An easy l l/2 hrs to Westport. Traveling on Sundays is GOOD! as everyone is in church and the shops are closed in the towns and villages. Even Galway was pretty simple.
Got here way before check-in so went on the short drive to Croagh Patrick~~Ireland's Holy Mountain. This is where every year 100,000 people make the trek up the mountain to the church at the top. The trail is all rocks, large and small. Some hike up barefoot, that is rather extreme I'd say. The mountain is quartzite and looks like a cone. St. Patrick is Ireland's patron saint.
We also visited the ruins of Murrisk Abbey. Even though it is very old, people are still buried in the newest cemetary there.
Monday we will head to Achill Island, one of the only islands that has a bridge from the mainland. We'll be doing the Atlantic Ocean Drive which should be beautiful.
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