Started our day visiting the town of Waterford, (famous for Waterford Crystal) before heading to Blarney Castle. Lined up for 45 minutes, climbing the very narrow stone spiral staircase of the castle and "Kissed the Blarney". The actual Blarney stone is set in the castle wall and is quite low so it means laying on your back, grabbing the hand rails and bending backwards down the opening to kiss the stone. Very cool...
Stayed two nights at Tralee, which allowed us to complete the Ring of Kerry. This turned out to be a great day and was totally unexpected.
We started with jaunting (a carriage ride), tried some Irish Coffees at a Bog Village and stopped at a working sheep farm and observed the sheep dogs rounding the sheep.
Finished the day in the bar watching the All Blacks flog a South African club team with a few folk from the tour.Read more
August 14 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C