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

More Rain

On a day like today (almost non stop driving rain), you’d feel sorry for any tourist that had ventured over to visit. I’m actually writing this in front of a blazing fire – it was so gloomy and wet today that I actually lit a fire just to brighten things up. There’s a bit of a row brewing over tourist numbers for this year – Fáilte Ireland reports a increase in visitors whereas, as the Western People reports, others in the hospitality industry dispute this claim. Whatever about the figures, the effort to lure visitors here continues. An article describing in glowing terms a visit to the Aran Islands and Croagh Patrick appeared in newspapers from the US (here and here) and South Africa – God knows what would have been written if they had visited this weekend.