Beautiful pictures...sounds like a wonderful trip. I hope to make it there one day since I am half Irish.

Beautiful scenery. I would love to do a walking/hiking tour in Ireland just for the scenery.

Thanks for sharing, those are beautiful.

Thanks so much for sharing, it sounds like a wonderful trip. I love the photos.

Our 10th anniversary is next year, and I'd love for us to go to Ireland. We just couldn't make it work for our HM. Beautiful photos.

Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous photos! Dh and I went to Ireland three years ago-your photos allowed me to reminisce. Looks like you had nice weather too which is always an unexpected plus when visiting Ireland. Thanks for sharing.

Those are amazing, some could be framed they're so perfect. I'm half Irish too and would love to go there some day. Thank you so much for sharing

Ahhhhh, to be sure, these are more than lovely. (my Irish fake voice) lol
You took incredible pictures. The beauty of Ireland is amazing, isn't it?

Those are some beautiful photos! Thank you for posting them.

Ireland was sooo beautiful! I was glad that my pictures could capture a bit of the beauty, but so many times, I would look at what was on my camera, and it wasn't even close to the majesty of what I was seeing. We were lucky in that the weather was decent much of the time. Sometimes, the day would start out raining, but then the sun would come out in the afternoon for a few hours, and it would be gorgeous.

My husband is Irish so we spent some time with his family, but despite the beauty I could never live there as I really missed the sun--I am not sure that I could adjust to the norm being cloudy.

Beautiful pics! DH & I are talking about a trip there next year and now you've inspired me even more. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Wow, your pictures are AMAZING!!! What camera did you use? Details please! Now I really want to go to Ireland. In our second set (there were three) of travel plans we thought of going across from Wales. Ireland looks like my kind of trip with lots of great walking and light hikes.

Thanks justterrilynn! My sister said I "cheated" since I used the super vivid setting in my camera for most photos. But, for most pictures, that setting was closest to what I was seeing. I did spend some time trying to get the best composition, and for every shot you are seeing, there were 4 or 5 reject shots. Everything was so beautiful, but sometimes it was hard to capture it. Especially the Cliffs of Moher and the cliff side drives. You can't appreciate how huge they are. But, everything was just amazing--even just the drive from the airport.

There are lots of places to hike and walk. We didn't do all that much walking as my 5 year old and my mother are not able to walk very far. A lot of people walked the Gap of Dunloe, which would be an amazing 8 mile walk/hike, but we took a jaunting cart (but that was really fun too).

I got a new camera right before the trip, and I love it!!! It's the Cannon powershot s110. There is a newer version out now, but I got this version as it was cheaper. I got it from Amazon for $250. It is a bit more now.

This camera allows you to shoot in raw and manual. But, I don't know how to use it manually; I just used the auto setting or the super vivid setting. It is a small camera--easily fit in my pocketbook, although I got a lanyard so I could wear it around my neck.

I bought a how to photography book a while ago as I do have a dslr, but I have still not gotten around to reading it as it all seemed so complicated. But, I am thinking I will pull out that book and learn all about aperture, f-stops, ISO, and whatever else a good photographer knows about.

oh, here is the link for the camera

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-3-Inch/dp/B009B0MYSQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436223792&sr=8-1&keywords=cannon+s110

Stunning! Thanks for sharing.

Great, thanks for that link! I have been complaining about our camera forever. I wanted to buy a new "good" camera and husband thought the one we had was fine. He never used it though. During this vacation he finally got what I was talking about. There is so much glare on the screen in daylight you have to guess at what you are taking.

Beautiful pics! I am half Irish, but had never got around to visiting the west coast of Ireland, near Galway, where my mother's family lived. So my daughter decided to get married in Ireland three years ago, to give us a great reason to make the trip there. We stayed in Doolin, a small town right near the Cliffs of Moher. We got to see a wild dolphin that swam in the bay there, every day and loved the rolling green hills and fences made of stacked stones, all throughout the countryside.

My daughter got married in a quaint little church in the seaside town of Fanore, She had her wedding reception in Gus O'Conner's Pub, where the locals were very friendly to us. We drove east to Dublin, stopping at Bunratty Castle along the way.The pub food in Ireland was amazing, and despite eating things like fish and chips and Guinness stew, we all lost weight during our two weeks there, because of all the walking we did. A piece of my heart will forever be in Ireland, and I'd love to return some day!

Pickyshopper. Aren't Irish weddings wonderful! A wedding is a great reason for a visit. We went over for my husband's neice's wedding, and it lasted until 4 in the morning!!!!

My mom couldn't stop commenting about all the stone walls. In Dingle, our tour guide told us that many of the stone walls on Dingle Peninsual are protected and cannot be moved.

Did you visit Galway? We stayed there several nights and loved all the restaurants, pubs, and music. We stopped in Doolin for some seafood chowder after the Cliffs of Moher.

We enjoyed Bunratty Castle and the Folk Park. It was a fun stop, despite the rain.

We had great experiences with the food (especially in Galway) and were pleasantly surprised as Ireland is not particularly known for its food.

Here is a pic of that shows the stone wall boundaries. You can see all the walls in the distance going all the way up the side of the mountain.

Some pictures of Galway

View from our room in Galway

Your photos are breathtaking, wow! It looks like an amazing trip.

The colors are amazing! Now I want to go...

furby, yes we did get to visit Galway, which we really enjoyed. In Doolin, we stayed at a lovely B&B, that faced the Cliffs of Moher. I hadn't known before, that the 'Cliffs of Insanity' in the movie The Princess Bride, were actually the Cliffs of Moher. I thought I'd die of fright, driving on the 'wrong' side of Ireland's narrow, winding country roads, without a view of what might be approaching beyond the hairpin turns, lol!

My family loves to travel and we've never visited the same place twice, as there are so many beautiful places to explore. Some of our trips were all together, and some were as individuals. We've covered many Asian, European, and Caribbean countries, as well as Egypt and many of the States and provinces in Canada, where we live.

Yet somehow Ireland, despite the rarity of several sunny days in a row, somehow stole our hearts. Its quaint villages, beautiful green hills, winding roads and lively pubs, not to mention the old castles along the countryside, are the memories we always talk about, more than any of our other travels!