{"id":573898849,"date":"2026-03-21T20:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573898849"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:55:11","slug":"northernmost-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/northernmost-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Northernmost Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is still at Malin Head, and this was our last visit before pointing south, to Dublin. There&#8217;s a place tomorrow morning with our name on it &#8230; well, two seats &#8230; metaphorically speaking. Unless Delta has started seat embroidery in these last few days. Anyway, that&#8217;s tomorrow. There&#8217;s a long drive this evening, but, first, this. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerwildatlanticway.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When you come to Malin Head you go to Hells Hole about 450 meters in one direction, and to this spot some 215 meters the other way. And, up here, you are at the northernmost point of Ireland. If you could see about 109 miles into the sea you&#8217;d see an island off the west coast of Scotland. If you could see another 700 miles beyond that, it&#8217;s the Arctic Circle. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=xaa1wtu\"style=\"width:100%; height:100%; position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; overflow:hidden; border:none;\"allowfullscreentitle=\"Dailymotion Video Player\"allow=\"web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s our trip. It&#8217;s been an incredible one. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar26\/mar182.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you want to reproduce it, and obviously you should, the route looks roughly something like this. <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m58!1m12!1m3!1d2380661.162381339!2d-10.68754675947973!3d54.08971107593482!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m43!3e0!4m5!1s0x48670c264fcbd585%3A0xf946669ba5b9cb41!2sDublin%20Skylon%20Hotel%2C%20Skylon%20Hotel%2C%20stop%2044%2C%2027%20Drumcondra%20Rd%20Upper%2C%20Drumcondra%2C%20Dublin%209%2C%20D09%20V1Y2%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d53.3727252!2d-6.253063399999999!4m5!1s0x485bbd0b747b2b5b%3A0xd9e87194991de9bc!2sThe%20Twelve%20Hotel%20Galway%2C%20Barna%20Rd%2C%20Ahaglugger%2C%20Bearna%2C%20Co.%20Galway%2C%20H91%20Y3KA%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d53.2514268!2d-9.1524425!4m5!1s0x4859649bc0e9061d%3A0xe9aa013f6bd14062!2sKnockranny%20House%20Hotel%2C%20Knockranny%2C%20Westport%2C%20Co.%20Mayo%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d53.8021533!2d-9.5079164!4m5!1s0x48590bfb6e2c36c7%3A0x17aeb4bdd0b4aed9!2sErris%20Coast%20Hotel%2C%20Gweesalia%2C%20Co.%20Mayo%2C%20F26%20H6C2%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d54.112755099999994!2d-9.8982044!4m5!1s0x485ec3716d737a8f%3A0x1b2387bec48d9c17!2sStrandhill%20Lodge%20%26%20Suites%2C%20Top%20Rd%2C%20Carrowbunnaun%2C%20Strandhill%2C%20Co.%20Sligo%2C%20F91%20VX08%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d54.267212099999995!2d-8.5958654!4m5!1s0x485feb3a0291e76b%3A0x5fc4ed04a8b41d46!2sSilver%20Tassie%20Hotel%2C%20R940%20Ramelton%20Rd%2C%20Ballyboencurragh%2C%20Letterkenny%2C%20Co.%20Donegal%2C%20F92%20NFP9%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d54.9859924!2d-7.670475499999999!4m5!1s0x486711c752b6eaf5%3A0x252f460a3db2dfd4!2sClayton%20Hotel%20Dublin%20Airport%20Central%2C%20Dublin%20Airport%2C%20Corballis%2C%20Dublin%2C%20K67%20H5H9%2C%20Ireland!3m2!1d53.4265584!2d-6.2324611!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1779058273916!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is still at Malin Head, and this was our last visit before pointing south, to Dublin. 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