Zetland Country House Cashel

3rd stop Croagh Patrick,<br><br>The mountain of Croagh Patrick is supposed to be where St. Patrick climbed and fasted for 40 days and 40 nights like Jesus. There is a church on the summit and hundreds of people a day climb to its peak. It has become a pilgramige to the people of Ireland and it is an especially big ordeal to the people in Mayo. Every year on one day in July about 30,000 people climb to its summit! Many of these people do it in ...

... the next day, then went into Spiddal for dinner. We ate at Boluisce, a seafood restaurant, and again took advantage of the early bird dinner. (Here, the early bird hours start at 6:00.) We had fried haddock, and it was a huge portion of fish on a platter full of fries, or chips. <br><br>I wanted to check out a b&amp;b closer to Galway for the next night, so we drove into the Salthill area and found Rose Villa. We talked to ...

... and raised on the island and spoke fluent "Gaelic" and English. This is one of the few B&amp;Bs that server dinner as well as breakfast, for an additional charge. We decided to dine there and we had a wonderful meal. The vegetables were picked from their garden that afternoon and the fish and chicken were fresh and local. They served wine and or beer too. We sat next to another traveling American and had a nice chat with her. We tried to watch the ...

... 70 and so sweet. She started to pull the first pint and Jim stopped her to ask if she took credit cards or US dollars. She said "oh no dear, we do not." When we said we had not changed money yet she said, "Just have one now and bring the money back later." Now, who in the US would say that? We of course did not take her up on the offer. We got directions to a market, purchased some supplies and stopped at a place that ...

... to be worth the wait. We had a delightful Greek salad, Morrocan crab salad with apple slaw, asparagus soup, fillet with bernaise sauce, broccolini with hazelnuts and potatoes au gratin. We were so amazingly full that we couldn't even think about dessert - (which was available as a full blown sundae...yeah...like the one in the Seinfeld episode...) I read the new camera operations manual while Kip watched Madagascar II. Then...I ...

Today I left Dublin for Cashel. Before picking up the car, I went to the book of Kells, which was finally open. This and the long room of the trinity college library were really amazing. The colour and detail still present in the book of Kells (made in the 8th century) and some of the other books on display - were absolutely amazing. Even though I got there rather early - it was quite ...

There was no chance of us accidentally driving past the Rock of Cashel, seeing as it towers over everything around, although it did take us a while to find the car park. Seeing as there were so many coaches when we arrived, we decided to go for a walk around the town rather than try and fight our way through the crowds at this ancient monument. We wandered through the small town and out of one end before we realised. This bought us out near the ruined Hore Abbey and ...

This is our day back to Dublin. First stop at Cashel. Cashel is a town that lives under the protection of the Rock of Cashel, a cluster of medieval monuments dominating the landscape. Next to this historical site, there is a nice coffee shop - Granny's Kitchen - with quality soup and bakery. Recommendable.

... set without so much as an &#8216;excuse me&#8217; or &#8216;sorry, dear&#8217; coming from their lips. Once I&#8217;d been shoulder-charged back outside by a running maul of old ducks, I was going to take issue with Nanna about the disgrace of her generation but I just couldn&#8217;t keep up with her &#8211; the wind was pushing her along so fiercely she was power walking like an Olympian. <br><br> After another ...

This is a trip combining business with pleasure. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes we really hated the "business" part. Arrival at Shannon airport to a beautiful sunny morning! After defrosting the rental car windshield with our hands and trying not to look too touristy by trying to get into the wrong side of the car we are off. First challenges are the round-a-bouts after exiting the airport. Keep reminding ourselves to look right for oncoming traffic, and ...