Wicklow, Ireland Travel Blogs

Ready again..... this one's gonna be big, I hope
Jul 6, 2005

... , what of the trip itself? Well plans change and mine certainly always seem to. But as things stand at the moment I'll be leaving Ireland for Tokyo, Japan, on July 11th. Assuming I've any money left after that it'll be onto South Korea for the third time ( ...

An end in sight
Aug 13, 2007

... for the French leg of the trip, and all accommodation has been pre-booked for the locations we'll be visiting from Ireland to Naples, Italy. All except for Venice that is. Booking reasonable accommodation ahead of schedule in Venice is a challenge, so we' ...

Home - entertaining and getting organized
Mar 10, 2006

Entry on the way. Honest. Not that it's going to say much; the photos do all that for me. So check them out in the meantime. And enjoy.

Where the heart is... & where 'the Honeymoon' ends
May 24, 2008

· Wicklow, Ireland · GMT +0:00hrs Entry to follow... soon!

Wicklow Hills Tour
Apr 29, 2006 (15 photos)

... us for this tour in the "Garden of Ireland", which lived up to its name. We then continued further into County Wicklow to the beautiful ancient monastery of Glendalough, founded by St. Kevin in the sixth century. These islands of learning were critical to ...

To our last stop - Co. Wicklow
Oct 3, 2005

... to be within an hour of the airport, and Marilynn had heard Andie McDowall say it was one of her favorite places in Ireland. Apparently she hadn't gotten around much...We stayed at Iveragh House just up from the seafront. Unlike our previous stays, the ...

One Week to Go
Nov 6, 2007

One week to go now and I've had lots of people asking where I'm off to and for how long so  here's a VERY brief and rough summary of the plan (at the moment, though this may change at any given time!!!) Leave for Kathmandu (Nepal) via Delhi on Nov ...

Hello Strangers!!
Oct 23, 2009 (20 photos)

... whole day and it was warm. The scenery was spectacular as you will see in the pictures.  The County Wicklow is called the ‘Garden of Ireland’ and is 750 square miles of rolling hills, mountains, and waterfalls. It’s a park area that ...

Our last full day in Ireland
Oct 4, 2005

... flower beds, and a pet cemetery. The Italian statuary, acres of steps and grass set with the backscape of the Wicklow Mountains makes it a favorite for movie sets like Barry Lyndon. Afterwards we enjoy a picnic lunch in the Enniskillen town square ...

glendalough
Jun 11, 2008

glendalough was awesome!!!!!! its in wicklow county, near bray. we took the bus to a national park there. it had some old medieval churches, but then we walked further down these beautiful trails, and came up on some lakes. it was gorgeous outside ...

More of Ireland...
May 20, 2005 (5 photos)

... we took a rail tour out to the Irish countryside. We visited the tiny village of Avoca, which was at the base of the Wicklow Mountains. The village was beautiful, and of course, we stopped in a famous pub (Fitzgeralds) for a Guinness. Then we moved on ...

bray
Jun 10, 2008

picturesque ireland... saw some sheep!!! absolutely loved it!

Glendalough
Jan 19, 2007 (11 photos)

I'm just throwing a few pictures up here from our field trip to Glendalough in Co. Wicklow as I am very far behind on my entries.

Home. Upon reflection
Dec 18, 2003

... dying, from dying at least until such time as I get to do it again. People always said to us, particularly before we left Ireland, that it's going to be a "once-in-a-lifetime trip". Well maybe it was insofar as visiting so many locations in the one sitting ...

Here we go
Oct 18, 2005

Alrighty, this is it. Its the 18th of October. Time to head east and find my beach. I just hope I can get my climbing chalk past customs...

Our Chi is back to center
Sep 13, 2009 (38 photos)

... is still carried with them today. Monks of the 17th century wrote about the caves and the Viking Godfrey's raids on Ireland countryside. The stilagmites and stilagtites in the cave date back to as old as 1 million years ago. We then arrived at ...

Ireland
Sep 13, 1999

... cat in his own way.              Ricki and I have not overly enjoyed Ireland so far, but it hasn't really been Ireland's fault.  More than anything it's been lack of sleep, which has made us ...

From Blarney to Avoca
Jul 18, 2008 (6 photos)

Hi.  We're condensing a couple of days here but we did some things that we thought we'd like to share. We spent part of a day in Cork City and then on to Cobh (pronounced Cove) which is the sight of the Irish Heritage museum and the place where ...

Renting an Irish Cottage
Jul 7, 2009 (6 photos)

The Wicklow Way is Ireland’s most popular way marked trail- winding over 100 kilometres through the high heather hills south of Dublin. It’s proximity to the city means that at its northern end at least, it gets a fair amount of traffic. That ...

Getting ready to go
Nov 4, 2002

***************************************** Update - April 2008 **************************************** You might want to check out part of my 2005/2006 Meandering2005 blog where I was lucky enough to revisit Vietnam, Cambodia & Thailand, and my ill-fated ...

Where to go
Jun 11, 2008 (1 photos)

Ok, still considering which country to goto. At the moment its a flip up between Brazil and Peru. Both look good. Brazil seems cheaper and easier to get to, but Peru is smaller, seems easier to get around and has a nice climbing area. Will update this ...

Strangford - Glebe - Party in the Wicklow Mtns.
Jun 21, 2009 (10 photos)

... up in Glencree Centre. It was lots of fun and I did see about half a dozen old friends. All the things one might expect in Ireland - lots of grilled meat, plenty of drink, lots of singing, too much smoking and staying up to the wee hours. I was far too ...

Nearly Time To Go
Jul 12, 2004

A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet - Lao tzu As the title says, it's nearly time to go. Aside from a 5 week teaching stint in South Korea last December, I haven't gotten up to much since getting back from my round the world ...

A wet day with Kevin
May 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... After we had dried off and warmed up a touch we got in the car and drove a bit further (nothing is too far in Ireland) to a beautiful old 18th century mansion. It was so grand and beautifully kept. It reminded us of the movie Gosford Park and we could ...

32 hours (and counting...)
May 23, 2007 (4 photos)

-kelly- Well, Christa and I are safely in Greystones, Ireland, living it up (if trying desperately to stay awake while watching Scrubs counts) in the apartment of some friends of ours (hooray for the Moeschbergers!). It's really nice to know we're going ...

Theres Feck All to do in Arklow
Jun 5, 2006 (3 photos)

We are now in Arklow having left Howth yesterday (Sunday) at 05.15. The first part of the sail was delightful, light breeze, boat doing 6 knots and the sun rising in the East warming us up. After 2 hours the wind died and we motored anothre 4 hour in ...

Touring Ireland with family.
Sep 12, 2006 (5 photos)

and at the moment life changed as we knew it...
Sep 14, 2009 (34 photos)

Today we spent the day in the Wicklow National Park. This area is another part of Ireland that is beautiful. One of the roads that we went on was along the same country where Braveheart was filmed. Although we do not know the exact spot there where signs ...

Arrive in Avoca
May 7, 1990

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Home. Unexpectedly. My China Travel Tips
Oct 9, 2004

... with me if you have any questions or comments. I'd love to hear from you. Dave - Wicklow, Ireland. October 9th 2004 ************************************** Update - March 2006 ******************************************* I made it! Yep, I was ...