Welcome to Tory Island
It was with great relief that we were able to disembark from our boat at Tory Island. The ride from the Ireland mainland was quite rough relatively speaking. I heard stories about this island and how it has still managed to hang on to tradition and I have been waiting for a time to visit it. I’m glad that the weather is cooperating as well. The port looks like it is the busiest place in the entire village. Since then, it became quiet after we left the port area. Visitors would pass by a sign which said Welcome to Tory. It was written in Irish since Tory is considered a Gaeltacht area, that is, where Irish is the primary language. I don’t know about that since I didn’t really speak to a lot of locals but most of the signs would be in Irish first then English, sometimes Irish only.
Ship Anchor on Display at Tory Island
There is still a chill in the air, so even if the sun was still shining I would still be needing my windbreaker to keep the cold away. I can’t imagine how it is in the winter months when there would be weeks of unending rain. It was time for us to start our exploration of the island. One of my companions here to the island has already been here several times and he professes to love this place. He would be serving as our tour guide but it still remains to be seen how much we can actually explore giving how little time we have. Given how lovely the weather it is, I think I will have a great time here.
[xmlgm {http://www.worldwanderings.net/kml/ToryIsland.kmz} zoom=19]