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Last day in Ring of Kerry
We tried to stop at a beautiful lookout spot, but it was so foggy we could not see a single thing.
So then we continued on our way to Daniel O'Connell's 'Derrynane House.' He is known as the The Liberator and was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century.
Next stop was the Torc Waterfall in Killarney National Park. Of ...
Ring of Kerry Day 2!
... Cliffs.
There was then a quick stop at Our Lady Grotto at a slate quarry.
Then we stopped to learn about The Skelligs. This is where Monks decided to live. They built three sets of stairways (620 steps each) around the island. They chose this extreme difficult lifestyle in order to be closer to God. They survived for a very long time until the Vikings, who out numbered them, took over.
We stopped ...
Off to the Ring of Kerry!
... wolf-dogs and one of the smallest horses in the world. Our next stop was a beautiful lookout spot with a nice view. It was kind of terrifying winding and speeding on the most narrow roads with no guard rails next to a cliff that leads to water. But we made it! That night we had a guest speaker who also taught us some ...
Dingle is a Funny Name
... below wave at me and my eyes adjust to find two more guys from the pub! They were about my age (some of the few from the pub who were) and we talked for a little while. They said they would offer me a lift, observing that my cycling must be impossible in the wind, but unfortunately their car was too small for the bike. I bid them adieu and rode on along the coast. This was my midway point, so the next leg of the trip turned me around heading east ...
Salmon of Knowledge (encore)
... cross that acted as a sundial, as well as an ogham stone. Ogham is the original written language of the early Celts. The stone apparently marks a grave, but later a hole was drilled vertically into the top. This gave people a place to seal a deal: they would touch their thumbs through the hole in the stone and swear on the graves of their ancestors in front of the house of God.
When we got back to Dingle, Katherine and I (and several others) ran up the street ...


