As I mentioned in an earlier post, we did the roots thing for B in Ireland and visited Ballycastle.She has been there several times before and wanted to see if anything had changed.The town is in north County Mayo right on the coast. (There is another Ballycastle on the other side of Ireland.) It is close by the archeological sight called the Ceide Fields, which is the most extensive of Stone Age remains in the world and phenomenal to see. In the past few years there has been an effort to make Ballycastle a town for artists to work and there was an exhibit when we visited by an artist named Nuala! Incidentally, my name is not uncommon in Ireland.
Here’s a photo of Ballycastle from the ride into it from the coast, and here I am by the sea stretching my legs after the longish car ride from Westport.