Ireland by playing cards: The pocket-sized memento that will tide you over until your next trip to Galway.
It's no secret I'm missing Galway something terrible. In fact, I wrote an article about
10 simple Galway pleasures I'm missing and doing so left me a big nostalgic mess dreaming about my next jaunt down Shop Street.
But with the country still in lockdown and the knowledge that road trips and pints outside Tigh Neachtain are still a ways off, I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll have to find other ways to pretend I'm living my best life in the City of Tribes - and having recently stumbled upon Ireland by playing cards (
@irelandbyplayingcards), I think I've found a creative solution to tide me over until then.
An Instagram account dedicated to travelling Ireland (and the wider world) according to a pack of travel cards, the lads - in their words - "pick a card and head off to find the location"... their most recent adventure taking them to Galway. However, only nine pubs into the deck, lockdown came along and rained on their parade, putting things on hold indefinitely.
Major bummer, I think you'll agree. But while they may not be able to finish up their pub crawl of Galway for another while yet, having a pocket-sized memento of the city's best haunts certainly helps to keep the homesickness at bay until such time they can return.
Have a look at some of their tribute to Galway's pubs and get excited for your own grand return out west (video taken during lockdown but all within a 2km radius). As the song lyrics say: "We'll meet again. Don't know where, don't know when. But I know we'll meet again some sunny day."
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x8WfCJvls/
And here are a few of their pre-quarantine pics for good measure.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8W-E55pPRx/?igshid=1eeeqms3b329j
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_t7oPGp-8S/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_orjiHpRJy/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Z9S5jpx_Z/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DYEUapuI0/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xZGlVpAGV/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-brF5NJJui/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-U1IwLpI4q/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B97c9cbpfI8/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kXQDqpqW5/
The guys pick most of their cards up in souvenir shops as they travel, but thankfully the Galway pub deck can be gotten online at
Cowfield Design.
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