Below is a snapshot of all the Irish cities I spent the night in. Don’t forget the Northern Ireland page.
I spent 2 weeks this summer making a driving tour completely circling Ireland. I have a special page just for this trip. Click on Ireland Itinerary to see for yourself.
Dublin
Cork
Killarney
Ennistymon
Galway
Donegal
Dublin
The River Life.
The entire city grew up around this river. Shops and pubs line both sides.
My First Lunch
Tired and hungry after my arrival I order a bowl of fish soup.
Trinity Capital Hotel
My first hotel in Dublin is in the Trinity District. A tiny room in Dublin at the Trinity Capitol Hotel.
Jazz singer
Oak Smoked Salmon and Organic Salmon Pie and a Guinness.
Father and Daughter band
Another Pub
You can’t possibly hit them all.
Guinness Storehouse
Guinness beer barrels
Guinness factory schematic
Bottles & bottles
Guinness Tasting
A Guinness A Day.
Fine words to live by.
Big Gate
This is the entrance to the Guinness Storehouse. Apparently storehouse was the name for brewery some time ago.
Waterford
Waterford crystal
Cutting the Glass
Here a worker is carefully cutting the grooves in a goblet.
Different types of glasses
Glass showroom
Champagne anyone?
This is the world’s tallest crystal glass.
Blarney Castle
Long Line
It took about two hours to get through the Castle.
Blarney Dave.
This is the Spot
Looking from the ground up at where the Blarney Stone is.
Closeup.
Musicians inside the castle.
Climbing the stairs.
Kissers
Blarney kissers of all ages.
This guy missed the stone completely because he didn’t go
down far enough.
This guy hit the mark.
Trying to get back up and it started raining.
The Mobile Station
My Station
Audi Quattro A7 Rental.
The antenna mounted to a side door very nicely using a trunk lip mount.
Antenna close-up
The Little Tarheel II.
Hooking up the battery
Mobile station layout
Operating
This was taken on a hilltop outside Galway at the start of the IARU contest.
EI/WJ2O/M at the helm!
On The Road
Listening to 20 meter CW while driving. Watch out, I might be heading for your QTH.
Ennistymon
Falls Hotel, Ennistymon
This is the front entrance of the hotel.
Lobby and reception area of the hotel
Ennistymon Falls
Internet in this hotel was only available here in the bar. I managed to make the best of that hardship. Internet in this hotel was only available here in the bar. I managed to make the best of that hardship.
Fueling Up
The rental used diesel and as you can see had a pretty large tank. Filling 76 liters at around a Euro and a half per liter is a lot of money. However, I have been driving for 5 days and this is my first fill up.
National Roads
This image shows a typical main thrufare on the West side of Ireland. Even though the speed limit is 100 km/h, you don’t go that fast when your road shoulders consist of stone hedge rows.
Back to the U.S.A.
Aer Lingus
My transportation back to JFK.
Prior to returning here I spent two days in Northern Ireland. You might want to see the section for GI.
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, I assigned myself the callsign EI/WJ2O/M
On the Road Again
Equipment:
Kenwood TS-480HS Transceiver
Navigator Computer to Radio Interface
Dell Vostro Laptop Computer
CW TouchKeyer.com Model P6 Keyer
Little Tarheel II (6 through 80 meters)
Click on Ireland Itinerary for trip details.
