Maps for Reference

We realized that it may be a little difficult for those of you reading this blog to get a good idea of all of the different places that we are talking about in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland. So, as a quick overview I have attached two different maps with the routes that we have taken over the last fews days highlighted in blue. You can click on the picture or save it to make it bigger if you want to be able to read the small print.

To give you a reference that you may find meaningful, Northern Ireland is approximately 5,300 square miles which is about the size of Connecticut. The entire island of Ireland (i.e. Northern Ireland + the Republic of Ireland) is only 32,500 square miles which is about the size of South Carolina. So even though it looks like we are taking excessively long drives, you need to remember the scale that we are talking about. Still, very little of the driving is taking place on what we Americans would call "major highways" - mostly we are driving on smaller two lane (& sometimes only 1 lane) roads similar to what you would see between the smaller country towns in SD & SC, etc.

Our route on Satuday, July 31

Our route on Sunday, August 1