Spring in Ireland 2022

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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 30.3.2022
- ☁️ 46 °F
- Korkeus: 16 ft
- Irlanti IFSC 53.350978, -6.26297253°21’4” N 6°15’47” W
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Travel to Dublin
30. maaliskuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Great send off by Maria in Milwaukee.
Bus directly to O’Hare and perfect flight on Aer Lingus. Check in at Jury’s Inn on Parnell Street ; room ready which is heavenly after all night flight .
Temperature 43 and cloudy .Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Television show on the Outer Hebrides islands and the Saints of the Islands … and many statues for Holy Mary .Series produced by Ben Fogle , UK adventurer and author
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Matkaaja Uist islander and poet and songwriter Paul Curran is interviewed about the spirituality that is everywhere ; in the moss, the rocks , the sky
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Matkaaja Yes!!!
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 31.3.2022
- ⛅ 41 °F
- Korkeus: 20 ft
- Irlanti IFSC 53.351028, -6.26297553°21’4” N 6°15’47” W
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Bus tour of Dublin
31. maaliskuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
The hop on/ hop off bus remains a delightful way to reacquaint ourselves with Dublin. How heartening to see so many Ukrainean flags throughout the city today.
It’s been fascinating to watch the Dublin Light Spire over the last day and to enjoy the beautiful light of today’s sunny day on the Spire.
The Spire is a gift of the City to its citizenry to celebrate the changes to come in the new Millennium.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Love
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Matkaaja 😍
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 1.4.2022
- ☀️ 43 °F
- Korkeus: 43 ft
- Irlanti Stephen's Green National Concert Hall 53.335022, -6.2579453°20’6” N 6°15’29” W
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Ballyvourney here we come
1. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
Coffee is the great ally during jet lag recovery, (and fresh flowers )…❤️

We are picking up our car in Dublin and driving to Ballyvourney today.

Always look forward to our cab rides with the utterly charming cab driver/ traffic angels 😇.
Today’s driver was no exception as he updated us on the current green government of Dublin City who has “turned half the feckin streets into bike lanes and one way’s.”

The three and a half hour trip went very smoothly.
Gas is 8 dollars a gallon and we are pleased to be driving a VW Polo which is perfect for 2 people.

So happy to have dinner and Guiness at the Mills Inn in Ballyvourney and to be checked into our own little private cottage under the shadow of the Old Colthust Castle.And we even have an outdoor seating area to enjoy during our stay.

Back in the colonial days, when the locals here had their land seized , the English family the Colthursts were granted most of what is now County Cork by the King and ruled from castles throughout the area.
My Sweeney ancestors were tenants of the Colthursts before John Sweeney, my great great grandfather and his wife Mary Dineen and her parents left for homestead land in Wisconsin in the early 1850’s. By the way , the Colthursts still own and operate nearby Blarney Castle.
Ps Jörg is raising a glass to you readers in gratitude for your wonderful comments ❤️🙏☘️🇮🇪Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Can you smell the flowers?
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Matkaaja Very interesting menu! What did you have?
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Matkaaja We both had the seafood chowder which was amazing and full of fresh seafood : only an hour to the ocean from here. And the Mills is famous for brown soda bread served with the widely acclaimed local butter .Many local food items on the menu .
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Matkaaja Yummm
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 1.4.2022
- ☀️ 43 °F
- Korkeus: 427 ft
- Irlanti Munster County Cork Baile Bhuirne Bardinch River 51.946098, -9.17056751°56’46” N 9°10’14” W
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Arrival in Ballyvourney
1. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 2.4.2022
- 🌧 48 °F
- Korkeus: 476 ft
- Irlanti Munster County Cork Baile Bhuirne Bardinch River 51.94603, -9.170551°56’46” N 9°10’14” W
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Welcome April in Ballyvourney
2. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
Today was our day to visit with our friends the Kelly’s; Joe and his daughters Deirdre and Neasa who have become dear friends on our visits here .We call Joe our Godfather as he has been instrumental in helping me to meet my cousins in the area and the Kelly’s have shown us such hospitality on our visits here .
We originally met Joe when our B and B operator told us she’d like for us to meet him because he knows everyone here and introduced us.
He does know every one and was keen to help me find my cousins and he did just that !

We decided to meet up with them at Saint Gobnait’s shrine and to visit Joe’s wife and their Mom’s grave, and say hello to her too as is done here.
Because the newest Covid variant is quite widespread here we won’t be able to visit the Kelly’s indoors .
While we were at the shrine we met some visitors there who share the name Kelleher with my relatives of that name from the village of Coolea next to Ballyvourney.
Of course, we had a lovely talk about various Kelleher’s and thanked Saint Gobnait for her continuing inspirations to all of us emigres from the area!
We had a good visit sitting with Mrs.Kelly and tried to answer a few of the many questions our friends have about WHAT in the world is going on in the USA? ❤️☘️❤️
After our visit we went to Gadaí Dubh Books and delivered Ronnie’s latest book as a gift from Ronnie for Conor the Owner.
Cón was delighted to receive it ! He selected a book of local poetry and gave it to us for Ronnie ❤️.
By the way Ronnie, Con loved the cover and was delighted with your illustrations even before he had a chance to begin reading it .Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Lovely
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Matkaaja Please say “hello” from us.
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Matkaaja We will ! We will be with the Kelly’s tomorrow afternoon again .
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 2.4.2022
- 🌧 48 °F
- Korkeus: 433 ft
- Irlanti Munster County Cork Baile Bhuirne Bardinch River 51.945637, -9.17073651°56’44” N 9°10’15” W
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Mills inn Saturday night
2. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
The local brew here is from Nine White Deer brewery in honor of Herself of course; Saint Gobnait.
The Mills is lively and the concert starts soon in the Upstairs room .
Masks for us …
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Matkaaja Looks like a great place to absorb and eat and drink. So great!
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Matkaaja There were 2 confirmation and 1 baptism party underway so all these multi generation groups that were sweet
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Matkaaja What are you eating?
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Matkaaja I had lasagna and coleslaw (chips aka frenchfries come with every entree) Joerg had beefribs and squash and parsnips and carrots .Delicious and lovely food
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Matkaaja Yum
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 3.4.2022
- ⛅ 48 °F
- Korkeus: 476 ft
- Irlanti Munster County Cork Baile Bhuirne Bardinch River 51.946056, -9.17052651°56’46” N 9°10’14” W
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A tour of Coolea and tea party/ picnic
3. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
It was a perfect spring day to tour the village of Coolea , just outside of Ballyvourney and home of Gobnait and my ancestors.
The Kellys packed a tea picnic for us all and we finished the afternoon with another picnic table gathering at the highest pub in Ireland 🇮🇪: Top of Coom which is next door to Coolea and is in County Kerry .Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Hauntingly beautiful landscape
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Matkaaja A heirloom porridge pot from the days of the Great Hunger ( the potato famine ) .Said to have been used in the community porridge distribution to provide daily sustenance to the starving residents
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Matkaaja Pretty much the same local animals we have as neighbors at home
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 4.4.2022
- 🌧 52 °F
- Korkeus: 476 ft
- Irlanti Munster County Cork Baile Bhuirne Bardinch River 51.946041, -9.17049251°56’46” N 9°10’14” W
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A soft Monday
4. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
The Irish name for what we might call an overcast drizzling day is a “soft day”. On a day like this the thousand shades of green in the landscape are gorgeous.
And, the rain is warm and the air clean .
We returned for another visit to Gobnait’s Holy Well where the ancient trees and spring wildflowers frame the
Pilgrims prayer ribbons and remembrances .
We collected holy water from the Holy Well to bring home with us .
And, we made our way down long country lanes to the tiny local cheese factory that produces 30 tons annually of Coolea cheese now shipped around the world .
Famous for its lovely flavour and made with two ingredients; milk from cows pasture grazed locally and whey.
The owner was happy to tell us he had just sent a large shipment to his marketer in London where it would be resent to Ukraine as his gift to the Ukrainian people.

When we returned to the Mills we found that we had Irish Census forms waiting for us to complete because today is the day across Ireland to identify every person in the country including visitors.
The experience was quite different than our US census because it included almost exclusively questions about our care for others and work and volunteer lives and nothing at all about our property.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Yummy. 😊
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Matkaaja Fascinating. I wish….
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Matkaaja ❤️
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 5.4.2022
- ⛅ 52 °F
- Korkeus: 102 ft
- Irlanti Munster Ciarraí Dingle 52.138023, -10.26284252°8’17” N 10°15’46” W
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The road to Dingle via Killarney
5. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
We are changing up our itinerary to reflect the need to reschedule some of our local visits due to Covid quarantines.( Not for us thank God ) .
We will return to Ballyvourney on Easter and stay 2 nights before we head to Kildare’s Bridget Center and Dublin at the end of the trip.
Today we have a lunch date in Killarney with our favorite Irish bus driver John O’Keefe , then we head to Dingle for a few days stay.
I don’t think I could bear to leave Ballyvourney if we were not returning soon .❤️🙏🇮🇪Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Your resonance with Ballyvourney and St Gobnait’s spiritual imprint shows pilgrim. So glad you’re doing this. Have a great lunch with John OKeefe!
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Matkaaja So glad you can be flexible!
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Matkaaja Fun to see. Impressive system.
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Matkaaja this is so inviting
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Matkaaja Spring in Ireland 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 6.4.2022
- 🌬 46 °F
- Korkeus: 102 ft
- Irlanti Munster Ciarraí Dingle 52.138073, -10.26268552°8’17” N 10°15’46” W
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Ah, Dingle
6. huhtikuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ 🌬 46 °F
The view changes every few minutes as we watch our lovely view of the Dingle harbor.

50 degrees and windy.
Yes, those are palm trees 🌴! Because it never freezes here and the Atlantic Gulf Stream is just off shore, the wind has a warmth to it that is quite surprising. That said , today’s rain is what the Irish refer to as “lashing rain” and is formidable.
Latitude here is 52 degrees north, for context Calgary Alberta is 51 degrees north.

The library here at the Greenmount called my name and I stayed here while Jörg went roaming and scouting , took care of our laundry and brought home pizza .

We successfully changed our reservations for the rest of the trip to accommodate the changes necessary because some of our friends and family are in quarantine this week .

P.s. Ronnie ; We did see Tom Crean’s
South Pole Bar in Anascoul on our way here and will try and find some of his brew.There is also a Tom Crean pub in Kenmare which would be lovely to visit .

The Dingle Peninsula is in County Kerry and is the most western location of Europe .

We saw our first rainbow / from its appearance to its disappearance/ 2 minutes and every second stunning.
Breakfast/ the food, the view, the staff …❤️Lue lisää
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Matkaaja This place is a soft sigh and a deep breath
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Matkaaja Said perfectly
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Matkaaja Nice!!
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