Clover Hill Lodge Bunratty
Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
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Friday afternoon there was a wedding at the Killarney Avenue Hotel where we were staying. There were lovely flowers and candles in the lobby and white ribbon bows tied on the stair rails and potted trees outside the hotel. Apparently the wedding festivities really got going in the hotel pub late last evening. Although Janice and I did not join in--we were respectfully tucked in for the night. This morning we got to see ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... couldn’t get up until someone rescued me. My housemate cut his lip. It was wild. I was (and still am) bruised. Then at last the lights turned on, that scary moment at Costello’s where you see all the frazzled, sweaty people you were just dancing with.
The next day I bussed down to Cork for a Sacred Harp Singing Convention. The Sacred Harp is an American folk choral tradition, where people sit in a square and sing (yell, really) out ...
Stats You Could Never Live Without
In one edition of my blog, I've been wanting to take you through a list of facts and stats about Ireland. I end up writing so much, however, that when I get to the stats part, I poop out, as I’m sure you are pooped out from reading all of my rants. But then I thought, at this rate I’ll NEVER be able to share some fun facts for you! So here you go. Besides, the real writers do it. Why shouldn’t I?
I browsed through the ...
Bunratty to Doolin to Bunratty
... us up and off we went down what seemed an interminable flight of stairs (250 feet? 250 yards? Gran's knees thought it was 250 miles or at least 250 kilometres). At the foot of the stairs we donned hard hats and at Jim's suggestion Gran left the purchases on the hardhat shelf. Then the real "caving" began and we found the reason for the hardhats. Through an excavated tunnel and then out into the room with the Biggest Stalactite in the Northern Hemisphere! ...
Greetings from Bunratty Castle
... amp; Whiskey Sauce
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Breast of Chicken with Apple & Mead sauce,
served with potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
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Rastin
(Fruit of the Forest Mousse on a Biscuit Base
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Coffee / Tea
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Vegetarian Tartlet
Leek, Mushroom and Spinach Tartlet topped with Cashel Blue Cheese, drizzled with a Creamy Tomato Sauce
The mead and red and white wine was ...


