Earl Of Desmond Tralee

... and anyone handicapped by vertigo will be challenged. Some people can be seen descending on their butts.

Bring a lunch, wander through the beehive huts, watch the puffins taking off and landing at their nests on the cliff face and marvel at how difficult life would have been here 1500 years ago. Give thanks you weren’t the poor cow whose home was the 200 square feet of flat grass halfway up.

... the touristy thing to do in Killarney don't you know! We trotted past the race track, which was built on landfill and has a 9 hole golf course in the middle!. We stopped at Ross castle, the scene of many a wedding photo as we found - at least 4 weddings stopped by while we were there!

So tonight is the last supper with the tour group. Dinner with everyone then out for drinks - just for something out of the ordinary!

XO

... ships' which desperate people took to places like Australia and America, travelling for up to 7 weeks below deck with little fresh air and no sunlight. The situation got so bad that people stole things, only to get caught and put into jail so they would get fed!

He also filled us in on the origon of the term 'Sheila' used for Aussie girls nowadays. Evidently back when convicts were sent to Australia once your term was served you ...

We spent the day driving from Dublin to Blarney and Killarny. All we wanted to do in Ireland was kiss the Blarney Stone in Blarney, but unfortunately we are not wired to take long walks in the pouring rain so the most we could do was pull upto the gates and creep. We continued on to Killarney which is the cutest little city ever...cobblestone streets, super nice people, beautiful little restaurants and bistros, cars parked on sidewalks. We ...

... swietna zabawa!! Niesamowici ludzie i kupa smiechu. Od tamtej pory nie rozstajemy sie z naszymi malutkimi zestawami do przetrwania!

2 tygodni pozniej bylismy w tym samym miejscu przeszkolic sie w pierwszej pomocy. Mam nadzieje ze nie bedziemy musieli wykorzystywac naszej wiedzy ale jestesmy przygotowani prawie na wszystko

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A year ago ...

Eileen Brennan had won the best dressed cowgirl competition and her prize was a trip for all on the Bere Island Safari. This turned out to be a brilliant ride on a RIB (Rigid Inflatible Boat) around the Island on a beautiful flat calm warm sunny day. A stunner.

At the back of Bere Island we entered caves that are rarely visited as you can only get in when the seas are calm (not common in this area) and ...

... help us find our way. HE SAID: At the pub, we were pleasantly surprised by a random customer that still believes that playing the spoons is both entertaining and a great addition to the live band. While the band completely ignored him, I couldn't stop watching those silver eating utensils banging together off his knee. A real master and role model for all.

Woke up before seven feeling mediocre due to the alcohol consumption of the night before and after a hearty breakfast served by our hostess, Mary, we started our hike. The weather was decent, albeit quite cloudy, but it improved throughout the day. We hiked up in the hills which was a bit tricky (think...mudddy...slippery!) We encountered no one on our hike except for fornicating cows (I kid you not!) and a very stressed out horse who had escaped and ...

... at the Bunratty Castle. It was so much fun. there were live musicians all dressed up and they threw someone in the dungeon... :) then it was back to london for another stay at a hotel but in Gatwick this time...we went and saw V for Vendetta, which was absolutely fantastic-- i would recommend it to anyone...then i said goodbye to them :( and now i am back to school (and work...eventually :) ) much love to all!!! miss you... sarah

... of the River Shannon. This benefited us in two ways; firstly by not having to drive all the way into and then back out of Limerick, and secondly by me not having to subject my nearest and dearest travelling companions to my rather impressive array of droll rhymes of the same name. After all, there’s only one way you can go when you start with ‘There once was a man from Nantucket’.

Once off the ...