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Awesome trip- 2 days in Dublin (crowded, busy, lots of tourists, even in October. Worth a visit, though), then drove to Sligo, with the intention of spending a couple of days only, then heading south to Galway and Cork. Did a 4 hour horseback ride on Monday, and decided we could stay in teh area, so we did. Did a day trip north from Sligo to Donegal (very small town, nice town center (the Diamond), but tiny. Castle was closed, first 3 pubs didn't have Bulmers), a day trip south to look at castles (Ballymote, Ballinafad, Moygara), and spent a day climbing Knocknarea.
Sligo's great- very friendly people, if you're there, I recommend stoppingin to see Michael Quirk in his wood shop on Wine Street. He's a talker, be prepared to hang out a bit. Apparently the town gets very busy in the summer, but in October the weather's still great, and there aren't any tourists (except us).
All in all, A+ week.
Awesome trip- 2 days in Dublin (crowded, busy, lots of tourists, even in October. Worth a visit, though), then drove to Sligo, with the intention of spending a couple of days only, then heading south to Galway and Cork. Did a 4 hour horseback ride on Monday, and decided we could stay in teh area, so we did. Did a day trip north from Sligo to Donegal (very small town, nice town center (the Diamond), but tiny. Castle was closed, first 3 pubs didn't have Bulmers), a day trip south to look at castles (Ballymote, Ballinafad, Moygara), and spent a day climbing Knocknarea.
Sligo's great- very friendly people, if you're there, I recommend stoppingin to see Michael Quirk in his wood shop on Wine Street. He's a talker, be prepared to hang out a bit. Apparently the town gets very busy in the summer, but in October the weather's still great, and there aren't any tourists (except us).
All in all, A+ week.