Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Irish bucket list (outside Dublin )

Continuing from Dublin bucket list and that old post from 2008, on the 10 best things to do in Ireland, here's my Irish bucket list (omitting Dublin ):


  • See Fungi the dolphin in Dingle, and have a swim with Dustin in Doolin.   ✔ ✔
  • Visit Newgrange   ✔
  • Visit the Titanic exposition in Belfast   ✔✔
  • lock-in a pub ( not necessarily drunk).  ✔
  • See the Giant Causeway  ✔
  • Games Of Thrones film location road trip:
    • Tollymore Forest Park.
    • Castle Ward.
    • The Dark Edges.
    • Downhill Strand.
    • Ballintoy.
    • Shillanavoghy Valley.
  • Walk to the top of Croagh Patrick
  • A road trip along the Atlantic Film Trail:
    • Leenane (Movie: The Field)
    • Cong (Movies: The Quiet Man, The Purple Taxi) ✔
    • Roundstone (Movie: Into the west)
    • Dingle Peninsula (Movies: Far and Away, Ryan's daughter) ✔
    • Derrynane (Movie: Excalibur)
    • Union Hall (Movie: The War of the button) ✔
    • Kilmichael - Co Cork (Movie: The wind that shakes the barley)
    • Youghal (Movie: Moby Dick)
  • See the Cliffs of Moher ✔ - bonus: On a boat from the sea. ✔
  • Walk the Wicklow way / St Kevin's Way
  • Climb Mount Brandon (Kerry)
  • Mountain bike in Ballyhoura. ✔
  • Cycle the Great Western Greenway (Mayo)
  • Cycle the Dublin-Galway Greenway (once completed)
  • Visit the Japanese Garden in Tramore
  • Cycle the Great Southern Trail
  • Pub in session in the Salty dog in Kilkee. ✔
  • Surf on the Clare coast. ✔
  • Scuba-diving the following sites:
    • Down the Skelligs. ✔
    • Kilkee. ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
    • Inishboffin. ✔
    • Hook Head. ✔
    • U boat in Cork.
  • Spend a week on an island off the west coast of Ireland. ✔
  • Father Ted Festival
  • Electric Picnic. ✔ ✔
  • Body & Soul. ✔
  • Sea Session. ✔
  • Climb Carrauntoohill. ✔
  • Attend a Munster Hurling Final in Semple Stadium.
  • Listen to ghost stories in Kinsale. ✔
  • Watch the sunset over Rock of Cashel. ✔
  • Circumnavigate Ireland in a sea kayak.
  • Sea Kayak expedition in the following:
    • Kerry
    • Tramore ✔
    • Cork
    • Dublin Bay
    • Clare Coast.
  • A night out in a Doolin or Brandon pub. ✔
  • Spend a night on one of the Aran Island, after a day of cycling, you'll enjoy the best Guinness in the world. ✔
  • Drink a pint in the South Pole Inn, on your way to Dingle. ✔
  • Have an unexpected encounter with sharks on the west coast of Ireland (basking or blue). ✔
  • Climb all the way up to the Skelligs.
  • Participate to a Currach race down in Kerry or a Galway Hooker race up to the Arans.

Brickmania

Lego Smurf castle ??   Eva.... massive build Swimming in bricks ?