Ireland's West Coast

Our journey continued down the entire West coast to the Dingle Peninsula. We explored lots of castles, saw numerous sheep, and of course enjoyed many pubs!


The views were unbelievable! Here we are posing at the edge of The Burren, a 150 square mile region of rocky expanse.




We happened upon this castle during our drive and decided to pull over and explore.








Exploring another dilapidated castle.







A local we met on a Dublin bus gave us a great time saving tip for this leg of our journey. His advice: stop in this little town of Killimer and hop on the Shannon car ferry - cutting across the peninsulas this way will save you over an hour drive!




On our way to Dingle while enjoying the beautiful countryside










Sheep everywhere!





Driving around the Dingle Peninsula



One of our first stops in Dingle was to a very local pub for a bite and a pint. Dingle is known for having a much more traditional Irish feel as well as a much higher concentration of Gaelic speaking residents than the rest of Ireland.



Live Irish music was played in many of the pubs. You would have thought these guys were the Beatles the way the crowd was into it!


Up Next: The Ring of Kerry!