Ireland continued .... the west is alive !!!

Well, the focus of our trip now was in touring the west of ireland ... both Connemara, the Mayo coast and Sligo or Yeats country as it is better known (after WB Yeats).
First Mayo coastline .... gorgeous

And a video of the local area

 Next we enter the irish speaking area, or "gaeltacht" as it is known. No english spoken here !!

Conversing with the locals in Irish can be difficult, so better use the services of a reputable translator such as our 2 friends below

After that, a visit to the local wise man !!!

Then we see a pocket of resistance to big oil & gas. Apparently Shell is running a pipeline from offshore drilling rigs to land, but at very high pressure (something only done in the Niger Delta i am told, and thus quite risky, from a local point of view).
Here are various pics

After the oil & gas, we need a refill ourselves. Lo and behold, an old friend ....

We saw a Cayman in Ireland, about 10 boxsters (often with English registrations though) and 3 911's. That's more than I saw from coast to coast in the USA, when we made our trip a few years back.