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Irish cows.

A tan cow and her calf standing in a lush green Irish meadow with trees and an electricity pole in the background.
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Today’s Guinness enjoyed at Whoriskey’s Pub outside of Ballyshannon.

Small white-rendered pub with black trim and a Heineken sign, a person in a black jacket standing at the open door, benches outside on a brick patio. Pint of Guinness stout in a branded glass on a Birra Moretti coaster, inside a dim Irish pub with wooden furniture.
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Tyler and Mazie had a blast at their first surfing experience! Thank you Rossnowlagh Surf School! 🌊🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

Four people in wetsuits pose on a sandy beach holding surfboards, green cliffs and houses visible behind them
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Having a cappuccino on the beach from Sunny Jim’s while the kids learn to surf. 55 °F with 15 mph winds.

Man in a green cap and dark jacket sipping a drink outside Sunny Jims beach food trailer on a sandy beach under cloudy skies.
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Tyler and Mazie wanted to try surfing in Ireland and there are a number of places that do surf lessons but we weren’t having luck with any of them. Then we found Rossnowlagh Surf School on the beach and they were happy to have them join. 55 °F with 15 mph winds.

Two young surfers in black wetsuits stand on a sandy beach holding a light blue surfboard in front of the Rossnowlagh Surf School van. Two surf students practice pop-up stance on longboards on a sandy beach while two instructors in Ride With Us wetsuits observe. Four people in wetsuits walking toward the ocean on a wide sandy beach, two carrying surfboards, with coastal cliffs in the distance. Four people in wetsuits standing in breaking ocean waves on an overcast beach day.
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Ireland 2024 Log - Day 10

Weather: Overall good. Some sun. Kind of windy. Chilly but not too bad.

Google Maps route through County Donegal Ireland showing stops at Bakery Shack, Teelin Pier, Sliabh Liag, The Rusty Mackerel, Silver Strand, and Little Mammas, covering 178 km over 2 hours 59 minutes.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or see Ireland 2024 Collection.

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Mazie has been enjoying feeding the Alpacas here at the Airbnb.

A girl is feeding a white alpaca over a wooden fence, with another brown alpaca in the background. A close-up of a white alpaca standing in a grassy field with another alpaca blurred in the background.
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Today was filled with sheep as we ventured further north.

Black-faced sheep with white wool standing on a green hillside, looking toward the camera, with a second sheep grazing nearby. Two black-faced sheep with shaggy wool on a steep green hillside, one grazing and one standing alert against a blue sky. Scottish blackface sheep resting beside a wooden picnic table on a green coastal hillside with sea cliffs in the background.
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Silver Strand Beach

After taking in the Sliabh Liag we set the navigation to Silver Strand Beach about 30 minutes North. We drove through the most remote part of Ireland that we had experienced so far with tons of sheep everywhere, including some on the road. When we arrived we were greeted to one of the most picturesque beach scenes we’ve ever taken in. This beautiful harbor with a perfectly crescent beach that seemed almost undisturbed by anything. Including the four of us there were never more than 10 people on the beach.

Toward the end of our time we had a bunch of dolphins show up in the bay jumping out of the water and playing. It was incredible.

A serene coastal landscape features green cliffs surrounding a sandy beach, with the clear blue ocean extending into the horizon under a partly cloudy sky.A person wearing a colorful jacket walks down a staircase towards a pristine, sandy beach bordered by green hills and overlooking a calm, blue bay.A person is climbing a steep, rocky slope on a coastal landscape with grass and sand.A deserted sandy beach with clear blue water is backed by green, rocky hills under a partly cloudy sky.A heart is drawn in the sand on a beach with cliffs in the background near a calm, blue sea.Two people stand on a rocky beach with footprints in the sand, surrounded by steep cliffs and facing a calm ocean under a blue sky with scattered clouds.Three people walk along a sandy beach beside the ocean with rocky cliffs in the background.A tranquil beach features golden sand and gentle waves, with green hills and rocky cliffs in the background.
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Sliabh League Hike

In the morning we took a boat tour to see Sliabh League from the water. We also wanted to see it from the surface on top as well. We made our way to the upper parking area for Sliabh League and then set out on foot to walk up to the viewing point at the top. It was a wonderful walk up. We got to the viewing platform and took it in for a while and then to Jamie’s chagrin Mazie decided to go up to the next point in the trail. Tammy and Tyler stayed back mostly to hang out with me while we waited for her return.

These spots are incredible and are over three times higher than what we saw at the Cliffs of Moher. However, the Cliffs of Moher at least appear to be more sheer in their drops. Sliabh League looks more mountainous with plenty of vertical drops as well.

Panoramic view of Slieve League cliffs rising steeply from dark blue Atlantic waters, with green grass and heather in the foreground under a blue sky with clouds.Four people posing for a selfie at the Sliabh League cliffs with dramatic rocky sea cliffs and blue ocean behind them