Around Killarney.
5月25日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
After our big day touring yesterday we decided to do a few things closer to home today. First off a trip to the Post Office for Millie. So much simpler than Greece thank goodness. The ladies in there pointed us in the direction of a great Irish breakfast to set us up for the day too.
It’s a showery day so first off is Muckross House mainly because it will be inside. A beautiful 19th century house, set on the shores of Lake Muckross one of the three lakes in Killarney. Most of it has been restored and is set up as it would have been originally.
It has the most beautiful gardens there as well and luckily the rain stopped for us to have a brief look around them too. So many flowering rhododendrons. They have weaver on site and make their own cloth for coats, hats and scarves. Graham and I both bought a new hat.
Next up is the visit to the Killarney brewery. We were all still too full from our breakfast for lunch but Marl and I had a lovely cocktail, Graham and Millie did a beer tasting. Great beers apparently.
We’d called into St Mary Cathedral, yesterday but there was a memorial for someone going on so we didn’t stay, today we got there just before the six o’clock service and managed to have a little look around before it started. What a beautiful church. Amazing architecture and windows.
Ross Castle was next on the list, it’s on one of the lakes as well and so pretty with swans, boats, and deer around.
Into town then to find somewhere for dinner. It’s Saturday night and so busy, we tried a few places but all booked. Millie remembered passing somewhere just after we got out of the car so we headed back there. Luckily they had a table off to the side near sports bar. Great food, Marl and I had cottage pie again and it was delicious, Millie had fish and Graham found some duck so everyone was happy.
They have music playing in here tonight and they started at about eight. Three older guys with a guitar, a mandolin and banjo. Really good but we couldn’t see from where we’d had dinner so we moved over to the other section after a little heated disagreement with a nazi floor manager who didn’t seem to think we should be there.
The band knew all the favourite Irish songs and quite a lot of Australian ones too.もっと詳しく