Bill and I took a Monday off while Aunt Gay and Uncle Larry were here in mid-September for a 3-day road trip. We were able to hit two places on their list: Newgrange and Donegal.
We set out at an impressive 9:20 on Saturday morning, arriving at Newgrange an hour later. On our third visit we still find this neolithic structure impressive. After a bit in the cafeteria (not part of the original Newgrange site) we set out for Donegal. We were welcomed back to the Frewin House in Ramelton and found everything as delightful as our first visit, plus an amazing mushroom.
Gay and Larry had been enticed by pics from our previous trip to Donegal, so on Sunday we retraced our steps to Fanad Head–officially one of my favorite places on earth.
As we continued West we encountered more stunning views.
Much of County Donegal is Gae
ltacht, an Irish-speaking region, complete with Irish road signs.
We stayed near Donegal Town on Sunday night and had dinner at The Olde Castle Bar–some of the best pub grub ever! I’m still thinking about the fish pie, and the Guinness brown bread ice cream was pretty tasty as well.
Monday we would head farther West.
