Today we decided to drive to Castlebar in Mayo County – north of Galway. The overall distance was not great but the roads were again narrow, winding and scenic. The first part of the trip was over roads we had traveled on the Connemara Loop but then we headed into new territory to the north. Once again the weather was pretty overcast but it was not raining. We pulled over along the way and ate our picnic lunch. We found our way to Castlebar and looked for the National Heritage Museum of Country Living, which was our destination for today’s trip. We saw no signs so finally asked an old fellow on the street and he told us it was about 3 miles out of town. We did find it then but it was more like 4 or 5 miles. The museum is situated in a beautiful park and old mansion. A couple of rooms in the mansion were open to viewing but the exhibits were in a separate new building built for that purpose. There were four floors of exhibits on country life in Ireland from about 1850 onwards. They also had an interesting video presentation. While in the museum we noticed that it started pouring outside – the first hard rain we’ve experienced since our arrival in Ireland. However, it didn’t last long and by the time we were ready to leave, it had stopped.
We took a slightly different route home and enjoyed some new scenery.
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