The Village Green B&B Portlaoise
The Green Portlaoise, County Laoighis, Ireland
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Medieval Kilkenny
... and was once the capitol of all Ireland. Narrow streets are lined with quaint shops and restaurants, all sporting wonderfully decorated windows and most with typical Irish names; i.e., O'Gorman's, Murphy's, etc. Although the town is extremely old and historical, the clothing shops hold haute fashion ...
Good for the Soul
... mmmmm) with mash, carrot, parsnip, and a mustard cream sauce. T had steak and potatoes topped with bacon. Gma had "the best chicken breast she'd ever had," and Gpa had the pork belly as well. Little D got antsy throughout the meal and we thought that by keeping him from the nap he wanted, he'd go to sleep for the night once at home (not so), so he had to be taken out for a walk several times. After dinner, we stopped at a convenience store/small ...
Saturday Excursion!
... the place. So you're going to have to see it for yourself. I did get one picture of the entryway before a guy ran out to stop me. He was very nice about it, but probably thought I was lying when I said I didn't see the two signs they had posted. I really didn't, I was excited! I love restored period rooms!
My favorite parts of the castle were the Moorish staircase, which was pretty and carved, the picture gallery, which had a very intricately painted ceiling with ...
Horses, Castles ,Crystal & A Good Old Singalong
... too far away. Dinner was in the hotel restaurant. Pre dinner, we went to a 250 year old thatched roof pub, aptly named the Thatched Pub for a session of Irish Folk Music & Song by a family trio named Boxty... Irish singalongs seem to be really popular, but of course, to participate it appears that I need to have a drink in my hand... getting dangerously addicted to Irish Coffee! We're off to kiss the Blarney Stone tomorrow among other things & having a ...
Tullamore to Sligo
... we saw the sign. Unfortunately it had actually snowed and had left the road a wee bit slippy. I managed to turn the car around but was kinda unable to get enough traction to get up the hill we need to get up. I found it awesome fun sliding the car left and right without the traction control on!!! We did eventually get to the top of the hill and Noma was quite relieved. As for me I wanted to get back down there again!
So we carried on and made it to ...

