Under Construction: Sort of. I've updated the site now and there are more pictures, plus almost all of them are thumbnails now so they load faster. However, well, it's not quite finished. You know when you put something in a "safe" place so you can find it? For some reason I don't even remember anymore, I separated some of my pictures of the trip from the rest. I can think of no logical reason for it now, or where on earth I would have moved them to, but there you have it. Anyway, the point being that now I've got a few rolls of pictures and one picture CD that are not with the rest of them. So, I can't very well do anything to the last page until I track down that CD. In the meantime, I've left the old pictures up there. All of the other pages have the thumbnails up now though, and I checked them to make sure they're working. Let me know if there's a glitch somewhere I missed.

So, for some reason I've always had this fascination with Ireland and it's been a dream of mine, for years and years, to go there. I finally saved up money for it, and told my parents I was going, even if I had to go alone. And my mom, of course, said, "No way are you going to a foreign country by yourself." Smart woman. So, she sent my dad with me. We left May 18, 2005 and came back May 28. Here are some of the pictures I took while we were there. Click on the thumbnails to see the larger version. And I'm not too terribly possessive. If you want to use the pictures, feel free. Just give some credit maybe. And if you want a copy of the bigger picture, just drop me a line tmbridenstine@hotmail.com.

Day 1: The Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare

Day 2: Ennis Friary, Co. Clare, and Shanagolden and Askeaton, Co. Limerick

Day 3: Ring of Kerry, Co. Kerry

Day 3 Continued: The Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry

Day 4: Mucross House and Ross Castle, Co. Kerry

Day 5: Blarney Castle, Co. Cork to Spiddal, Co. Galway

Day 6: Aughnanure Castle, Castle Kirke, Kylemore Abbey, and Carraroe, Co. Galway

Day 7: Slieve League, Co. Donegal

Day 8: Glenveagh National Park, Doe Castle, and Bloody Forelands, Co. Donegal

Days 9 & 10: Donegal Town and Shannon Airport

For those who have no idea where these places are, here is a map. The red dots are the places we stayed, in the order we stayed in them. (One night in Ennis, Co. Clare, two nights in Killarney, Co. Kerry, one night in Cork, Co. Cork, two nights in Spiddal, Co. Galway, two nights in Donegal, Co. Donegal, and one night in Bunratty, Co. Clare.) The green dots are the places we visited. The black lines are.... basically the places we drove. There weren't roads on the map, so I had to try to remember what towns we drove through.

a. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare
b. Ennis Friary, Co. Clare
c. Labasheeda, Co. Clare
d. Killimer, Co. Clare to Tarbert, Co. Kerry ferry
e. Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
f. Desmond Castle, Askeaton, Co. Limerick
g. Sneem, Ring of Kerry, Co. Kerry
h. Dingle, Co. Kerry
i. The Lakes of Killarney, Ross Castle, Mucross House, Co. Kerry
j. Macroom, Co. Cork
k. Blarney Castle, Co. Cork
l. The Burren, Co. Clare
m. Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, Co. Galway
n. Spiddal, Co. Galway
o. Aughnanure Castle, Oughterard, Co. Galway
p. Castle Kirke, Maam Cross, Co. Galway
q. Leenaun to Louisburgh (Co. Mayo) road
r. Kylemore Abbey, Co. Galway
s. Carraroe, Co. Galway
t. Slieve League, Co. Donegal
u. Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
v. Glenveagh Castle, Glenveagh National Park, Co. Donegal
w. Doe Castle, Creeslough, Co. Donegal
x. Bloody Forelands, Co. Donegal
y. Shannon Airport, Co. Clare

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