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as taken just before we travelled down the narrow, steep, winding road that leads to Keem Bay Beach.Standing there arm-in-arm on Keem beach with my husband on what was a cold, but bright and fresh October morning, I reminisced back to the last time I had stood in this spot — it was 13 years previous when our boys were aged just six and two.Looking around me I could see that not much, if indeed anything at all, had changed one iota. It was still perfect. The sound of the rushing waves, the bright sands, a lonesome seal that kept bobbing up into view, a couple of brave kayakers, the stunning views, all culminated in a perfect moment of serenity.Achill Island Achill Island has a population of approx. 2,500–3,000 people. It is connected to the mainland of Ireland by a short swing bridge known as The Michael Davitt Bridge which was first opened in 1887. (Michael Davitt was a 19th Century Irish social campaigner, Fenian, and founder of the National Land League. (Source: <a href="https://www.routeyou.com/en-ie/location/view/48188882/michael-davitt-bridge">routeyou.com</a>))Banshees of Inisherin Link Some keen movie-watchers may recognise Keem Bay Beach as one of the locations used

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in the movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ which starred Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.<figure id="036c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*M7uTVBFxa0rRrosVGnxFZA.jpeg"><figcaption>(Image: Author’s Own)</figcaption></figure>A Must-Visit If you’re ever in Ireland, please be sure to make this one of your must-visit places to go and enjoy. You won’t be disappointed.<ul><li>Family Fun at Keem Beach, Achill (2010)</li></ul><figure id="5cce"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*RriqqdpTJWoHnpsfhFfPow.jpeg"><figcaption>Keem Beach, Achill (2010) — Family Fun! (Image: Author’s Own)</figcaption></figure><ul><li>Keem Beach, Achill (October 2023)</li></ul><figure id="832f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*SNjMwvpVDBLbBMcYamwpcA.jpeg"><figcaption>Keem Beach, Achill Island (2023) (Image: Author’s Own)</figcaption></figure><figure id="99aa"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*qcnF7YX5dpng_hmcse-KvQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Connemara Mountain and River (2023) (Image: Author’s Own)</figcaption></figure>Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed the journey!</article></body>

The Wild Wild West….of Ireland!

Achill Island, Connemara and The Wild Atlantic Way — a Poem/Blog (Plog) 😜

**Keem Beach, Achill Island, Ireland (Image: © Author’s Own, All Rights Reserved)**

The Wild Atlantic Way

My privileged western view Surveys your weathered wintered vistas Battered and whipped into majesty.

Where sheep still wander freely Asserting their stronghold by the ocean Steep slippery rocks their jagged highway.

Familial small-windowed stone cottages Now sit ruined and empty — doors wide open Their once fiery turf-fueled hearths long cold.

Forgotten outcrops of distant times Slowly melting back into the bogs they hailed from Camouflaged in nature’s gentle arms.

The Wild Atlantic Way.

The image above of two ewes sitting huddled contentedly together atop a cliff edge is one of my favourite views in Ireland — certainly my favourite photo from our 4-day tour of Connemara — and was taken just before we travelled down the narrow, steep, winding road that leads to Keem Bay Beach.

Standing there arm-in-arm on Keem beach with my husband on what was a cold, but bright and fresh October morning, I reminisced back to the last time I had stood in this spot — it was 13 years previous when our boys were aged just six and two.

Looking around me I could see that not much, if indeed anything at all, had changed one iota. It was still perfect. The sound of the rushing waves, the bright sands, a lonesome seal that kept bobbing up into view, a couple of brave kayakers, the stunning views, all culminated in a perfect moment of serenity.

Achill Island Achill Island has a population of approx. 2,500–3,000 people. It is connected to the mainland of Ireland by a short swing bridge known as The Michael Davitt Bridge which was first opened in 1887. (Michael Davitt was a 19th Century Irish social campaigner, Fenian, and founder of the National Land League. (Source: routeyou.com))

Banshees of Inisherin Link Some keen movie-watchers may recognise Keem Bay Beach as one of the locations used in the movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ which starred Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.

A Must-Visit If you’re ever in Ireland, please be sure to make this one of your must-visit places to go and enjoy. You won’t be disappointed.

Family Fun at Keem Beach, Achill (2010)

**Keem Beach, Achill (2010) — Family Fun! (Image: Author’s Own)**

Keem Beach, Achill (October 2023)

**Keem Beach, Achill Island (2023) (Image: Author’s Own)**

**Connemara Mountain and River (2023) (Image: Author’s Own)**

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed the journey!