Noraville House B&B Killarney
St. Margarets Road Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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Everything is Green!
... glasses in the Land of Oz. After the jaunting ride, we had a picnic lunch, then got back into the car to try to find an elusive hiking trail despite the fact that the promised map-dispensing visitor center was not open. We found it pretty much by accident -- the Blue Pool nature trail, described in my guidebook as follows: "The trail is named for the lake's unusually blue-green color, caused by copper deposits in the soil." The trail was perfect, except: that ...
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 ...
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
... needed to visit that little touristy town, anyways, so may as well kill two birds with one stone. A dancer friend of mine drove us on Friday morning because she was competing! She’s from Prague, so a very international trio of girls got into the car and drove down to Killarney. We got there a little early before Prague’s check-in time, so she took us to a little castle just out of town center. The castle was lovely, free, and ...


