Adare
Travel Blogs from Adare, Ireland
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Thatched roof cottages
... into the shore. More amazing scenery. Kenmare was intended to be our base for exploring the Ring of Kerry which is Ireland's most famous drive. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate with us. We started off and travelled as far as ...
Some Landscape photies of Ireland
... to cyber heaven. 'It is an excuse to get writing again I suppose. These have been gathered from our day trips within Ireland over the last while... Glengarriff & Beara Penninsula, Co. Cork Conor Pass, Dingle, Co. Kerry Killarney, Co. Kerry War ...
In circles in Cork
... with outstanding food on this trip. From there we drove to Cobh, the port from which almost all of our ancestors emigrated from Ireland to the US, as well as to Canada, Argentina and Australia. 3 million left from the early 1800's to 1970. It ...
Family Visit 4/17-4/25
4/17: Family arrived today! After a total of 11 hours of delays, they finally made it to Ireland. I met them at the airport and went to the hotel with them. They got settled into the hotel in Limerick, and then we went to my house for ...
Adare and a Coat of Arms
... we saw a random hot guy walking around, and his photo was the first one we took for our "hot guys of Ireland" album... yes, we are normal. At Adare we went to a 12th century monastery, and it was neat, but Christina and I both had stomach aches for ...
Limerick to Adare
Adare, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland On the way to Adare, Dylan started to talk about the lunch break we would be having in Adare. However, at times he is hard to understand due to his Welsh accent, and this was one of them. He mentioned something ...
A penninsula day
... of Kerry" and the other is "Dingle". Which do you think most people visit? After three days of nonstop driving we are ready for a rest. So today we stay in Adare and explore this wonderful resort and the town. Maybe a nice ...
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STORY
We were relieved and happy to have our car keys and so we set off for Killarney National Park and Muckross House, near Killarney. We arrived there sans cash but with our credit card. As we were walking in to the grand house for a tour, an ...
Interesting Animals/ "Ireland's Prettiest Village"
... finding the place. They say they have spoken to council members and want one to trade places with them for a time to hear the tales of travelers who regularly fall victim to the lack of road signs which seems to exist everywhere in Ireland,. ...
Whew!
Security came and found Frank's pants, his wallet and keys! Only the money was gone. That is a relief as we pictured a day spent dealing with these unpleasantries. The resort has been nothing but kind. They have moved us into ...
Ireland day1
Hi everyone, Well we are in Ireland! The plane ride was great. When we got to Shannon airport it was pouring rain. You can imagine Rick, driving a stickshift with his lefthand, on the lefthand side of the road through all those roundabouts. ...
Adare
We drove back up towards Limerick after Blarney to stop in Adare, which we'd heard was one of the prettiest Irish towns. The manor and its grounds were very nice, but the town lacked much charm, overrun as it was by cars and tourists and not much to see ...
Last Morning in Adare
... . At breakfast we sat with two couples from Wisconsin and enjoyed the conversation. Then packed up and headed off. On the way out of Adare we took in the heritage center where we learned about the history of Adare village. ...
Adare
... , or the horse, knew all the stops to take great photos so it was definitely worth doing. Our hotel at Adare was interesting as they had no record of our booking, despite Cheryl having a printed email confirming our reservation, the shower ...
The Family in Ireland
... early and drove clear across the country! on friday we visited: glendalough (home to the "most perfect high cross in all of Ireland," Monasterboice which is the site of St. Kevin's monastery and a BEAUTIFUL national park, then we drove all the way down ...
A day for us
Not much to report today since we decided that today would be an us day. We started by sleeping in really late and totally missing breakfast. I got up and decided to explore a bit of the grounds. There are 840 acres, and I maybe walked one or two, but in ...
A final day in Adare
... and haven't had a bad one yet. Then we got to go to the church that was the oldest Palatine Methodist Church in Ireland and the home church for Barbara Heck who introduced Methodism in New York. John Wesley dedicated the building, and I got a ...
Embracing all things Celtic - Part I
... ?!?). I made it a whole ten miles out of Limerick to Adare and then since it was getting dark, decided to call it a day. Adare is adorable – just what you envision when you think of a charming little Irish town. Cute shops, friendly pubs, a lovely ...
A Relaxing Evening
... had had so much traffic trouble before. David napped while I journaled. We had a very nice walk around the small village of Adare. We saw two very old abbey/friaries and walked quite a ways down the path along the river Maigue. Then we ...
Adare Castle & Churches
Lots of old churches in this area. The Augustinian Priory was founded in 1315. Also known as the Black Abbey. The Trinitarian Priory was founded in 1230 is now a Catholic ...
Not leprechauns
... it back on the counter. There is a sliding glass door in the kitchen and they probably got in through it. Not a happy intro to Ireland. We have called security ( this is a gated community) and hope they will be able to find the jeans and keys out on the ...
Rubbing elbows with the rich
... where we had dinner and experienced our first trad session, though we both got the sense that this whole place is a little like Ireland for Americans. In fact, even the toilets are American! Our whole stay up to this point we've been shocked by the ...
Our first day in Ireland!
... it was not really comfortable enough to sleep well, and we were very happy to land after bumping through some turbulance. We arrived in Ireland, weary but excited and made our way down to pick up our car. This proved to be more of a challenge than ...
Adare
A mellow day in Adare (by Bryan's standards), we broke into the grounds of the local mansion & checked it out, ducking into the 'library' / sitting room for a nip when it started to rain. We toured around town for a bit (consisting of one ...
Officer Buckley
We have had a most relaxing day at the Adare resort. We took a walk around the grounds this morning, past the formal gardens, the 500 year old oak tree, past the ancient stones, and the pet cemetary! We went into town for some shopping and lunch in ...
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