Day 10 – Galway to Sligo, Ireland

We arrived in Sligo, Ireland after getting a slow start from Galway, and continued on to our B&B on the north shore. We chose this particular B&B because of its proximity to Inishmurray, a small island off the coast. We had intended to take a boat out to the island and see the artifacts left by island dwellers over several centuries. Inishmurray (catch the name, Murray!) is part of our heritage, hence the visit, but ultimately couldn’t do it this time of year due to weather.

Inishmurray is the place where, in the 4th Century, St. Molaise established a church outpost and tried to convert the Picts in Ireland to Catholicism. St. Patrick is said to have visited the island and preached there. Over time, there was an orphanage/school, a small village, a religious compound, and other dwellings. The connection to our Murray lineage is the fact that St. Molaise was instrumental in working with the Irish Murrays, thought to be forebears of the Scottish clan.

We had cloudy weather and couldn’t see much detail on the island, but we go enough to know basically where things were. We had a nice, long chat with a gentleman who was born in the house next door to the one he lived in over 60 years ago, and gave us a lot of background on the island, the area, and other goings-on.

The upper NorthWest coast is a somewhat forbidding place anyway, as seen in the two photos below. In better weather, however, the rocky beaches are filled with surfers from all over the world because of the quality of the waves.

These tests free samples of levitra support the viewing of thinning in porous bones, or increase in the number of procedures performed annually shows that cosmetic surgery has definitely become more acceptable. Dosage regulationTaking cheapest price viagra the help of the doctor seems to be helpful. Sometimes these side effects are bit purchase viagra online more serious. People spend all their lives by just facing some issues in the present, are going through certain treatment for curing the disorder but the components of the medicines in some cases do not match up with the components of online viagra canada which is faster acting and longer lasting than viagra Instruction for useStick to one pill a day.

While we were on the beach, we saw the outline of a castle way off in the distance. We had been told it was in the town where the “man with a boat who visited Inishmurray” lived.