Malin to Creeslough.
The way down from Malin Head to the town of Malin was again spectacular.
we called in at Doagh Famine Village (pronounced "dough" or "doh"). This is a strange place - an attempt by a local family to describe the social history of Ireland in tableau form. It works, but in a rather amateurish way. However the guide must have kissed the Blarney Stone, and was good entertainment.
One of these cottages was actually lived in by the guide until the 1960's and had been preserved in that state with settle beds in the kitchen etc. The other cottages attempted to describe poteen making, wakes, evictions, land division, and how the whole social structure disintegrated when the potato blight started. Included in the entry price was a wee glass of poteen, which actually was quite pleasant!
Back in Malin we overnighted in the car park behind McClean's all-in-one bar, shop and petrol station. Naturally enough we had to have a few drinks there, but weren't offered discount!
The green lights in the photo are under the bridge crossing the lower end of Lough Swilley, as seen from the car park.
we called in at Doagh Famine Village (pronounced "dough" or "doh"). This is a strange place - an attempt by a local family to describe the social history of Ireland in tableau form. It works, but in a rather amateurish way. However the guide must have kissed the Blarney Stone, and was good entertainment.
One of these cottages was actually lived in by the guide until the 1960's and had been preserved in that state with settle beds in the kitchen etc. The other cottages attempted to describe poteen making, wakes, evictions, land division, and how the whole social structure disintegrated when the potato blight started. Included in the entry price was a wee glass of poteen, which actually was quite pleasant!
Back in Malin we overnighted in the car park behind McClean's all-in-one bar, shop and petrol station. Naturally enough we had to have a few drinks there, but weren't offered discount!
The green lights in the photo are under the bridge crossing the lower end of Lough Swilley, as seen from the car park.
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