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Day 31
... the word "Honeymoon" comes from. Well you are about to be enlightened. At the banquet the MC explained that newly married couples were encouraged to drink mead every day for 30 days after the wedding to increase fertility. So 30 days equals one moon period and the mead is made from honey, hence honey-moon!!! The other thing was that the O'Brien chief who ruled here was called the Earl Of Thomond! On the bus all the way to Galway there was nothing to see as the ...
Day 30
... on the International Rose Of Tralee that is held every year. The farmland here is Daiary so the countryside is in good nick, and the cattle are huge. We have to catch the Shannon ferry at Tarbert to Killimer. This saves a very long bus ride inland. It is only a 20 minute cruise. The mist has lifted and it is a nice day, cool a bit windy but no rain at this stage. We have now crossed into County Clair. This has historically been a depressed area of Ireland, as it has poor soils, so ...
Day Four – Castles and Tombs
... me a thumbs down!
John had sat with an Irish guy on the flight to Dublin. He had already had about a dozen pints before the flight and was drinking during the flight. John said he told lots of jokes and stories. He lived in Trim and wanted us to stop in his pub when we visited the castle. John was unsure if he owned or just drank in the pub. Brian gave us some time to visit McCormacks Pub. As soon as we got in, ...
Capetonian...Shannon Bridgre to Tarmonbarry
... and we had a very pleasant meal and a pint of Guinness in the local pub.
Tarmonbarry is an unusual place,there is a private marina there,several estates around the town but Id say not many people in them.
The town was spotless and a good candidate for the Tidy Towns competition
with lovely displays of permanent plaques featuring flowers, butterfly's fish and animals.
I must say I was very impressed.
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Baron of Birr
Actually, he was an Earl. We went to Birr Castle today, which - turns out - is occupied, and you can't actually go inside. That's okay though, there's a museum and a big estate that you can explore and it's got trails and stuff.
The main claim to fame of the residents, the Earl of Rosse and family, are that the third Earl of Rosse was ...
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