Troysgate House Kilkenny
Vicar Street Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Horses, Castles ,Crystal & A Good Old Singalong
Today the serious touring begins - the on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, have a quick wee type of tourning... takes some getting used to. I only held the bus up once having to learn the hard rules about not running late while on tour, thankfully, I wasn't the only one throughout the day!
Our first stop was the Irish National Stud. This is where they breed Irish Thoroughbred Racehourses and while on our tour we got to pay a visit to Vintage Crop! ...
Preparations and Procrastinations
... fitting coat, black headscarf, loose trousers and boring shoes! When I get there I'll try and pimp it up a bit as custom dictates with colourful headscarfs.
I've been unable to find an insurance company who will cover me as the Dept. of Foreign Affairs recommend avoiding all non-essential travel to Iran. I spent most of this evening online reading the small print in policies and ringing various ...
It's (not) a long way to Tipperary
... little city with a good feel to it. Of course the main attraction in Waterford is Waterford Crystal at which I did some window shopping.
PS. I also appologise (to Luke mainly) for not quoting South Park in the title of this blog but I just couldn't bring myself to do it!
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Irish countryside tour: Glendalough
So that we could experience a little more than just the city of Dublin, we decided to take a one day bus tour into the countryside with Paddywagon Tours. We met downtown at 8:00. The tour took us into the beautiful Irish countryside, the Wicklow Mountains, with our first stop ...
Ring of Kerry
... found a B&B at about 8:40pm where a lovely lady let us in, even though she had turned away about 6 people already. Apparently, we were nice! (that was her explanation when we asked her later).
Headed into town, past a great view of the Castle, for some dinner. Since it’s not dark 'til 10pm, they seem to have dinner later over here – which has helped us with having a few really big ...


