Blog By James

Musically, this is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a really long time.

I updated my Gear page with a few quick shots of my drums.

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After a brilliant morning in Waterford, we hit the road and began enjoying the lovely Irish countryside:

We worked our way up through Tipperary and Limerick, reaching our final destination of Galway later that day.

We had a little trouble finding the B&B at first but eventually we made it and unpacked for a two night stay in Galway. Our short walk to the downtown area looked a little like this:

That night we had a delightful dinner at The Malt House:

The next day we did a lot of driving, beginning with a visit to Cong and Cong Abbey which was just amazingly beautiful:

After visiting the Quiet Man Cottage Museum there in Cong, we took off towards Doolin. The road there was long, curvy and very narrow at parts. We stopped a couple of times to snap a photo:

Once we made it to Doolin in County Clare, we absolutely had to stop at Gus O’Connor’s pub for a pint and some stew. There is absolutely no question that when we return to Ireland we’ll be staying in Doolin for at least one night. Doolin is world famous for its traditional Irish music and when we were there it was too early in the day for any live music.

We took only one shot of the inside of Gus’ and I apologize for the blurriness. The gentleman sitting to the left of the fireplace was there with his pint, just as you see him the entire time we were there. I saw two separate couples at the table to his right, sit down, eat and leave without him moving an inch. Locals that knew him stopped by, talked with him and went on their way. He definitely appeared to be a fixture and who knows how long he was there after we left. It really was a fantastic place.

Next up, the Cliffs of Moher, the spectacular Pullman Restaurant and a little more on Galway… Pt.11