View Ireland 2009 in a larger map
Google has a cool tool for creating interactive maps. Click on the blue balloons for brief descriptions of where I traveled this summer. On the map I created, the straight line that runs from Derry to Roscommon actually went through Donegal and Sligo. I'm not sure why it won't show it that way here. And I haven't figured out how to embed links to the blog posts for the the spots either. I've written about most of them in the posts below.
Click the link to see a larger map, and then play around with the options. I love to click "satellite" and then zoom in as far as I can. When I did that on the Beara Peninsula, I could actually make out the Cailleach. I placed the balloon directly above a tiny dark point. That's her! When you look at the map using the satellite option you will see large orange patches. Those are the bog lands. The largest ones are being harvested by Bord na Mona, the Irish energy agency.
