What I did on My Vacation to Ireland

Summary

Friday -	Flew from Denver to Atlanta to Shannon, Ireland.
Saturday -	Drove to the cottage in Portsalon, on the Fanad peninsula.
Sunday -	Drove the coast (and got lost on the inland roads) on Fanad.
Monday -	Drove to Donegal town, shopped for tweed and sweaters.
Tuesday -	Drove the Inishowen 100 (coastline of Inishowen peninsula). Got lost.
Wednesday -	Drove to Letterkenny for souvenir shopping and sweaters. Lounged at cottage.
Thursday -	Drove to the walled city, Derry/Londonderry (Northern Ireland).
Friday -	Drove to Shannon. Stayed at the airport hotel.
Saturday -	Flew to Atlanta, then to Denver. (We got delayed by that nut in Atlanta who caused the airport to shut down.)

It was off tourist season. Many stores were closed, and the castles we tried were inaccessible.
It got dark about 4:30 pm. Usually planned to be back at the cottage by then.
The first two days it was cold and very misty. Then we got great bright sunny weather for all but one other day.
There was a LOT of road construction.
And, of course, we had to drive on the left.....on narrow roads.....some only 1 car width in the extreme rural areas.....that was a first, for me.
We had a great time in our Irish Cottage Vacation.

Handy Irish phrases for Customs

Handy Irish phrases for the Police

Explanation of Cows vs. Sheep (and phrases)

Fairly wide Irish road (some wider, many narrower - many rural roads are closely bordered with hedges, trees, fences, stone walls, or a combination of all of the above.)