IMG_3534 The Burren
IMG_3537 The Burren, nearing Kinvara
IMG_3538 Cistercian Corcomroe Abbey, 13th century. Sure the tall, blond, blue-eyed Vikings robbed monasteries, but the Celtic girls enticed them to assimilate. Their genes are still here.
IMG_3541 Galway Bay near Kinvara
IMG_3542 Kinvara
IMG_3543 Kinvara
IMG_3545 Dunguaire Castle. Kinvera
IMG_3546 Galway. Parts of the medieval city wall are preserved inside Eyre Square shopping centre
IMG_3547 Here we met our guide for a walking tour of old Galway
IMG_3550 Built ~1500, this home of the powerful Lynch family is now an Allied Irish Bank
IMG_3551 Galway
IMG_3553 St Nicholas Collegiate Church, said to have long associations with the Masons and the Knights Templar