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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!
Our first stop today was the Telegrpaph Field on Valentia Island. This spot was important because even though it is in the absolute middle of no where, this is where the communication cable first came to Ireland. Instead of taking one week to deliver a message to America, it was now instant.
The next stop was at a dairy farm. We got to look at the new calves and hike up Geokaun Mountains to a beautiful look out spot of ...
Off to the Ring of Kerry!
On Friday afternoon, 40-50 of us climbed on a bus and headed to the Ring of Kerry for the weekend! Our first stop was the Bog Village. This was a small museum like place where we learned how the turf cutters lived. There were several very small houses filled with items that they turf cutters of Kerry used. We also got to ...
Week 6
... fallen off the side of a mountain. As we traveled through the beautiful scenery we had a great view of the Skellig rocks. What are they? The Skelligs are these huge rocks (more like mountains) in the middle of the ocean where over a 1000 years ago a group of monks climbed and carved a monetary out of hand. AKA one of the world’s hidden gems of true beauty. From Sneem we traveled to Waterville where the infamous Charlie Chaplin enjoyed his holiday.after that ...
A balanced breakfast
... Bailey's (sticking up out of a brown paper bag) on my oatmeal. He was disappointed that I didn't have any, so I proffered my juice glass. So: I'm not crazy, I'm not being haunted, and I got Bailey's at breakfast. Really, just a very nice start to the day! (P.S. Bailey's on oatmeal was something offered at the hotel in Kinsale.)
Met Katherine at 10:00, but Michelle elected to stay in with a pot of tea and then do a bit of shopping while we went on our walk. Couldn't say as I ...


