Day 6: Cliffs of Moher & Galway
On day 6 we drove from Killarney and we traveled north through the village of Listowel to Tarbert. We took a 20-minute ferry ride across the River Shannon estuary and drive along the coastline of County Clare.

Our trip then went on so we could see the Cliffs of Moher, one of the country's most magnificent rock formations that rise to heights of almost 700 feet above the churning Atlantic ocean. They are doing work and building a new visitor center so the castle and other areas were not open for us to view

We passed through the area known as the Burren, an area of rocky limestone hills where a number of unique flowers thrive. This region also contains many dolmens, prehistoric monuments formed by large limestone slabs. Stone forts are here as well.

We stopped at Celtic Crystal to see how this very special glass which has the highest possible lead count, is made and cut. It is not sold anywhere in Ireland but here and it is sold only by export to other countries. Very unique in that is uses themes and designs from the Book of Kells. I purchased a beautiful crystal necklace and Al got a one of a kind goblet with amethyst glass over the crystal with wheat sheaves cut into the glass. We also got a chance to see the Connemara Marble which is becoming very rare.

We drove around Galway Bay and through a bit of the city before arriving at our hotel in Galway.

We stayed at the Westwood House Hotel. This was a very nice place bright and cheery, but unfortunately too far away from the downtown historic area to go back and look around. Galway looked very interesting, but it was too late for us to do much of anything there. We had a nicely served dinner at the hotel. Thankfully we were not on the side of the hotel where a wedding reception went on till 2:30 am! We didn't hear any of the loud music and  went to bed for an early morning breakfast and another day on the road.