Driving in Ireland - Glad it is over!

I waited to write this one until we were safely back in Dublin and had turned in our car.

They say here:

US Drive on the right

British drive on the left

Irish drive in the middle!

We rented a car because there was no other service to the parts of Ireland in the far North of Donegal County.  Driving on left on the highway was only part of the  challenge. 

Once we left the highway the roads got narrower and narrower and the blind curves got blinder and blinder.

                                                                    Typical blind curve

Forget about the meaning of yellow and white stripes on the road.  White is in the middle of one way and 2 way traffic and yellow is on the side.  I never did figure out exactly what the colors meant.

They also park facing either way so you can't be guided by the direction of the cars parked.

The Irish seem to have a system among themselves for passing on one lane roads.  Left turns are particularly tricky and it seems there are no crossroads.  EVERY one is a traffic circle going clockwise of course, amid which you have to change lanes to exit.

It was a harrowing experience and I hope our car rentals away from home are over.  BUT I am so grateful to Norbert to be willing to drive since I could not have visited the parts of Ireland where family come from.  There is no other transportation option.