Forgefield House
Travel Blogs from Kenmare
Rain and Mountains
... the National Park for a few hours. It may have rained, and we all may have frozen a little bit, but I think it was worth it. From where ever you were in Killarney, you could see the mountains, which were covered in snow. The park had some wild animals, some streams, and a castle at the end of our journey. Everything, to me, ...
Day Eight – Dingle Berries!
... the Blasket Island Center. The Blasket Islands were inhabited until the late 1950’s. Several bad storms and crop failures on the islands forced the government to evacuate them off of the island. The population had been dwindling since the start of the twentieth century. A lot of the children had been immigrating to the mainland or America.
Life was ******* the islands. It was as Celtic as you could get. In the ...
Day Seven – Lost Day
I got up early, but didn't feel like eating anything. I had some orange juice and barely got that down! I went back up and finished packing. I texted Gary to wake me when he was ready to leave and I took a nap. When Gary got me and I went down, I learned that there were seven of us who had the same thing. Gary also was sick last night. Damn both Pat and Ryan for giving us this thing!
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Directionally Challenged and Musically Be-Dazzled!
... He alternated between clap-tastic instrumentals and beautifully-sung ballads. He sang a version of the song “Angel” that was just mesmerizing.
Needless to say, mom and I took many videos that night. I also had my first Irish beers. I had a Smithwick’s lager at McCarthey’s and it was great. Then at Coachman’s I decided to try a Murphy’s. I had seen signs for it a couple of places, but hadn’t realize it was an Irish stout. Much ...
The Ring of Beara
... and discovered our luggage tags that we had removed earlier. So we attached them to the tree and left them there. We took pictures from several angles and then I went to watch birds while Erin took even more pictures. Erin didn’t see me leave and she imagined me sucked into a time vortex like the characters in "The Outlander," a book we have both read. On the way out we noticed that someone had opened the little shed and put out an honesty ...