After yesterdays enforced sea day we were looking forward to land and a shore excursion, Killibegs didn’t disappoint!

The only cruise ship in town
but plenty of fishing trawlers
The Church and Fishing

We wandered into town with a free morning, it was small but extremely friendly. A local shop provided a few mementoes.

There was a lot of gossip going on by the amount of laughter
Every shop was tiny in Bridge Street

This afternoons tour was to the Wild Sliabh Cliffs, at 601 metres they are the tallest in Europe ! Hosted by Maureen and Peter these 2 sparked off each other, and their passengers providing a lot of laughs. Our first stop was a photo opportunity of where we had entered earlier that morning into a good deep water berth.

Peter our driver par excellence

As usual the roads were narrow and at one stage the bus and a tourist car got stuck, somebody else got out of their car and drove the car out of the way. The difference between local and tourist drivers was very evident.

Old School house

We were transported up to the top of the cliffs by a smaller bus, with the local guide breaking out into song at every opportunity, fortunately he had an excellent voice !

3rd generation local guide, 1 of 16 children !
Heather just coming out
Shamrocks growing under the Heather

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves, with the perfect weather it made a memorable tour.

The main cliff is 601 metres high
Walkers photographed with a 450mm telephoto lens to give a scale to the pics. Those cliffs are huge !
Napoleonic era Martello Tower
Eire 71 sign for WW11 aircraft flying to England. Eire was neutral but provided a corridor to the mainland for Allied aircraft movements.
Hydrangeas everywhere in full bloom
All roads lead back to Nautica..
Sailing past the cliffs later that night