We have our first lesson in Irish in the Ballycastle Tourist Office where Siobhan explains that her name is pronounced ‘Shivonne’. A sign explaining the name of Carnlough, a small town on the Coastal Causeway Route of Ireland, UK. Sign explaining how Bloody Foreland got its name. Adrienne paints her name on a rusting shipwreck on the Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland.A local craft butcher gives the names of the farmers who provide their lamb and beef. (Sneam, Ireland)
A ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ road sign on the Inishowen Peninsula in Ireland. We had some problems in this area as the names of many places were usually in ‘Irish’ and didn’t cross-reference with our map or GPS. Speaking of Irish names here’s a famous one!Hmmm, how do you pronounce this?We found a ‘Fairy Tree’ on Killary Harbour Drive.
More on names from the Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Name.