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Everything is Green!
... No real rush today. It took a few more tries, but I got her up at 10am. We had a nice breakfast together then packed ourselves a picnic lunch and headed out the N71, a.k.a. the Ring of Kerry, a highway that circles the Iveragh Peninsula. We will only be doing a portion of the "ROK"; it is 170 miles long, and we simply do not have enough time. It is a one-way only drive; the roads that cut across the middle are not ones I would attempt. It also has a ...
Ring of Kerry
... addition, we stopped for some misty photos at Killeen Golf Course, home of the Irish Open.
The landscape today was much like the California north coast--and different in many ways, too. The drive is a 110-mile loop which follows the coast part of the way and then moves inland. The vistas are a combination of peat bogs, sheep farms, houses, resorts, stone ...
All about Killarney
... William Bowers Bourn owned the Muckross house in the late 1800 to early 1900s. In fact, we learned that murals of Muckross house and grounds are painted in Filoli Gardens. By the way, Muckross in Irish means pig peninsula.
A BEAUTIFUL sunny, warm day--75F!! Locals are flabbergasted and happy about this kind of weather in March...and so are we!
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Shawn brought the sun!
... It lead us down a paved road, then a dirt road past some houses and finally into a field. We had to climb over the farmers fence (a ladder was provided) and a sign warned us to mind the cattle-leave only but footprints. It was the most random path but we enjoyed walking through the fields that had the ocean to our left and mountains to our right. We finally came out to the main road that would take us back to town, but we weren't ready so we headed back the way ...
Oireachtas and Pixies
... a society meant to help preserve Irish language and culture. The Oireachtas is responsible for helping out the Gaeltacht regions, among other things. And for the football games. The Oireachtas na Samnha, which I attended last weekend, is giant televised song and dance competition, all in Irish. An Irish speaking friend told me, "Remember when I told you that 70,000 people in Ireland speak Irish fluently? Well, all 70,000 will be there." He kids, of ...


