Ireland

Trip Information
Dublin and Galway, Ireland
January 2026

This is a gallery of images from a trip to visit my partner in Ireland. We stayed in Dublin and Galway, and used the train and buses to navigate. It was a really beautiful country full of great nature, history, and food.

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Places

Some of the beautiful landscapes. It was really cool to see the "other" side of our Appalachians. Really nice coasts and hills, and interesting architecture.

Galway
Coastline at low tide

Galway
Mountains beyond Galway

Row of colorful Galway houses after a boat launch.

Galway
Colorful houses after the boat launch

Galway
Streets at night

Galway
Coastline in the evening

Galway
Row of colorful houses

A well lit street in the evening in Galway.

Galway
A well lit evening

Glendalough
Above the treeline

Glendalough
Valley

Glendalough
Glendalough lake

Howth
Ireland's Eye

Howth
Coastline

Booterstown Marsh
Viewing the train track and coast

Dublin
Trinity College Library

Food

A small selection of notable dishes...

Nut Butter, Dublin
Cà Ri Bowl

Nut Butter, Dublin
Poke Bowl

Cava Bodega, Galway
Galway Bay mussels in white wine sauce

Wildlife

This was my first trip to Europe, and as a result lots of new lifers. Was especially thrilled with the amount of thrushes compared to North America.

Lifer Birds

Common Wood-Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Wren, European Starling, Eurasian Blackbird, European Robin, White Wagtail, Eurasian Moorhen, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Gray Wagtail, Gray Heron, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Little Egret, Eurasian Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Song Thrush, European Goldfinch, Common Ringed Plover, European Shag, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Little Grebe, European Greenfinch, European Stonechat, Common Chaffinch, Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush