Flannery's Pub Kilkenny
John Street Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Medieval Kilkenny
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Good for the Soul
... mmmmm) with mash, carrot, parsnip, and a mustard cream sauce. T had steak and potatoes topped with bacon. Gma had "the best chicken breast she'd ever had," and Gpa had the pork belly as well. Little D got antsy throughout the meal and we thought that by keeping him from the nap he wanted, he'd go to sleep for the night once at home (not so), so he had to be taken out for a walk several times. After dinner, we stopped at a convenience store/small ...
Week 8
Week 8:
Monday: Today I met the OT department at UCC and basically got interrogated by the Irish but, I thought I represented the QU OT department and America with poise so you're all welcome. Tonight we went to an old pub off the beaten track to listen to some traditional music. It’s really worth your while to go exploring because I found my new favorite spot to hang out (plus they gave free food).
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Saturday Excursion!
... to walk around the cathedral for a few minutes and shop in the gift shop, which was set up in the nave and I thought kind of distracted from the whole holy aura of the thing, not that I don't appreciate a good gift shop. There just wasn't anything super exciting about the exhibits they provided. There was a model of the town, which, since we'd just walked around it, didn't do much for us. We did see the tomb of Bishop John Kearney, who was a provost of Trinity in 1799 and is ...


