Connemara mountains and lakes day. 29.6-mile loop, north and east of hotel.
North from Letterfrack, cross Dawros River, out on Renvyle Peninsula,
pass Tully Mountain, through Tully and Tullycross, east along north coast,
side trip to Killary Harbour fjord, southeast along Lough ("lock", lake) Muc, Lough Fee.
Then a westerly return by Kylemore Lake, Kylemore Abbey, and Connemara National Park.
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Rosleague Manor from across the bay
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Tully Mountain
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Dawros River where it meets the Derryinver Bay (3 pix)
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Derryinver Bay panorama (L to R, 3 pix)
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Connemara pony
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farmstead along the bay
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stack of peat (turf) bricks
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queen of the hill
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Wild Rose
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Tully Mountain on Renvyle Peninsula (3 pix)
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more Renvyle Peninsula views (2 pix)
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Tully Lough (Lake) panorama (L to R, 3 pix)
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sea view
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panorama (L to R, 3 pix)
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Mweel Rea Mountains from Renvyle Peninsula
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beach and caravan park
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more views along coast (2 pix)
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entering Tully
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horses near Tully sign, spooked by my skidding tires (2 pix)
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my "horse"
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entering Tullycross
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thatched cottage rental units in Tullycross
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wood sculpture in Tullycross:
A fish eating a fish, eating a fish, ...
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horses in field
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fields and mountains
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two horses looking for a handout (7 pix)
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Bog Cotton (2 pix)
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small modern home
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larger modern home (2 pix)
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coastal home (2 pix)
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mountains, beach, ocean, and Fuchsia
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seaside sheep
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rugged coast (6 pix)
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Irish boy with forced smile
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mountain view
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cottage
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Binn Chuanna (Benchoona) with streams, bog (2 pix)
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Lough Muc and fly fisherman
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Bog Cotton, little white flags in the wind
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Bog Cotton close-up
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roadside church
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more views along Lough Muc and Binn Chuanna (4 pix)
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homes across from Lough Muc
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more views along Lough Muc (7 pix)
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turn off to picnic spot (3 pix)
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panorama of Killary Harbour, Ireland's only fjord (L to R, 5 pix)
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(aquaculture in harbour: mussels?)
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stone wall and sheep pastures (2 pix)
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the magical Rowan Tree (Mountain Ash)
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colorful stone wall
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recent turf (peat) cutting (2 pix)
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main road, N59, in Kylemore region
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roadside chapel with US flag (2 pix)
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Kylemore House opposite Kylemore Lough
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Kylemore Lough (2 pix)
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shady stretch of N59
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Kylemore Abbey, now a girls' school (3 pix)
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Kylemore Lough panorama, across road from abbey (L to R, 4 pix)
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Pangur Ban Restaurant (2 pix)
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boats on bay near Rosleague Manor Hotel
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Avoca (The Possibly Shop) craft shop
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entrance to Rosleague Manor
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Hydrangeas at entrance
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entrance road through dark woods
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bay view at end of path from hotel
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the only sunset captured during trip
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