Saturday October 10 We’re now starting a slow return to the north, along the east side of Ireland. We cross over from Dingle to Cobh which is close to Cork, but is more waterfront like, and less of a city. It is considered a harbor to Cork but it doesn’t show signs of heavy shipping […]
Friday, October 9 We checked out of the castle and drove off to our next stop. We were headed to Dingle. Some people we spoke with last night had done the drive to Dingle and warned us to avoid the route the went over the Conor Pass. Apparently it’s very narrow but also there is
Wednesday, October 7 The highlight of today’s drive was taking a ferry from Killmer to Tarbert in order to save a 45 minute drive around through Limerick. Our destination is the Ballyseede Castle, something I discovered in the early days of planning the trip. It’s suggested no trip to Ireland is complete without a castle
Tuesday, October 6 We depart Galway today as we head into the last week of our trip. We are going south now on the west side of Ireland. This was the day scheduled to go to the Cliffs of Moher, a very popular tourist spot with over 1.6 million visitors a year. It’s a massive
Saturday, October 3 Once I learned that the town Cong is more or less on the way to Galway, I posted it into the itinerary and got the google directions to go to Pat Cohan’s Bar, made famous in the John Wayne movie, the Quiet Man with Maureen O’Hara. At the time of the movie,
Thursday, October 1 Today was another start with a loop drive known as Gleniff Horseshoe Loop Drive. Information suggested we start the 10km drive at Gleniff Barytes Mill Site and drive in a clockwise direction to get the best views. We parked at the mill site and walked around. Barytes is something related to today’s
Tuesday, September 29 We had one night in Derry, which included a vast spread of choices for breakfast. I love when yogurt, fruit, and low fat milk are available…. Next stop is 2 nights in Ardara at an Airbnb. It’s laundry time again!! And it’s also a good stopping point for various explorations along the
Monday, September 28 After a hearty breakfast we checked out, fetched the car and headed off to the north-west to stop at the Giant’s Causeway. This a fascinating coastal site showcasing an enormous extent of hexagonal basalt columns. These are much older and show extensive erosion and cracking when compared to the Devils Postpile National
Saturday, September 26 We skipped breakfast in order to get going onto the road. We had timed tickets at 1030 for the UNESCO site at Newgrange. We had no problem with the taxi and getting to the Enterprise desk. I’m glad we sorted it all out yesterday. Now it was time to “drive on the
Tuesday September 22 Carrick on Shannon – Dublin We booked tickets on the 1150 train to Dublin and even though google said Uber doesn’t work where we are, it did say that it could find a taxi. I understood maybe the ride sharing was absent but thought that it served for taxi hailing. Well even