By Corey Sandler
You would not be thought odd by me if you figured that Killybegs was the name of a Monty Python sketch.
But, no.
The Gaelic translation for Killybegs is ‘Na Cealla Beaga’ which means “little cells.” The name is derived from an ancient monastery in the area.
I am going to make an assumption that cells were nothing at all like our suites aboard ship.
We are in northwest of Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland.
Killybegs, population about 1,297 on a fair day, is on the south coast of County Donegal, near Donegal Town.
Inland is quite green and pastoral, the Ireland of most of our expectations.
But the coastline in this corner is very dramatic, with the highest sea cliffs of Europe, beaches, and wintertime snow. The Wild Atlantic Way (so dubbed by the local tourist boards) stretches 2,500 kilometers or 1,550 miles from County Donegal and Killybegs.
Today, Killybegs is a very quiet place. It is though, the home of Ireland’s largest fishing fleet and our ship fit in between and amongst trawlers at the dock.
Above town the restored Church features a major stained glass window dedicated to the fishermen of town.
And speaking of Monty Python, I went to make a pilgrimage to a place I spotted on the map: Fawlty’s Lounge. Alas, Basil was nowhere to be seen and I later learned that the nightclub had gone out of business recently.
Or perhaps they moved to a location closer to the sea…or in it.
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