Silent Sunday

May 14, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Sunday stroll on Ireland’s west coast! (Belmullet, Mayo, Ireland)

NIGHT

October 30, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is NIGHT County Mayo, West of Ireland, June 23rd, 2021 According to the bible, John the Baptist was born about 6 months before Jesus, so his feast day – St. John’s Day – was fixed for June 24th (6 months before Christmas). The night before – St. John’s Eve, […]

FALL IN LOVE WITH MAYO: #8 – THE GRAND FINALE WITH 7 HONOURABLE MENTIONS!

January 18, 2022.Reading time 37 minutes.

I know what you’re thinking – this lot can’t be up to much if she’s lumping them together! Not true! At all! These Mayo blogs have covered half-day activities (climbing Croagh Patrick / Greenway cycling) or full day touring (Achill / Mullet Peninsula / Céide Coast / etc.). This final group include sights, sites and […]

FALL IN LOVE WITH MAYO: #7 – THE SOUTHERN LOOP

January 11, 2022.Reading time 47 minutes.

Soft day. Thank God! smiles the waiter at breakfast. Soft day. Thank God! nods the cleaner in the hallway, waiting to start on the bedrooms. Soft day. Thank God! chirps the receptionist on our way out. What is WRONG with you all!!! I don’t WANT a ‘soft day! I want heat and sunshine! (but I’d […]

FALL IN LOVE WITH MAYO: #6 – THE CÉIDE COAST

December 7, 2021.Reading time 60 minutes.

‘Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away ‘ (Sarah Kay) And what a shoreline! With the mighty Atlantic pounding against the cliffs or lapping the sandy beaches, this remote and rugged north coast, hanging off the edge of […]