saturday critters

sheep grazing
unfortunately there was no info or sign for this castle.
sky road, clifden, co. galway 20/10/2016. 

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saturday critters

mother and foal
clifden, co. galway
2016

curious but shy

sky road 2

We continue on our journey to the top of Sky Road.  Once at the top, you can continue on the loop but we are planning to head back in to town.

Wild Atlantic Way = the symbol on the sign

 the view to the right of the sky road sculpture

heading back to town

another nice stone wall puzzle

 a nice little donkey resting

back where we started

sky road 1

On our second day in Clifden we headed out to walk the Sky Road loop.  The loop for us was about 7 miles round trip.  It does continue on for people who drive or ride a bike but for us walkers it was enough.  We start at the blue door house and take a left.

 Abbey Glen Castle Hotel -- photo taken from the parking lot.  I had to walk down a hill to get there.

a view of Clifden, love those mountains

 the flowers add a nice touch don't you think

sheep and a mini castle like structure

I wonder what the white lady view means.   Could be a residence, business name or both.

friends

 he was the curious one

some views along the way

 

 a tired looking cow

the wanderer

on the edge

clifden castle, connemara

seen from Sky Road, Clifden.   It looks like it belongs in a fairy tale story.

Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built c. 1818 for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style.  Uninhabited after 1894 it fell into disrepair. In 1935, ownership passed to a group of tenants, who were to own it jointly, and it quickly became a ruin.

Info courtesy of Wikipedia