Mulcahy's Clonmel

... black pudding is the same with the addition of blood. It is the Irish version of blood sausage, variants of which can be seen throughout Asia and Europe. They are both delicious, and are integral the traditional Irish breakfast. Our breaky this morning is a hefty one, consisting of bacon, sausage, pudding, eggs, tomatoes, bread and hash browns, all of which are considered integral to the traditional breakfast with the exception of the hash browns. I find this a ...

... low enough, you will never be disappointed" certainly does not apply to airline food. They really can't get anything right. Even the bread is sub-standard. I would be curious to know how it compares to prison food.

Michelle was a star and drove all the way to Dublin to pick me up. It was a 5 hour return trip for her, but I was greeted with genuine enthusiasm. The drive back was ...

... around the town, taking in the historical cathedral, Reginals tower (viking built), peoples park and the old city wall. Then we headed off across to Kilanery. We stopped off at the Waterfor Crystal visitors centre.. just some lovely crystal here, famous for their sporting trophies, ie Wimbleton and golf and also the Ashes!

We drove thought some lovely country side and towns such as Currich-on-Suir and stopped at Cahir to have a look at their castle ...

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 ...

Left Killarney and stopped at Blarney Castle...yes, where the Blarney stone is. I thought kissing it was about love or something lik ethat, but it's to gain the gift of gab. While Carolyn does not need that she gave it a BIG smooch!

Sister Leigh bounded up 100 steps, bent over backwards and kissed that stone...WOW! He let loose with some gas after that, but otherwise handled it all very well.

After watching the two of them get manhandled by an old Irish ...

... 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’s Kitchen. She also plays the violin, and was going “home” for a visit.

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.

Friday: We landed in Shannon at 7:05 A.M., and quickly cleared ...

By the numbers:

757: The type of plane we crossed the Atlantic on.
2: The number of engines it has.
1: The number of engines that wouldn't start after repeated attempts (they had to open it up and manually start it)
6: The number of times the guy next to us sneezed in a two minute period.
2: The number of jack and diets we each had on the plane.
1: Hours ...

... and armed against any marauderers. The guided tour helped to sort out what's what in the castle. I took lots of photos (unusual), particularly of the Celtic cross headstones in the Rock's cemetery. It still received burials into the 90 of last century. We were luck there was a wedding in progress while we were there between a Sydney Ozzie and a local lass from Cashel.

... decision to turn left or right while the sign for the Abbey pointed straight ahead probably didn’t help either. I was hardly going to plow through a fence, a hedge and a paddock – despite how much I might have wanted to – but after a bit of to-ing, fro-ing and backtracking we made it by road. The abbey itself was covered with scaffolding on one side as a huge restoration project neared completion, but for me the most interesting ...

... and steerage - one room of bunks and a table. These connected bunks each held six passengers (a total of 175 steerage passengers) and their belongings during the seven to nine week voyage to America. You have time to find the bunk that corresponds with the name on your ticket. Visit the crew's cabin (a total of 12 crew) to learn about their working conditions, pay and food rations. Near the crew's cabin is a computer area with information on over one million ...