Fairhill House Hotel Connemara

At Granny and grandad's house they have a farm and on the farm there are cows. A baby calf was born on Saturday and it was a browny orange colour. he also has 2 dogs and one is mean and his name is Ben. The other dog is called Sporty and he is a nice dog.

Founded in 1620 - best known for the family's contribution to astronomy. In 1845, the world's largest telescope at the time was built here. The 56 ft wooden tube is supported by two walls.

In the gardens, they apparently also have the world's largest hedge-row.

A medieval monastery in a remote spot along the River Shannon. Founded in 545-548. A group of stone churches, a cathedral, two round towers, and three high crosses remain. The Pope also held a mass here.

Nearby, there also is a ruined castle just outside the grounds.

Well today is the day. We board the jet tonight at 9:40 USAirways flight 776.
I was too excited to sleep last night so perhaps I'll be able to sleep on the flight. I hope so. I want to hit the ground running when we deplane. Photos and future ...

... After that, we went to Patricia and Jerry's house again for a family party. Lots of relatives were there, and they had some pretty good deserts. i made a new friend, Olivia, and we played Spirograph for most of the evening. I think that day was the best one EVER!

-Elizabeth Wisneski


(from Kelly)
Maggie surprised us by throwing up her breakfast on the table in the Marriott ...

... like that for too long! Then we spent the night in Kinsale a lovely fishing village then on through the cute town of Clockankilty and around the Mizen Head peninsula but it was quite misty so there wasn't a lot to be seen along the coast. Next we went to an amazing National Park called, Gougane Barra. It felt like a magic forest where a little elf was going to jump out from behind one of the mossy trees. We went for a hike up to the highest ...

... in Ireland. Saw the Europa Hotel, this is where most of the journalist covering the Troubles stayed. It claims to be the "Europe's Most Bombed Hotel". We ate a much deserved lunch (hangover time for Teresa) at Crown Liquor Saloon located on the Great Victoria Street. It is under the ...

... panic that we werent going to be able to find a room for the night. We ended up staying at this really shady hostel. We got free breakfast though! The next morning we got to the dock and took the hour long fairy (which really took and hour and forty-five minutes) over to the biggest island- Inis Mor. Right when we got off the ferry we ran to the hostel because we wanted to make sure we had a room. We were fine and we got a very nice room. After we got settled in we ...

... climbing in the hostel is paying off--I wasn't even out of breath. Did I mention the elevator in the hostel? It's the smallest one I've ever seen--fortunately panelled with smoked mirrors so it's not as claustrophobic as it would be otherwise. The doors don't have a motion sensor, so everybody has to be inside before the button is pushed. Also, it's really slow. I beat it up the stairs once...this was two floors! In our building, the ground floor is a ticket agent for tours ...

... from green marble from Connemara. We left and enjoyed a pretty picture stop at KILLARY HARBOR where the hills were an olive green color and the water was the color of the sky. The rain begun when we made a lunch stop in WESTPORT and then saw parts of the village, KNOCK which is known for pilgrims. Our last stop was at DRUMCLIFF on SLIGO BAY. The famous poet, William B. Yeats's grave was here as was a church and a gift shop.