29th June 2018.
Rosses Point is a seaside resort about 10 kilometres from Sligo.
Statue “Waiting On Shore”.
Statue “Waiting On Shore”,
The Post Office.
Stopping off in Rosses Point did make the day a little longer but a nice surprise on a very warm day.
29th June 2018.
A church outing for senior citizens. A coach trip 160 kilometres via Enniskillen to Sligo (population 20,000).
Unusual statue of William Butler Yeats.
It is impossible to avoid W B Yeats in Sligo.
Yeats Memorial Building.
Glasshouse Hotel.
River Garavogue.
Post Office.
My wife in Sligo.
Independence Monument.
The Famine Monument.
GAA Sligo colours.
When we got back on our coach, it was decided to go to Rosses Point, a seaside town about 10 kilometres from Sligo.
28th August 2017. Enniscrone (population 1,200) is a seaside resort in County Sligo. A lot of the homes here are actually holiday homes. This was an unusual trip. I took a coach from Belfast at 2am and arrived in Dublin about 4.30am. I had breakfast in a fast food chain and then took a bus at 7am to Ballina in County Mayo.
I arrived in Ballina at lunch time and met by my wife, one son and daughter in law and their baby son. They were renting a holiday home in Enniscrone, about 10 kilometres from Ballina.
A seaside resort in driving rain can be a depressing place. But there was a small parade of kids celebrating a local festival to honour the mythical Black Pig.
A fun fair with not many people.
A walk along the beach. Quite windy and wet. Enniscrone is one of Irelands leading Surfing venues.
I stayed the night in Enniscrone and the next morning, got a coach from Ballina to Dublin and a train home.
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