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Everything is Green!
... to be here one more night (3 altogether) but we have had a change of plans. Original plan was to do Dingle Peninsula tomorrow, then visit with Martina & her family in Tralee, and return to Kenmare for our last night ... then drive to Limerick. Geographically that does not make any sense whatsoever (it made more sense when we were staying in Glenbeigh which is closer to Tralee.) Martina was kind enough to offer that we can sleep there. So we will be packing ...
Ring of Kerry
We left very early this morning...again!! But oh, so worth the early alarm. Just out of Killarney we stopped briefly to see some ogham stones. Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a high medieval tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters.The bulk of Ogham stones are in the south of Ireland, in Counties Kerry, Cork and ...
All about Killarney
... us perspective on what it must have been like to travel in this mode. Our Irish driver, Dennis Doona, missing one front tooth, was just about as interesting and fun as they come. He was full of information, including the fact that there is a strong connection between the Muckross House--which was our destination in the park--and Filoli Gardens in Woodside and the Empire Mine in Grass ...
Dingle is a Funny Name
... this: stand up, facing a wall. Now squish right up to it. Now step forward. There you have it.
I started to get a little anxious about how far I rode without seeing the first main ancient site. I found a Celtic museum on the side of the road and was lured into it because the owners tethered a goat to a stonehenge type pile of rocks. Goats back in the day were holy, or something, so I understood this little diversion, but I still found ...
Salmon of Knowledge (encore)
... they weren't odd or backward or anything like that. When the island was evacuated, there was one 7-year-old boy ... only one child left on the island. The press dubbed him “The Loneliest Child in the World.” The guide inside the Centre reckoned that he wasn't lonely at all: he probably had ten sets of “grandparents” doting on him.
The Centre itself was nice: bright and airy, with some interactive displays and quotes from the islanders and ...


