The ferry boat from Dublin arrived at Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey which is separated from mainland North Wales by the Menai Strait, a narrow strip of water crossed by road and rail bridges.  Inland Anglesey is a flat and agrarian landscape, and is dotted with impressive prehistoric sites. Its best-known village is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, a shortened version of perhaps the world's longest placename - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch ('St Mary's [Church] by the white aspen over the whirlpool, and St Tysilio's [Church] by the red cave').

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