Ard Cullen Kilkenny
Archers Avenue Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Dublin to Rock of Cashel
... turns (and no illegal ones either), which I attribute more to the lack of other cars than to the very vague (altho accurate) directions from the desk clerk at the hotel. "Um, well, you just follow the traffic over the O'Connell bridge to Ashton Key and go around until you get to the dual carriageway." The who? The what? (Based on context, "key" was really "quay" ... and duaI carriageway must mean two lane highway.) Ann Marie (armed with the Collins ...
Waterford....Vedrafjord - 'windy city'
After Kilkenny, we stopped at the House of Waterford Crystal factory for a fascinating tour. George and William Penrose set up the original factory in 1783. Timber from surrounding forests fueled the huge furnaces producing molten crystal: 20 tons of wood fired 9 tons of glass melt. In 1799 the Penroses sold the business to their clerk who worked closely with ...
Medieval Kilkenny
... and was once the capitol of all Ireland. Narrow streets are lined with quaint shops and restaurants, all sporting wonderfully decorated windows and most with typical Irish names; i.e., O'Gorman's, Murphy's, etc. Although the town is extremely old and historical, the clothing shops hold haute fashion ...
Rolling with the Punches
... to have new shoes. Then, we popped over the the Shake Shop and tried a Jaffa Cake shake for scientific purposes. Are Jaffa Cakes just as tasty when blended with ice cream? Yes.
Anyway, we headed toward Glendalough, taking a beautiful scenic drive through Wicklow National Park. We took a different road than the bus Joy and I took a few weeks earlier, probably because it was a bit narrow for a bus. I ...
Good for the Soul
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We decided to take the scenic route through the Wicklow Mountains, a portion of which is a national park. We stopped in Roundwood for lunch at the Coach House Tavern, a historic building with great food and huge portion sizes. Two of us had beef and Guinness casserole and two had cottage pie, which really hit the spot. Even Little D enjoyed scarfing down the beef and delicious sauce, along with a pile of mashed potatoes. We are cracked up by ...


