North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

A mighty wind

It's the sailing season, and while the posher folk hold regattas in Cork, Dublin and other places, the west will see more traditional fare, with currach and hooker races in Leitir Mor, Kinvarra, Clifden and beyond. Picture shows two old hands watching the warm up last year on a sweltering summer Sunday last year.

UPDATE July 21. Just up the road from where I took this picture is the pub, Tí Hanrai, which yesterday became the first pub in Ireland to be fined for violating the smoking ban.