Travel Tuesday: Through the West of Ireland

I know. I know. I should probably change Travel, Wine, and Dine to A Blog about Ireland and Sonoma, because I am fully obsessed with both places and could blog about them day in and day out. One of the reasons I decided to do away with paid blog ads was because I just wanted to blog about what I wanted, with the hopes that someone would find it interesting. Spilling my heart and camera and iPhone into a blog post and being able to share favorite places makes my day, so I hope you don’t mind a couple more Ireland posts. There’s a lot of healthy cooking on its way. . .

Today for Travel Tuesday, I thought a drive through the West of Ireland countryside would be a nice little getaway for the brain. It’s going to be 20 degrees for the high in Boston today, and I am certainly thinking of travel.  Sit back and enjoy some views from Connemara, Westport, and Barna, all places I recommend visiting when you base your Ireland trip in County Galway.

{Keane’s Bar, at Maam Bridge}

The booth at the front of Keane’s Bar, located in Maam in Connemara, is the perfect spot for gazing out over the hills with a hot whiskey after a long hike in the Irish countryside.

{Driving through Connemara in the West of Ireland}

{Foggy Connemara, where the sky meets the mountains}

{Barna beach day}

{O’Grady’s Barna}

{Thatched Cottage in Barna}

{Beaches in Connemara in the West of Ireland}

{Matt Molloy’s Pub, Westport County Mayo}

{A sunny day in Barna}

{Lunch views from O’Grady’s in Barna}

{Seafood chowder at O’Grady’s in Barna}