Carrig House Killarney

... so we went into town. We parked near St. Mary’s Church, so we went inside. It’s a lovely church that dates back to 1860, and it’s had several refurbishments. There was a large building beside it with a sign for the Diseart Stained Glass exhibit, so I went through it while John sat and read. The building was a former convent for the Presentation Sisters, and the stained glass was in their chapel. It was amazingly beautiful. Another room ...

... 8221; was filmed there and it has a rugged beauty that touches the soul. While John stayed near the car, I went down and walked to the edge of the surf. By the time I got back to the car I was pretty wet, but I have another memory.

We found the ruins of Reask monastic settlement, which were not much more than rock foundations, but we gave them a little time anyway. We stopped at the pottery studio of Louis Mulcahy and looked around. His pieces are lovely, but not my style.

Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland rovingwerners

... the chips tomorrow.

A few shops had remained open for the evening, and it would have been unfriendly of us to pass them by. The combination of the sea air and the tired muscles from the boat ride finally brought us back to the b&b.

In the lounge we met couples from Kansas and Virginia who are finishing their time in Ireland and flying home from Scotland. We enjoyed talking to them, and now I think we’ll call it a night.

... Ireland because they’ll soon be too old to rent a car. They’re returning home next week by way of Dublin and they haven’t been to some of our favorite places along the way, so we shared information.

We’ve gone through all our clothes and have everything for our final days in one suitcase. We’re starting to get ready to go home, and while there’s still a lot to see and do, I think we’ll be happy when Saturday is here.

... to practise their rally car skills needs to do this first part of the ring of Kerry!

Up on Lady's view we had a perfect view back along the way we came.. we had lunch at Waterville, what would be a very lovely sea side village in the summer! lol. The day was quite mild but the water was freezing!!

Back around the other side reminded me of Scotland with the wild mountains and mist!!

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... our sandwiches. When we could finally flag someone down and ask about our meals, we were told that they "did not make toasted sandwiches!" The plaid lady concurred, but we wondered - does that mean that since we ordered toasted sandwiches, we get no lunch? After, I am not joking here, about 5 minutes of discussion with various waiters, we finally each got a sandwich (non-toasted) and the promise that they would be free. The ...

... gravesite of noble Laurete WB Yeats. That was a treat for me and i took a few pictures of it. We then headed to Connemara and the small village of Cong. This is the area that is best known for the filming of a great Irish and all around classic "The Quiet man. We also stopped at a place where the Pilgrams made pilgrameges and walked up the side of a Mountain the area is coverd in showels and I walked up some of it. It was quite fun and I wanted to keep going up and up. We got ...

... t remember what Guinness tastes like at home, but I know it doesn't taste like that because if it did, I'd already be drinking it. We chatted with the Australians and killed some pints. Our room mate Lisa challenged me to a drinking contest, after seeing me down my first beer she withdrew... We found out one of the other guys was a Doctor. Not a medical studend, but at 25 year old Doctor! Apparently in Australia it only takes 6 years of College to get your license, not ...

... like we're constanly laughing. Went into Killarney town tonight hoping to have dinner there, but after a pint or two the lights went out. It turns out all of Kerry county lost power and the pub (Murphy's) was not able to serve dinner, so we hailed a cab and returned to our hotel where they ...

... it was only about 6 hours. Suck it up and move on. So the bus tour picked me up at the hostel at 10:30am and I was off to see the Ring of Kerry. It's pretty much this peninsula that sticks out west of Killarney. The ring in the loop from Killarney around the coast and back. Basically the route was Killarney to Killorglin where every mid August the town holds the Puck Fair where the locals go into the mountains of Kerry and catch a goat, bring it into the town ...