from october 14th until october 25th 2011 i was in the republic of ireland and northern ireland.

i flew to dublin airport, then spent a night there. the next day i got to galway, where i met soem friends and spent another night. 

the following day i drove to killybegs in donegal county on the northwest coast. there i did an rya (royal yachting association) course, called "day skipper - motor". this course was taught by richard timony from pro maritime training centre (see link further below). he gave the course the right quality and also made it fun. to see more information about my skipper training in 2011/2012, see the link below. this was just a part of it. also further down on this page or in the navigation menu you will find 3 associated photo albums. enjoy.

after the course i continued my trip to derry and belfast in norther ireland. spent a night in belfast. the following day (sat) i drove back to dublin, where i met two friends to do sightseeing in dublin city centre and around. we've seen howth, dun laughaire and of course dublin city. of all these parts of that journey you will find a related photo album.

my skipper training continues now from saturday on. see details below.

tour tracking

the "tour tracking" application shows the following journey in an interactive map.

ireland 2011: dublin-galway-killybegs-belfast-dublin
a one week journey through the republic of ireland. including a trip to galway to get pimped my tat for a day, a trip to killybegs where i will participate in a boat course, hiking in the highlands, sightseeing in belfast and going out in dublin.
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location	date	mark point	long.	lat.
G) dublin city, ireland here the trip will end with one or two nights of going out. maybe this time i will make it to see howth. i also want to do some outlet shopping here.	06.08.2011		-6.2674937	53.344104
F) belfast city, ireland here i will spend a day and a night. what i want to do is one of the black cab tours through the old worker quarters of belfast. sure it won't be a historic trip only.	06.08.2011		-5.935594	54.5816573
E) derry, ireland in the city of derry, i will just stop by on the way to belfast. maybe there's still something to see.	06.08.2011		-7.31689453125	54.97761367069625
D) killybegs, ireland here in this small town called killybegs, where only 1200 souls live, i will participate in a boat course. the course is from the isa (irish sailing association) and is named "isa/iyt day skipper motor". it will take the whole week. maybe in the evenings i will be able to do some hikings in the nearby mountains. excited for this part of the trip.	06.08.2011		-8.4451936	54.6365443
C) donegal, ireland here i will just pass through on the way to killybegs. sure to stop by though.	06.08.2011		-8.1107141	54.654487
B) galway city, ireland in galway city i will be for the third time. this time only one day, to get pimped my tat at inkfingers.ie.	07.08.2011		-9.0517799	53.2737969
A) dublin city, ireland dublin city centre will be the start of the trip. the flight was only eur 35 one way with aerlingus.com.	06.08.2011		-6.2504752	53.4212654

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rya, royal yachting association (uk)

photo album 1: rya day skipper course

photo album 2: from killybegs to derry, belfast & dublin

photo album 3: sightseeing in dublin