I’ve been visiting Ireland for 3 years now. Can’t say I’ve come close to finishing the island. Kerry remains out of reach, Donegal is still elusive, and the marshes of Connemara are a bit too far from Dublin for an effective day trip. Ireland is getting more expensive, and the island still feels incredibly rural outside of Dublin, which is why I find it so charming, I presume.
I’ve been everywhere from the Antrim Coast to the Barack Obama gas station on several sporadic trips for the last three years. I always find a reason to go back. Don’t let anyone tell you the Cliffs of Moher are a tourist trap or overrated, they are delightful.
90% of tourists I meet are American. I’ve never seen an Asian tourist which is genuinely shocking. I’m guessing Americans visit because of ancestry and Ireland is just too isolated to justify a detour on an Asian traveller’s Europe itinerary. Perhaps they’ve just eluded me.
1 - Next parish: Boston, Cliffs of Moher
2 - Dusk in the city, Kilkenny
3 - Orange bloom, Kilkenny
4 - Rocks, the Burren
5 - Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin
6 - Thoroughfare, Dublin
7 - Grass, Cliffs of Moher
8 - Bank of Ireland at evening, Dublin
9 - Plunging into the sea, Cliffs of Moher
10 - General Post Office, Dublin
11 - Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin,
12 - Church, Dublin
13 - Phoenix Park, Dublin
14 - Path by the sea, Howth
15 - Mural wall, Belfast
16 - Churchyard, Glendalough
17 - Malahide Castle, Malahide
18 - Giant’s Causeway
19 - Sheep, Wicklow
20 - I wandered lonely as a cloud, Glendalough