We’re Engaged!
Just went on the trip of a lifetime – a ten day long tour of Ireland with the love of my life… and came back engaged!
It was on the second to last full day of our trip when I proposed. We had taken a boat out Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Galway, and biked our way out to the “Man of Aran Cottage” where we stayed for the night. Man of Aran is modeled after the old fashioned thatched roof cottages that were once common in Ireland, but was actually built in the 1930’s for the documentary “Man of Aran“.
Man of Aran Cottage
Our view from the cottage
Enjoying some wine at the cottage
Dinner at Joe Watty's Pub
After dinner we started walking up to Dun Aengus, an ancient fort built around 900BC alongside 300 foot high cliffs... and where I proposed.
Kelly at the 300ft high cliffs at Dun Aengus
Scaring the living sh*t out of me
Just before proposing
An areal view of Dun Aengus
After we got back I did some reading about the place and learned that the name Dun Aengus translates to Fort of Aengus. Aeungus was the pre-Christian god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. The myth says he had four birds flying about his head, which supposedly is where the xxxx’s symbolizing kisses at the end of love letters come from. Cool!
Couldn’t be happier!
