Durty Nelly's Bunratty

Today we departed Westport for Galway where we were going to do a short tour of the city and some shopping in Eyre's Square. The bus tour was very basic and encompassed the major sites of the city.

We were left off in Eyre's square to take some time and look around. We decided to stroll through the streets and take a look in some of the …

Our flight arrived in Shannon airport about 10:00 a.m. We collected our luggage and found the CIE tour desk. We were told to wait until our driver came and more people from the tour arrived. We waited for about 20 minutes. We met our driver/guide named Tony O'Callaghan. He was a very nice guy. He loaded our luggage onto the bus and we drove 15 min …

We got up fairly early again, and had breakfast around 9AM. Rosemary fixed us a fine breakfast, although I have to say she doesn't do eggs as well as Tom at the Sea Court. His are masterful. We said our goodbyes and thank yous, loaded up the car, and hit the road. We had discussed the previous evening doing a bus tour of the Circle of Something-or- …

I knew I would have a problem with this hotel right from the beginning. A month or so earlier I emailed all the hotels to ask if we could check in at any time no matter how late because we were planning on doing some sightseeing en route to our next hotel. The other two hotels left nice emails saying "no problem at all" and even put a mark by our …

... Bunratty Castle dates back to the 1200's                Lunch at Durty Nelly's,.the village's pub since the 15th century...             ...

... hotel our guide Tony got everyone singing "Molly Malone" and the "Wild Colonial Boy".   After we got back we decided to go to Durty Nelly's for the night. It was so crowded in there we had to go in through the back door to get to the bar! There was ...

... a little while to find the hotel, even though the Castle was nearby.  After settling in, we went across to the pub; Durty Nelly's, for potato and leek soup with brown soda bread.  We watched an old chap playing piano and a row of ladies ...

... Castle and Folk Park because it doesn't take a genius to see THAT overpriced tourist trap. We did, however, enjoy a nice burger and our FIRST pint of Guinness (can you believe that?) at Durty Nelly's (Established around 1620) pub across the ...

... they were a lot of fun as well. We ate, drank and were entertained for two hours. After wards we went next door to "Durty Nelly's" and had a blast there singing the old Irish songs and talking the the locals. We went to bed late and felt we had a ...

... you saw eveywhere. Also had animals including Irish Wolfhounds -huge dogs! and Irish Elk. Also went just outside the Park to Durty Nelly's -a really old pub and the Wollen Mills across the street for a peek. Then back to the Park for the Medieval ...