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"What if you watched the sun come up over Clew Bay from Ireland's holy mountain?"
There is nothing quite like dragging yourself up a scree slope in the dark, lungs burning, questioning every life choice, and then turning around to find Clew Bay laid out below you like someone spilled silver across the land. The light comes up slowly, then all at once, and the islands just sit there glowing. You will feel quietly invincible in a way no gym or late night out ever manages. It teaches you that the hard, early, slightly ridiculous thing is almost always the one worth doing.
Saoirse (28), Donegal Town — works in the council planning office, has a half-finished crocheted blanket on her couch since January
I slept in my Micra in the Murrisk car park with my coat over me like a blanket and woke up at half four absolutely convinced I'd made a terrible mistake.
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