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Lough Bunny: A Quiet Limestone Lake in the Burren
After our Achill Island day, which ended with a late-afternoon walk on Dugort Beach, it was time to move on. Day 7 of our Ireland road trip was a travel day: we packed up the van, left our base in Lisacul, Co. Roscommon, and set off for Farranfore in County…
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Dugort Beach: A Quiet Sandy Bay Below Slievemore on Achill Island
After our walk at Keel Beach, we drove north over the Slievemore road to Dugort Beach, the second beach of our unplanned afternoon on Achill Island. In this post we share how parking on the grass went with our van, what the beach is like, when the lifeguards are on…
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Keel Beach Achill Island: A Huge Beach That’s Busy Even in Grey Weather
After a rainy morning at the Museum of Country Life and lunch in Newport, the weather surprisingly cleared up in the afternoon, so we decided to drive on to Keel Beach on Achill Island after all. We had read that it is one of the most impressive and liveliest beaches…
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Museum of Country Life & Newport Mayo: A Rainy Day in County Mayo
After a long day of beaches in Donegal that ended at Bundoran Beach, the Irish weather finally caught up with us. Grey skies, steady rain, no chance of a cliff walk. So we did what the locals do and headed indoors: to the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park…
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Donegal Road Trip: Rossnowlagh to Bundoran in One Day
This was day five of our Ireland trip and our Donegal road trip in a single day: after the storm had cost us our beach day the day before, we finally got one at Rossnowlagh, where you can drive onto the sand. From Rossnowlagh to Bundoran it is only a…
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Bundoran Beach: The Town Beach, and Why We Prefer Tullan Beach
Right next to the Bundoran Adventure Park is the way down to Bundoran Beach, the town’s main beach on Donegal Bay. Since we were already there, we walked down for a look. In this post we share our honest impression of Bundoran Beach, where to park a van, what to…
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