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The Traveller's Companion to the Wild Atlantic Way links to resources
Where is it
https://www.thewildatlanticway.com/
failteireland Wild Atlantic Way Maps and Routes
https://www.aughruspeninsula.com/wild-atlantic-way-rusty-signs.php
https://www.thewildatlanticway.com/route-stages/
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Useful sources
https://www.ireland.com/en-gb/destinations/experiences/wild-atlantic-way/#
https://community.ireland.com/ - forum for questions run by the Irish Tourist Board
https://www.thewildatlanticway.com/ single site developed by Failte Ireland
www.failteireland.ie www.wildatlanticway.ie
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Immigrant workers in Ireland
workpermit.com https://workpermit.com/immigration/ireland/ireland-immigration
Central Statistics Office of Ireland
Immigrants’ experience in Galway in 2012 by OWCGalway
Galway Simon a homelessness charity monitors and supports the homeless
https://connachttribune.ie/eu-hears-galway-challenged-by-roma-rough-sleepers/
Grainne Mhaol, Queen of Pirates
f the story of Gráinne Mhaol, Queen Of Pirates by Miracle Of Sound
light-hearted discussion with history experts from the BBC podcast You’re Dead to Me : Grainne O Malley
Irish Post on Irelands Pirate Queen twelve fascinating facts
Grace O Malley Fact Fiction Legend from the Royal Maritime Museum at Greenwich, UK
Grace O Malley by Anne Chambers
Wild water swimming
https://extra.ie/2021/06/26/must-see/sea-swimming-changed-how-i-feel-about-my-body-and-so-much-more
Dr Michael Moseley BBC clip “Why cold water swimming and showers good for you”
But of course, it should only be undertaken after considering your own health, the site you’re bathing in https://wildswim.ie/swim-spotter/
many make their own record on instagram @wildswimireland
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Downpatrick and DunBriste
Downpatrick Head with a very nervous flight through Pul Na Sean Tinne (hole of the old Fire).
international cliff diving competition
Dunbriste web site is also informative.
Life in Medieval Ireland Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome by Finbar Dwyer newisland.ie
Down’s Syndrome in Ireland
https://downsyndrome.ie/ has a guide “…more than medical” to the realities of family life with a baby, child, or adult with Down syndrome.
Estimation of the number of people with Down syndrome in Europe
https://www.ifpa.ie/advocacy/abortion-in-ireland-legal-timeline/
Neolithic Sites in Ireland – Ceilde Fields
Ceide fields has its own website also see Heritage Ireland and Discovering Ireland
informative interview with the archaeologist Greta Burns who manages the centre Marren's Magical Mayo - Ceide Fields & Downpatrick Head
an archaeologist blogger Céide Fields, Ireland ~ Huge Site Of 5-6,000 Year Old Ruins
Ceide Fields - The Wild Atlantic Way (music by Paul Neville)
The Changing Face of Neolithic and Bronze Age Ireland
The Donegal Building Disaster
Irish Times It’s not who has mica it’s who doesn’t
Donegal homeowners protest over defective building blocks | UTV | ITV News
The Mica Scandal of Donegal (Part 1)
The Crumbling Homes of Donegal by David Craig
The expert panel report on concrete blocks on the Irish Government website
Burning of Clifden
Galway Beo Clifden Town Ablaze : the aftermath of Thomas Whelan’s execution by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill based on the research she did for her book
Beyond the Twelve Bens by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill
Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill also offers local history walking tours on connemaragirlpublications
Connemara – the history of Clifden
The Execution of Thomas Whelan and the Burning of Clifden by Grace Fields a school history project
​The Galway Shawl was the song mentioned that Whelan sang to his mother as she visited him the night before he was executed
“Rebellion” on Netflix dramatizes events of Easter Rising preceding the War of Independence
Busking at the Cliffs of Moher
Busking at the Cliffs of Moher Heritage Week 2021
Cliffs of Moher opens up for one day licenses in the summer to allow local music students to perform
However It can be a challenging site due to the weather and exposure
And the Irish examiner reported there used to be a busker with a dog that attacked the tourists
Music at the Edge analyses tension between the freedom of the busker and commodification of the cliffs
Probably the most famous busker currently performs in the city
Allie Sherlock busking over 5 years 11-16
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