Three weeks, three of us touring around mainly the coastal regions of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. During that time we were able to see so much of the beautiful countryside, staying mostly to the small, narrow, winding roads I've already described. We felt it gave us a much clearer view of …
Author: redpathatease
Our Final Irish Day
We woke to not only our last day in Kilkenny at Martin's house, but also our last full day in Ireland. We ate up the last of our food for breakfast, made our sandwiches, packed our bags, straightened up the house and headed off. Our first stop was not too far away, the Dunmore Caves. …
Waterford
We rose this morning and fixed a nice breakfast before heading south from Kilkenny to the city of Waterford. It's the oldest city in Ireland, having already celebrated its 1100th anniversary. We took the motorway down so it was a fairly quick trip, found a car park along the waterfront and began walking. Our first …
Kilkenny Castle
The kids had a massive lie-in this morning....not surprising as Mandy is fighting a head cold. Eventually we got moving but weren't inspired to go too strong today. We are staying just a short way from the center of town but as it was raining and with Mandy's cold we decided to drive in. Crazy …
Limerick to Kilkenny
After weeks of go-go-go we decided we needed a change of pace. We all had a good lie-in, with everyone slowly making their way into the kitchen. We had a grand breakfast together, with Colm having come over to join us. The kids headed out for a day of hiking, with Colm leading the way …
Killarney and the Ring of Kerry
We got off to a slow start after a late night. We've been watching the HBO mini series Chernobyl; addictive even in the dreadfulness of it. Today was a long driving day, but so worth it considering the beauty we saw. We headed southwest from Limerick toward Killarney, with me at the wheel. Thankfully the …
Spike Island and the Troubled Waters
We woke, fixed an easy breakfast, a few sandwiches and took off south for Cork. We drove on the motorway, which was fairly unusual for us here, as we've tended to stay on the small, more country roads. Blarney was along the way, not far from Cork so I asked to stop so I could …
Fairy Forest
We had a real "lie in" this morning after our late night. We all gradually awoke and met up in the kitchen seeking coffee and tea. We had a lovely breakfast, taking our time. We sat for a bit going over the map, and plotting out our drives and activities for the next few days. …
Limerick!
After our evening in the pub we all had a good night's sleep, with the hostel surprisingly quiet. We had a light breakfast, packed up and rousted out the manager to pay for the rather hippie dippy hostel. We were excited to get going as we were headed to Limerick to stay with friends from …
Inishmaan & the Cliffs of Moher
We all had a wonderful restful night enjoying the comforts of the B and B. Breakfast was delicious, made even better because Alison catered to each of us, the vegan, the vegetarian and the carnivore. Kevin got to max out his meat consumption. After eating our fill we loaded up our packs and headed down …
