Powerboats in Galway
By: John Smyth
Category: "john smyth", burren, galway bay, ireland, powerboat, stone fort
Powerboats manoeuvre around buoys in Galway Bay on a beautiful sunny morning, as part of the Galway Powerboat Festival. Despite a prediction for rain in several weather forecasts, yesterday was clear, warm and sunny throughout and today is the same – just what you’d want on a June Bank Holiday weekend.
In the background is the Burren, shimmering in the heat. The object on the skyline above the yellow buoy is an old stone fort called Cathair Dhuin Irghuis (visible also in this picture)
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