentic Irish pub afterall LOL. He pointed us in the direction of another pub playing traditional music - it was packed! But we had some craic (Irish word)!!!
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