Clonmel Park Conference & Leisure Hotel

Well as it turns out, I chose a good week to visit Michelle and George, as they had already planned a weekend of surfing on the West Coast.<br><br>The day started off right, with a proper Irish breakfast. As Michelle puttered away with breakfast prep, George rolled in, busy getting his gear ready for the weekend.<br>'Do you have any pudding?' he inquires<br>'no' is the sheepish reply<br>'well it's not exactly breakfast without pudding now is it?'<br><br>Michelle can ...

... roads in Ireland are miniature versions of the variety we have in Canada, but the speed limits don't reflect this. We clipped along, squeezed between rock walls and oncoming traffic.<br><br>"The side mirrors on the car fold in if they're hit" Michelle informed me. <br>That was immensely reassuring.<br><br>We arrived home in record time, Michelle threw together a proper feast, and I was in bed by 8.

... It was run by a lovely Polish couple, again lovely comfortable beds.. I was becoming concerned at the size of some of the doona's ... very very thick.. luck though I don't think I would be here in the middle of winter!!!<br><br>We had dinner and drinks at Dooley's pub along the river bank, lovely place. Watched some of the locals do some Irish dancing and drank lots of alcohol.. lol hence the pictures.. <br><br>The next day we had a sleep in!! woo hoo and ...

salut tout le monde notre voyage continue .c'est vraiment beau les paysages sont magnifique et la temperatureaussi.il fait soleil depuis notre arrive. ont est maintenant rendu a cork dans le sud ouest de l'irlande.on est dans une tres belle auberge situer devant un grand parc ...

... who ate liverworst for lunch I decided NOT to kiss the thing. I could not be considered a chicken so I bent over and let the dirty old man molest me to kiss the darn wall. He kept pushing me further down and telling me - Com'on get down there fer'ther...I started to laugh and pulled myself up and he was laughing and I said You are horrible! He laughed and said - that's what she said last night! Dirty old Irish man - he was great!<br><br>We're in Waterford tonight ...

... we stepped into a very warm and very crowded plane. I gave my window seat to a young woman who was originally from Limerick, but has lived the last five years in Hell&#8217;s Kitchen. She also plays the violin, and was going &#8220;home&#8221; for a visit.<br><br>We slept a bit, but were awakened by the cries and kicking feet of the little girls behind us. We decided to stay awake and read.<br><br>Friday: We landed in Shannon at 7:05 A.M., and quickly cleared ...

... sleep on the overnight flight...despite all sorts of contortions. <br>252: American dollars it cost to rent a very small, manual transmission Hyundai in Dublin for a day and a half. <br>3: Hours spent driving the Irish countryside today. <br>3: Hours during the drive spent watching in awe of how freakin' green and beautiful it is here. Seriously, what you have seen in movies and ...

... top of the tower like in a fairy tale. There is way too much about this place to write here without simply copying our guide book and elaborating. If you ever visit Ireland, make sure to stop here! NOTE: As we were viewing the original St. Patrick's Cross our camera batteries ran out. It was some time before we got anymore pictures.

... been to and Amber and I had no interest in visiting, we then swiftly moved further inland and on to Kilkenny. <br><br>After finding a B&amp;B there for the night what we really needed was a local to take us under their wing and show us some Kilkenny craic for the evening, and that was where Shauna came in to the equation. I had met her while travelling in New Zealand nearly three years earlier, and after meeting her outside Kilkenny Castle she ...

... The Viking exhibit, who were the founders of Waterford, is a revelation and contains many exquisite carvings in bone. Over 70 Viking houses were excavated in the city, and a short video watched from the rocking benches of a pretend ship paints an imaginative picture of these Viking settlers' and seafarers' lives. A good collection of pottery wine jugs from southwest France pieces of black glazed Waterford pottery, Norman arrowheads, horseshoes and household ...