Foods

 We did not have a bad meal in the entire time we were in Ireland. Everything is home grown, no preservatives or chemicals and simply delicious.

Easter Dinner consisted of Turkey & Ham, Mashed potatoes, Boiled potatoes,Mashed carrots and turnips, cabbage. (Ballina)

Chicken Wings with a side order of pepper dipping sauce and a bowl of water & lemon to wipe your fingers. (Dublin)

 Irish Beef Stew (Dublin)

 Apple Pie, Apple Tarts, Apple Crumble are very popular and extremely tasty. Pie comes with ice cream and custard. (Donegal)

 Yes. Guinness tastes better in Ireland. (Dublin)

Fish & Chips with Mashed Peas. (Donegal)

 Irish Beef Stew (Donegal)

Fresh Fruit, Brown Toast, Granola with Fresh Berries and of course Coffee. (Donegal)

Prawns with Creamy Potatoes (Potato salad), Green salad and Cole Slaw. (Westport)

Cole Slaw, Salmon & Crab Cakes with a Mango sauce, creamy potatoes, Green Salad. (Westport)

 Speaks for itself. (Dublin)

Have you ever tasted organic carrot cake with a raspberry sauce? Yummy! (Dublin)

Leigue Cemetery in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

"Leigue cemetery is one of the largest burial grounds in County Mayo with over 3,000 graves.  The "Friends of Leigue" organization chaired by Ballina town councillor, Johnnie O'Malley, has done a remarkable job of restoring the cemetery over the past decade.  There are about 300 headstones in the two older sections of the cemetery: the old graveyard around the ruins of Kilmore Church, and the Old Leigue Cemetery inside the walls at the top of the hill where many graves are unmarked. The majority of the headstones are in the new section where the headstones date back to about 1900.

Kilmore Church is the oldest church in the area, dating back to the 7th century, and is said to have been founded by St Patrick.  In the top photo, Kilmore Church ruins are covered in ivy.  The newer section on the left is the Lindsay family vault built out of stones from the ancient church ruins.  The special entrance (in the foreground) provided a place for the pall-bearers to rest the coffin as they entered the graveyard."

http://goldenlangan.com/graves-le.html 

Nameless Old Road Side Cemetery between towns of Ballina and Killala

 It amazes me how people can be interred in rocky hill sides.

 This was a difficult cemetery to explore because of its difficult terrain to navigate.

Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, Ancestral Home of the Bolands, Dohertys, Caffertys