I’ve spent the academic year 2008/09 in Ireland, studying at the University of Limerick. Two days before Christmas I waited at a roundabout in Limerick for my first lift. Four weeks later I took a plane from Glasgow back to Limerick.
The route (1352 kilometres)
Limerick – Galway – Inis Mor (Aran Islands) – Galway – Sligo – Dunlewey – Derry – Port Ronan (Malin Head) – Port Stewart (Giant’s Causeway) – Ballintoy – Belfast – Edinburgh – Glasgow – Limerick
The map (click to open and select ‘Hitchhiking in Ireland’)
The stories
– Harry Potter and the Well-Drunk Austrian
– Irish Christmas. Part One: Tony
– Irish Christmas. Part Two: The Goat Guy
– Irish Christmas. Part Three: Johnny
– Melmoth and Me
– Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain
– I, too, want to be a daredevil
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| Inis Mor | Mount Errigal | Malin Head | Giants Causeway |