In and Around Killarney
May 25, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After our big touring day yesterday, we decided to do a few things closer to home today. Millie wanted to send some things home to lighten the load so first stop was the Post Office. The ladies in there pointed us in the direction of a great Irish breakfast to set us up for the day.
It’s a showery day so first off is Muckross House, mainly because it will be dry. 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 in its original state. It has beautiful gardens and luckily the rain stopped for us to have a brief look around them. So many flowering rhododendrons! They have a weaver on site and make their own cloth for coats, hats and scarves. Graham and Karry both bought a new hat.
Next up a visit to the Killarney brewery. We were all still too full from our breakfast for lunch but Karry and I had a lovely cocktail, Graham and Millie did a beer tasting. Great beers apparently. We’d called into St Mary's Cathedral yesterday but there was a memorial for someone going on so we didn’t stay. Today we got there just before the 6pm service and managed to have a quick 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 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 fully 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 a sports bar. Great food, Karry and I had cottage pie again and it was delicious, Millie had fish and Graham found some duck so everyone was happy.
They had music playing from 8pm. Three older guys with a guitar, a mandolin and banjo. Really good but we couldn’t see from where we’d had dinner. We moved over to the other section when some spare seats came up. Karry had a little heated disagreement with a Nazi floor manager who didn’t seem to think we should be there but she won out in the end. He kept his eye on us all night though haha.
The band knew all the favourite Irish songs and a lot of Australian ones too. It was a great night and watching the floor manager scooting around all the time gave us quite a few laughs.
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