Cliffs of Moher, Clare, Ireland

We had visited the Cliffs of Moher in 2007. We stopped there again in 2022 on our way to Ashford Castle.

In 2007, the weather was clear. Not so much in 2022. It wasn't really raining but the air was saturated with moisture. And the wind was beyond blustery.

We ate a quick lunch in the Visitor Centre and then tried to walk up toward O'Brien's Tower. The wind had a different idea.

Their web site is here and the wikipedia article is here.

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Killimer-Tarbert Car Ferry, Clare, Ireland

To get from the Cliffs of Moher to our bed and breakfast on the Dingle Peninsula, we had to either drive around the Shannon estuary or take the ferry across it. We went for the ferry. It goes from Killimer in County Clare to Tarbert in County Kerry in about 20 minutes.

The ferry is run by Shannon Ferries Ltd.

My pictures are here.

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Zoom in a couple of clicks and look just to the West. Isn't that an old ferry grounded over there?


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Cliffs of Moher, Clare, Ireland

The Cliffs of Moher are over 600 feet high near O'Brien's Tower.

One million tourists a year make the trek out here. I suspect that most of those tourists make the trip in buses. Look at the roads leading there.

Their web site is here and the wikipedia article is here.

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Dysert O'Dea Castle, Corofin, Clare, Ireland

Don't let me saying that the Dysert O'Dea Castle is at Corofin fool you. This place isn't close to anything.

We had bought a photo of a doorway at the nearby (ha!) monastery for our son-in-law. My daughter saw the doorway in a travel guide and asked if we would be near there. "Sure," I said. It actually is kinda on the way to the Cliffs of Moher.

She rode shotgun and got us to this place. It truly is one of those "turn off the paved road" places.

Here are the directions from their web site:

After 6.gkm (4 miles) take a left at a cross roads. As you travel down this road, follow the sign posts to take a right to bring you to the centre.

Not much mention of road names is there?

Even when we got to the castle, we couldn't find the monastery. We finally gave up and started to leave. On the way out we saw the sign. We still had to climb 2 fences and walk past the cow.

Here's their web site and here's the wikipedia page. Here are my pictures.

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Poulnabrone Tomb, Caherconnell, Clare, Ireland

On the burrens near Caherconnell, County Clare, stands the Poulnabrone Tomb. It is one of those things you've just got to see. It's between 3000 and 4000 years old and is the tomb for at least 22 people.

You can see from my pictures that's it's in the middle of a field of limestone.

Here's the wikipedia article.

By the way, I wouldn't call Caherconnell much of a place!

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