Last day in Ireland.

Had a huge breakfast said goodbye to the amazing view from our room (I woke to the sound of the waves outside our window-that is how close we were to the water).
We drove along lots of little roads to coves and interesting rural villages. A cruise ship looked most out of place in the Waterford estuary.
We stopped in Augrim for a cuppa. Through the cafe window, we could see across the street. The houses opposite opened onto the footpath. A door opened and an elderly gentleman appeared carrying a ladder which he placed against the front wall of the building. On this wall hung three baskets of flowers. The man went back through the door and reappeared with a watering can, climbed the ladder and watered one of the baskets. He came down the ladder and moved it across to the next basket. He went back through the door and again reappeared with the watering can. This was repeated till all three baskets had been watered. He then carried the ladder back through the door and closed it behind him.
This was probably his daily morning routine. We found it quite entertaining.
Enniskery was a lovely village, just South of Dublin, where we stopped for lunch and also bought some Irish linen tea towels. The salesman had a brother in Perth.
We organised to stay at Swords, just North of Dublin, tonight as it's very close to the airport to make it easy to drive there tomorrow morning.
Arrived at Kettles Country House Hotel in Swords around 3.30 and spent some time washing, sorting cases and paperwork.
When we felt organised we went to Howth drove around the peninsular and decided on a hotel called The Bloody Stream for dinner. Once again the food was superb - we both had a fish dish - we have hardly had red meat in Ireland.
A blackboard in the dining room explains the name:-

On 10th Aug 1177, the 2nd (Norman) invasion of Ireland, a great battle took place against the Danes who were in occupation on Evora Bridge over a stream afterwards known as The Bloody Stream. During construction of this public house, we found that stream runs directly under the premises. Having fought a constant battle with the stream flooding the bar,we decided to make peace with it. Hence the name.Read more