Irish Surfing Dudes?

This one's for you Jon Jorgl.
Today (Wed 18th) we went to a funky little place. We arrived late afternoon in Sligo & decided to head out to the coast for dinner, to a place called Strandhill. With a name like that, we were kind of expecting, I dunno, sand dunes? What we found was a cool, hip sort of place - a real surf mecca. Or what passes for a surf mecca in these climates. The waves were rolling in, probably three footers, a shore break, but breaking decently far out from shore. The air was a chilly 58 farenheit (8pm); the water was only probably slightly warmer, but there were plenty of dudes (Irish dudes?) in the water, full wetsuits of course. Kind of cool to see these guys surfing with the setting sun behind them, then everyone retiring to the local watering hole for a…pint of Guiness. Hmmm. We ate a nice meal in a place run by an Aussie (of course). Worth a trip for the die hard surfers (fly into Shannon, connect to Sligo, beach is 200 yards from the airport). Worth a detour for the wandering souls.