The West's Awake!

Marek's Slovakian friend Marika was in Ireland for the weekend, so Marek, Thomas and I decided to take a drive out West to show her some of the country.

We booked a B&B in a town called Roosky (which gave the Slovaks a laugh) but when we got there, they had lost our reservation and were full! We eventually found one room in Carrick-on-Shannon, in a B&B run by a cute Lithuanian girl.

We found a great bar called Havana in Carrick and got nicely toasted. Walked back to the B&B singing a Slovakian drinking song... Po jebali conje vos....

After breakfast cured our sore heads, we drove west, went out in a rowing boat on Lough Key, stopped at Lough Arrow, drove on to Rosses Point, saw Benbulbin and the grave of WB Yeats, went climbin on some cliffs in Donegal, found a nice beach and eventually stopped for dinner in Donegal town.

After a long day, we took the scenic route home through Northern Ireland, via Enniskillen, then down through Cavan and Meath.

At the end of the road, in Swords, I rang my brother John to wish him happy birthday and by coincidence he was at a party on the next street!