Connemara National Park / Derryinver Bridge / Renvyle Castle – 17.7.2023

Sun when we got up – great 🙂

We decided to do a hike in the Connemara National Park.

There are a few loop walks that you can do – we only went on the Lower Diamond Hill walk. Apparently there are some high steps on the Upper walk, and I didn’t feel like doing that, because my back was hurting a bit.

There were a lot of people… Most of them spoke French (is Ireland the new insider tip ?).

From the visitor centre there is also a little nature trail.

Nobody else seemed to bother with that trail, but we thought it was magical 🙂

Plenty of fern and moss.

In all the food shops in Ireland the section with the alcohol is „protected“ by a gate. Does that stop anybody buying alcohol ? We also noticed cute little „houses“ for leprechauns (or the little folk ?) here and there – sometimes even in shopping centres!

We stopped at Derryinver Bridge.

It’s amazing how brown the water is.

Taking photos of one another 😉

Driving towards the ruins of Renvyle Castle. These orange flowers (Crocosmia) grow in abundance along the streets!

Before we got to the ruins of the castle, we explored the surroundings. Such explorations often end in a cul-de-sac.

Not much left of the castle…

We walked along the cliffs for a while. Here the sheep are marked in blue.

The cliffs and the beaches look fantastic!

The birds were of the same opinion 🙂

We then drove to Cleggan.

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