The Blayleys

I spent ages online trying to find accomodation for my next night.i initially thought it should be no problem on a Sunday. I first look...

A couple of years ago, John and his brother, Dave, and I went on an unsuccessful search of good weather in Ireland in November. We started i...

After enjoying the great Western Greenway so much, I was intrigued by the trail out of Castlebar. While it is nice to have a dedicated cycle...

I woke to mist and fog. I'm so glad that I got out to see Keem the evening before. Always ride out the tailwind. Always take advantage o...

As I mentioned yesterday, I managed to completely miss Achill Island and then hunger and frustration clouded my judgement and I found myself...

Wait... Belmullet? How did that happen? Weren't you on your way to Achill Island? Well yes. I was. But we will get to that... Fi...

If I'm going to blow the budget I might as well go for it. The hotel had onsite seaweed baths. I'd heard about these a while back, a...

John and I have spent extended time apart many times in the past. When his mother first got sick, he got stuck in Ireland for a while becau...

We stayed in the Cliffs of Moher hotel, but have no Cliffs of Moher photos from this trip. I'll have to scan in some of the slides some...

I was making great progress trying to get caught up with my posts, and then had several long days or days with dodgy Internet and have now ...

Now if you've been following our tour in Ireland this year, you know that on my first visit to Ireland, back in 1993, I brought my tand...

It seems that many residents of Northern Ireland, or Norn Iron in local parlance, flee to Dingle during marching week, or so it seemed base...

After a great evening out with the brother and sister-in-law, we arose early the next morning to catch the train back to Killarney. Well ea...

We arrived in Glengariff just as it was starting to rain. This rain was forecast to continue through the night and throughout the next day....

Six months ago, John's brother, Dave, asked us if we'd like to join him and his new bride for a concert in Dublin a week after the ...