we left arou d 9 am from Dingle to drive to Galway, it was a long drive however we made a few key stops.

Irish Countryside

Not to be confused with the English countryside, the Irish countryside is spectacular.

Cliffs of Moher

Before Galway, we stopped at the Cliffs of Moher.

The views are majestic and spectacular and we had fair weather as a nice bonus.

Driving In Ireland

This long drive here also reminded me of a big pet peeve and criticism I have of Ireland: The roads.

Almost all of Ireland outside of Dublin is connected by a single two lane highway. The road is fairly narrow and there are often hedges or rock walls along the road that block views around curves and corners.

I assume the hedges are there to block farm animals from getting into the road but they also impede visual cues while driving.

I wish that were the only problem witb Irish roads but the fact is the roads are used by EVERYBODY. At one point a single bicycist was slowing down a line of cars because there was no way to pass.

At other points, pedestrians were walking along the edge and in order to not run over them, one side of the traffic needed to stop until one could pass by on the other lane.

In another section, road was being repaired which means one lane was shutdown and cars had to queue to give each other time to rotate passing.

There are also large slow moving big rig trucks hauling stuff that move slow and difficult to pass.

Overall, driving has been unpleasant as there are also imparient speed demons that ignore all speed limits and traffic rules.

Parking

Parking is also a major problem as it simply doesnt exist in most places around Ireland.

I would have prefered NOT to drive entirely bus there is no train system as far as I could tell and only ONE major road between cities.

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