ireland

"Croí" in Irish Gaelic means "heart."

Whether it is because my family hails from Oughterard, a small town close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, or because the island itself is pure magic, I left my heart in Éire.

I began in Dublin and went south to Thomstown in County Kilkenny, south and west to Kinsale in County Kerry, west again to Mizen Head at the tip of the Kilmore Peninsula, north to Kenmare in County Kerry, north and west to the Cliffs of Moher and Doolin in County Clare, north again through The Burren to  Ballyvaughan and on to Galway, and finally east again to Dublin. 

Pro tip:  the Guinness does, in fact, taste otherworldy when in a proper pint at a proper pub.