We started today with a boat trip on Lake Corrib.
It included an Irish coffee making demonstration that was
actually quite informative. And the
coffee was really good.
Then we explored more of Connemara.
We finally got a good view of an area where peat was cut and
stacked for drying.
We visited Kylemore Abbey, built as Kylemore Castle in the
mid-1800’s by Mitchell Henry for his wife Margaret. After going through several owners, it was
acquired by the Irish Benedictine Nuns in 1920.
It was a boarding school for many years and a few elderly nuns still
live there.
Margaret Henry died of dysentery while visiting Egypt in
1874 and her husband built the chapel in her memory.
We also toured the gardens, which are in the process of
being restored.
Our final dinner was at a restaurant on the coast outside of
Galway.
We fly home tomorrow.
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