Killarney

We checked out of our lovely BNB in Limerick and made our way to Killarney. Most cities in Europe are twinned or sisters with other cities. The US sister cities for Killarney included Springfield, Illinois, which we thought was appropriate. Killarney is so lovely and we had planned a trail ride when we arrived. Everyone has been on a horse before other than Hudson and we were all excited! The weather looked dismal on our drive, but once we arrived, we were met with blue skies and a lot of sun. It was gorgeous. We arrived at the stable and met our horses (Butters, Shayann, Tony, Peter, and Sive). After a few nervous tears a lead was attached to Tony and our sweet Huddy. We had a fantastic ride through the gorgeous Killarney National Park. Lakes and open green land, trees and so many deer. Literally, 40 does and a couple of bucks and then an entire field of bucks without mates. Gideon’s horse Butters was pretty spicy but he kept him in line. We had a bit of a scare when Elliot’s horse took off trailing screams when we were all trotting. She handled it super well and laughed it off and finished the ride after the caught her and brought her back. We were so relieved.

After the ride we gathered supplies while the kids relaxed. We went for a nice dinner at Bricin and tried Boxty (a traditional potato pancake filled with lamb and chicken. The desserts were the real stars (a super yummy chocolate cake and a fruit crumble. After dinner, we walked the high street and popped into a few wool shops. So many beautiful sweaters. We walked for about an hour and then headed home.

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