This is the village, anglicized as Ballyferriter.
Looking one way down the one street.
and
looking the other way
Of course there is a church.
There is also a very beautiful and (unique in this area) brewpub
Tig Bhric.
I highly recommend their cask conditioned ale.
As I walked up the street I checked out the corner building, which is for sale. This was left behind by the previous owner, the famous ceramicist and potter, Louis Mulcahy.
I’d stopped in his new gallery on the Wild Atlantic Way a couple of days earlier and fallen in love with his masks. But at a starting price of $700 they were not for the likes of me.
However, the beach was. And is. And always shall be.
This beautiful bit of the Atlantic is called Wine Strand and it is just outside the village.
I spent one of those rare, and oh, so precious, sun filled days on it.
Exploring tide pools
I discovered this seal or whale bone wedged between some rocks at low tide. 
I picked my way across the strand carefully 
admiring the patterns in the sand
and then braved the limestone formations all the way to the water’s edge 
It was a rejuvenating and beautiful day. I was happy to return to my new friend’s house to share it with them.
My friends, in Baile an Fheirtearaigh
the very excellent Linda Madeira, who is a wise woman, Ayurvedic massage therapist and professional singer, with her partner, Stephen, who is a traditional music session player of some renown as well as a gifted painter.
These two people will be my friends for a long time. We are of the same tribe, discovered by us over the course of three evenings singing songs, playing music, telling jokes and laughing ourselves silly.
This is their simple, homey, art filled home. 
I had a comfortable bed and slept very well in it.
Oh, I asked them about this sign 
which was recently erected.
“The latest Star Wars movie filmed a lot of scenes here, up in the hills and on the beach, so.” Stephen said. “It was big times and big money for us villagers.”
So I guess now I’ll have to watch the movie.