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Day 13
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:14 AM
⛅ 61 °F
Altitude: 23 ft
Ireland Eyre Square 53.274536, -9.04921253°16’28” N 9°2’57” W
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Eyre Square
July 19, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
A fun little area in the heart of Galway. The arts festival is going on now. The Irish truly use their parks and grass areas for relaxation. Love it!
You do have to pay to use the public toilets. We had an Irish Coffee this morning while waiting for the free walking tour to start. It was delish!
The flags represent the 14 original clans that founded Galway. Unlike the east side of Ireland, where the Vikings invaded and made ports, this side was invaded by the Normans. Lots and lots of history here.Read more
Traveler What a cute waitress! I hope you tipped her well 😉
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TravelerOkay, these were absolutely the best Irish coffees. A lot of activity in Galway. Lots of fun ahead.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 49 ft
Ireland Lynch's Castle 53.271965, -9.05053153°16’19” N 9°3’2” W
13 Merchant Rd Airbnb
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Our airbnb in Galway was in a great location! Easy walking to Eyre Square and The Latin Quarter. Our hostess, Marie, was very sweet. A talker and a hugger. The accommodations were so cute and tastefully decorated. The only thing was there was no common room. Since it was 4 bedrooms, we simply all hung out in one room.
Our breakfast was included. But after the first morning, we declined the next two. Mom and I ate some weird breakfast casserole with peas, corn, spinach, egg and potatoes. It was not for us.
All in all, a great spot!Read more
TravelerCute location and rooms. Comfortable accommodation. Marie, the host, was nice. I'm sure her breakfast is yummy for locals. She had a pet bird that talked a lot. I could hear him each morning from my window. I saw her cat that she said may come in my window for some cuddles but he never came in.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 49 ft
Ireland Lynch's Castle 53.271954, -9.05057553°16’19” N 9°3’2” W
Travel day Dingle to Galway
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Alan Barnes picked us up at 8am for our very packed day. He went over our day with us as we left Dingle. The weather report the night before said terrible, terrible rain for our drive. Alan had even sent me an email the evening before saying he hoped he would be able to see the roads!
Well, it was 58 degrees and a bit overcast, the ground was wet, but not horrible.
As we drove, the skies slowly cleared. We had absolutely perfect weather. The best weather day so far! 70 degrees!
Alan told us about his life in Ireland. His mom was Irish, but he was born in England. They moved back to Ireland in 1964. At that time, the country was very poor. They lived with his grandma and had no electricity, no running water and no flush toilets. Every Friday we would get water bucket by bucket from the village well and walk back to take to fill their water tank. He hated Fridays.
He had many stories to share, explained history of the area, and was a pure joy to be with.Read more
TravelerBeautiful day! Was Alan wearing a tie? Did you walk up to or through the castle(s)?
7/19/23Reply
TravelerHe was! Since he is a cab driver, he has to follow the dress code. No, we didn't walk up to tye castles. One was on private property. The other (Lady Gregory's) had a full parking lot, and it was late in the day. We were tired. 10 hours in the car!
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TravelerThe fresh spring water, cows walking in the middle of the road and the donkeys were such a delight. I enjoyed this day tremendously. Alan was a very informative and fun. He truly loves his country and is proud to talk about it. Very interesting and enjoyable.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 128 ft
Ireland Oughtmama 53.126249, -9.04810153°7’34” N 9°2’53” W
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Cafe Hazel Mountain
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We made it just in time for a pop into the chocolate shop for a homemade dessert. No time to tour the factory unfortunately. But we were fine with that. On our way to the chocolate factory, we ran into a road block. Those poor gals looked like they were more than ready to be milked.Read more
Traveler So picturesque 😍
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TravelerThis was one of the experiences I was hoping we would have!
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 4:47 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 390 ft
Ireland Fahee 53.043645, -9.046653°2’37” N 9°2’48” W
The Burren
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
On our travels from Dingle to Galway, we drove through The Burren. It’s a karst landscape of bedrock incorporating a vast cracked pavement of glacial-era limestone, with cliffs and caves, fossils, rock formations and archaeological sites. We did not stop and walk it. Next time. But the views were stunning. Such a change in scenery.Read more
TravelerStunning change of scenery. Enjoyable ride.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 4:47 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 390 ft
Ireland Fahee 53.043572, -9.04656353°2’37” N 9°2’48” W
Burren Perfumery
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
I was excited for this stop. But dang, everything was so expensive. I understand, as all the perfumes and lotions are made there, using floral and fauna of The Burren. The gardens were nice to walk through.Read more
TravelerVery cool. I hope you bought something!
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TravelerWe did not. $24 Euro for 8oz of hand lotion. $130 Euro for a small bottle of perfume.
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TravelerSmelled very nice but touristy to me. I thought it would be more of a mom/pop atmosphere. Still the gardens were lovely. I am happy we stopped.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 3:51 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 39 ft
Ireland Cregg 53.132985, -9.19440553°7’59” N 9°11’40” W
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Natural spring water and donkeys
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Alan stopped and had us bring our water bottles into this small stone enclosure. It was a natural spring full of the "freshest water we will ever taste."
It was very cold and refreshing!
Across the way, there were 2 donkeys! They were way back in their paddock, but came over when we walked to the wall. We happened to have 2 apples, which the donkeys were well pleased to eat.
One sneezed on me.
They were so sweet!Read more
TravelerThe stone enclosure looks church-like. Donkeys! Cute!
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Traveler Sweet faces 😊
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Traveler So cool! I would’ve loved this 😁💦
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TravelerDefinitely one of my top favorite stops. The spring water tasted amazing. Alan really loves those donkeys. He stops regularly to say hello to them. His "good bye till next time my friend" was touching.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 2:18 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 33 ft
Ireland Aille River 53.012502, -9.38642253°0’45” N 9°23’11” W
O'Connor's Pub Doolin
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We stopped in Doolin for lunch. Weird experience ordering food. There was some unrest amongst the workers. And our guy was not too knowledgeable on the menu, the beers, or the restaurant in general. At first I thought it was a language barrier. No.
The food was surprisingly tasty.Read more
TravelerIt was odd between the workers but the fish'n'chips. God I would love some right now. The Guinness still delicious 😋
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 12:55 PM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Ireland Diamond Rocks 52.676279, -9.66749852°40’35” N 9°40’3” W
Kilkee Cliffs
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Instead of Cliffs of Moher, which are over crowded, cost money, and over photographed, we viewed the Cliffs of Kilkee. Stunning!
As you can see, our weather has done nothing but improve. It's downright warm now.Read more
TravelerAgain, un-touristy and magnificent!
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TravelerTruly beautiful. I'm happy we chose this over the touristy cliffs.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM
⛅ 61 °F
Altitude: 23 ft
Ireland Kilbaha 52.569442, -9.86305752°34’10” N 9°51’47” W
Snacks to keep the hanger away
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
We stopped to get Sara a snack, as the hanger was setting in. The restaurant was known as the last place to get a sandwich before New York.
The area was cute, with historical things to occupy oneself. Alan and mom had a cup of tea.Read more
TravelerSo few people. “Feels” un-touristy. Did some places feel that way to you guys?
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TravelerYes, completely. That's a bit of the reason we went to these stops. We saw so many huge, 54 passenger tour busses headed to the Cliffs of Moher. It's overrun from what we've heard.
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TravelerAlan was such a gentleman. He made a perfect cup of tea for me. Very enjoyable.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:18 AM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 39 ft
Ireland Bridge of Ross 52.590078, -9.86817852°35’24” N 9°52’5” W
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Bridge of Ross
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Our first stop was The Bridge of Ross. There used to be 3 natural land bridges here. But one collapsed. It was a magnificent area. The rocks, the colors, all the flowers. So beautiful.
Also, the peninsula that was behind us was the closest part of Europe to New York.
We were all speechless here, which is really saying a lot. Simply beautiful. The pictures do not do it justice.Read more
TravelerInteresting history. I’ll have to look up that ‘70s movie!
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TravelerIt would have been fun to picnic here. Really pretty.
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Day 12
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 10:12 AM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: Sea level
Ireland Tarbert Island 52.586934, -9.35929752°35’13” N 9°21’33” W
Tarbert Ferry
July 18, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We took a ferry from Tarbert to Killimer, across The River Shannon, to shave about 2 hours from our drive time.
Very quick and efficient! 21 minutes.
The sky is starting to clear!
TravelerThis was a fun experience. I wanted a coffee but they were so efficient no time.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 56 ft
Ireland Dingle 52.140212, -10.26894352°8’25” N 10°16’8” W
Dingle Peninsula Tour
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We took an all day (9:30am to 4pm) tour around Dingle Peninsula today. Our driver's name was Rory, and, we found out, he was a bit hung over. Had "racks" of pints watching the game yesterday. Ha! He is a local who lives in a small village with less than 800 people.
We loved this tour for the simple fact that we got out so often. Rory had lots of information on all the stops as well. I will post pictures here that I can't recall the name of the exact location.
Rory told us the waters are very over fished, which causes a lot of issues. We also had a big laugh about the Americans who identify as cats, and the parents that allow it. Meow.
Rory lived in the states for 11 years because he is a master wood worker and did old wood restoration for The Kennedy's, a Shiek in Kentucky and one of the major churches in New York.
But, as he said, home is home. So he moved back.
His wife's mom was part of the last inhabitants of The Blasket Island.
A fun day!Read more
TravelerBeautiful. The water is so clear! I’ll bet it’s cold too.
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TravelerIt feels like the Oregon ocean. Not warm!
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TravelerI thought so.
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TravelerI love that I was a naggy mom and questioned Sara about wearing shorts this day. Boy did she prove me wrong. Gorgeous, sunny and warm day!
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:02 PM
🌧 59 °F
Altitude: 36 ft
Ireland Dingle 52.141119, -10.26715252°8’28” N 10°16’2” W
Nelizan's Bar Dingle
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 59 °F
We had nasty pizza at this cool local pub. We thought there was going to be dancers...and there was. But not regular dancing. It was Irish Square Dancing kind of. Pretty fun!
Mom and I played cards, and I kicked her ass multiple times.
We watched the guys take down the pool table and move it. Pretty cool!
Edit to add that this is Irish Session Dancing. Each county in Ireland has their own version, and it is taught to all the locals in the pubs. There are festivals where the different counties get together and dance their specific county session dances. What a cool tradition.Read more
TravelerWell, that pizza looks really yummy. Why you say it was nastee? I want mor.
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TravelerIt was too rich. And WAY too much cheese. Way!! And they didn't cut it right.
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TravelerI had a fun time here even though Sara kicked my ass at cards. I think she was cheating 😆 It was hard for me to watch those guys struggle to take the pool table down. I wonder if it is a good table to play on after moving each day.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 3:30 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 1,365 ft
Ireland Beenduff 52.181741, -10.20741452°10’54” N 10°12’27” W
Connor Pass - again
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We drove it again. What a different view today! Wow! Rory also gave us a taste of driving down the pass. Yikes. One way with pull outs.
TravelerReally enjoying the pictures! Good times. Great memories!
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TravelerThese roads, I can laugh now. A bit frightening at the time. Really enjoyed this day!
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 2:24 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 226 ft
Ireland Kilmalkedar 52.184727, -10.33675152°11’5” N 10°20’12” W
Old church
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
The ruins of an old church from 600 B.C.E.
Beautiful! We saw an old sun dial, a Contract Stone (they did marriage agreements by sticking their fingers through the hole and agreeing to bond) written in an old pre-Viking Irish language from the 5th and 9th Century called Ogham (pronounced ohm), and an alphabet stone which taught Latin. These 3 stones are not native to this church. But they werefound on the local villagers property, and simply placed here.
This was also the site of mass graves from the Famine.Read more
TravelerTouching location. The alphabet stone and, agreement stone and sun dial were super neat.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 1:49 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 36 ft
Ireland Clogher 52.156927, -10.45975652°9’25” N 10°27’35” W
Cosan Chuas na Nae beach
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Another beautiful beach. We drove here after we drove by the location where the fight scene between Luke and Kylo Ren in one of the many, many Star Wars films was filmed. The Last Jedi? Rory actually was one of the hired drivers during the filming. He drove the actor that plays Chewbacca to one of the local schools. Rory said in costume, he was 7 feet 2 inches. They acquired a van to lay him down in. The filming lasted 6 months for 15 minutes of the film. Over 750 staff were here. Crazy!
Also, the architect for the Australian Opera House was said to have been inspired by this same area.
The beach was beautiful as well!Read more
TravelerCool rock formation on the beach.
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TravelerLove the beach. The rocks were so warm I could have laid down and napped.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 75 ft
Ireland Dunquin 52.134267, -10.45383752°8’3” N 10°27’14” W
Kruger's Pub
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We stopped here for lunch. This is the pub that Rory watched the game at and "crawled" the 200 meters home.
Food was decent for pub food. View was excellent! Service was great. You only need to be 14 to work at pubs here.
Fun fact, this is the pub that is known as being the last place to get a beer before New York. It's apparently the closest pub to New York in Ireland. I have not fact checked that.Read more
TravelerCheers!
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TravelerAnother Guinness pint at another great pub!
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 11:48 AM
☁️ 59 °F
Altitude: 92 ft
Ireland Dunquin 52.132524, -10.46248152°7’57” N 10°27’45” W
Ionad an Bhlascaoid (museum)
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
This is another OPW site, so we used our Horizon cards for free entry.
The museum is all about the inhabitants of The Blasket Islands. If you recall from yesterday's tour, this is the island that held inhabitants until the 1950's. We saw the grey seals here.
We learned a lot about the life of these people. At its peak, 180 people lived here. They never had electricity. Their life was extremely hard.
I could write and write about all we learned. Instead, I suggest you Google the many books written by authors from the oral storytellers directly. I bought a book at a local bookshop today to learn more.Read more
TravelerLove museums. Looks fascinating!
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TravelerThis was a lovely museum to give a bit more info on the Baskett Island people. Definitely a hard life. We took a walk down a trail to pennisula outlook. Really beautiful.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM
☁️ 59 °F
Altitude: 30 ft
Ireland Dunquin 52.124165, -10.46044652°7’27” N 10°27’38” W
Dunquin Pier
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
This used to be an old sheep path. Now it is a path that silly tourists think they can drive on, and then get stuck.
Also, off this Pier is where a Spanish Armada ship sunk.
TravelerThe picture of the winding road would be a great art piece.
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TravelerThis was beautiful. The pictures of Sara and I sitting on the cliff was a lot scarier than it looks. Very steep cliff. Cory said No Thanks! And was worried about us 2 clutso's sitting there.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 11:13 AM
☁️ 59 °F
Altitude: Sea level
Ireland Coumeenoole Bay 52.10892, -10.46403652°6’32” N 10°27’51” W
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Coumeenole Beach
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
This was such a beautiful beach. The water was so pretty. Our driver, Rory, swims here most days with his son. We took our shoes off and walked the beach, feeling the sand beneath our toes. The sun was warm and the breeze was fair. It was a great stop!Read more
Traveler Love this one!
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Traveler Beautiful girls!!
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TravelerI loved putting my toes in the ocean. The warm sun felt so good. Wished for more time here.
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Day 11
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:25 AM
☁️ 59 °F
Altitude: 358 ft
Ireland Beenacouma 52.109748, -10.45533652°6’35” N 10°27’19” W
Hold a lamb and Beehive Huts
July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
We stopped here to hold a lamb. Awe! So sweet! Till you remember that they are simply raised for meat. Poor lamb. But dang, I do love lamb stew!
When they sheer sheep, they toss, bury or burn the wool. It's that worthless. So all the wool items for sale here are not really Irish. The items for sale are made of merino wool, which are different breeds of sheep than what are here.
The Beehive huts are pre-viking times. They didn't use any mortar to hold the stones. They simply stacked. And they are still standing! The picture of the complete one is a replica. But the others are real. Also, the clans built a tunnel system under the huts to hide from neighboring clans when fighting, to store valuables, store food, and to hide livestock. They tunneled many miles. Crazy cool!Read more
TravelerCrazy cool! I want mor.
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TravelerHolding a lamb was amazing. They are not as soft and cuddly as we imagine. Still sweet but sad destination for them. The belive huts and underground tunnels were fun to adventure.
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Day 10
Sunday, July 16, 2023
🌬 59 °F
Altitude: Sea level
Ireland Dingle Harbour 52.132018, -10.2880152°7’55” N 10°17’17” W
Dingle Day 2
July 16, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 59 °F
Day 2 was pretty relaxed, well, after the awesome boat ride!
Cory made is breakfast before our trip. Delish as always. The breakfast sausage has a different flavor and texture. Cory doesn't care for it, but Mom and I do. I would describe it as soft and slightly mushy.
After we got back, we made our way back to The Captain's House for lunch. We dined like kings and queens on prosciutto, salami, local cheese, chips, hummus, bread and butter. Have I mentioned how much we love the butter here?
Soon after we all started feeling our eyes get heavy, so we napped. Yep. We napped in Ireland. No regrets. After waking up refreshed, we got dolled up for our early dinner at Out of the Blue.
After dinner, Mom and I were craving an Irish Coffee. Since the big match between Kerry and Derry was on, each pub was so packed, you couldn't walk in. So Cory settled for a local cone from Murphy's Ice Cream. He said it's as good as Tillamook!
Then the match ended and we got into Foxy John's for that Irish Coffee. So dang good!
Then we walked to O'Sullivans because Hannah (my sister-in-law) let us know her dad is friends with the owner and that we should pop in and name drop. Well, we asked and the lad at the pub informed us that we missed Tommy, he left for a tour in the US and would be gone for a month. Damn. Then the lad said, oh too bad you weren't here last night when he played. Ha! Good luck on us as we were sitting first row and enjoyed his talents for about an hour. We even put a 5 Euro in the jar. He smiled and said thank you.
We were tuckered out, even after our nap, and decided to head home. We walked down an alley and enjoyed the cool murals along the way.
We sat around, played 31 and some Rummy, chatted with Aunt Carre, and ended the night with great conversation.
We walked 8,335 steps.
5 star day!Read more
TravelerNot sure how I missed that cow! Definitely a 5 plus star day!
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Day 10
Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 6:03 PM
🌬 57 °F
Altitude: 56 ft
Ireland Dingle 52.142048, -10.2692452°8’31” N 10°16’9” W
Foxy John's Pub
July 16, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 57 °F
I was kissed by a local. Mom kissed the local when he left. County Kerry won the match, and our Irish Coffee was delish. Never drank at a hardware store before.
TravelerJohnny Fox was one of my favorite stops. Talking to the old local man and having the best Irish coffee so far. I feel like we went to Johnny's at least 3 times. Fun!
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Day 10
Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 4:32 PM
🌬 59 °F
Altitude: 23 ft
Ireland Milltown River 52.139376, -10.27547452°8’22” N 10°16’32” W
Out of the Blue
July 16, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 59 °F
This restaurant was highly rated and you have to make reservations months in advance. The food was great. The service was sub-par. And not that I need to see people dressed fancy, but when you are paying $40 per plate, maybe the waitstaff could wear something different than athletic pants and a sweatshirt. I would say skip!
Please enjoy photos of our food.Read more
TravelerGood food great company!
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Day 10
Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 11:26 AM
☁️ 57 °F
Altitude: Sea level
Ireland Nabro Island 52.056623, -10.60353452°3’24” N 10°36’13” W
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An Island I cannot pronounce
July 16, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
This part the water was way more intense. The squalls were 13 feet or more. Thank God we had an experienced captain!
The view was so worth it. We went in Black Bay and saw 2 islands that I can't pronounce. But we were at the most westerly point of Ireland.
The Cathedral Rock was magical. I'm agnostic, but I would say that God did something amazing here.
Getting out was crazy. Crazy.
We saw Atlantic Puffins, even saw one with a fish in it's mouth. And when we went back towards the bay, the captain did a quick about face and turned the boat around fast. He busted ass back the way we came. The reason? The Common Dolphin!
I can't describe the beauty we saw today. Worth every second.
I haven't heard Cory laugh as hard as he did this trip in a long time. And his smile....awesome!Read more
beautiful! [lynne]
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TravelerLove the pics and write-up on this one!! Keep the smiles and laughter going 💜
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