Days Hotel Kilkenny

... 2 days when I travel to Europe. At that time I took the Ferry over to Dublin from Liverpool, UK, and stayed in the Ivanhoe Hotel in Dublin. I saw enough of Ireland to want to return. If you are of Irish heritage, once you go to Ireland, it continues to ...

... church after St. Patrick's)  Last, we picked up a rock for Grandpa who collects them from different countries.Next we looked for Kilkenny Castle.  We walked along the river a little way (River Nore) and climbed stairs to the Castle park.  When we got ...

... Dublin twice before but had never made it out of the city so it was nice to get out and see the Irish countryside. Kilkenny is a nice little town with great restaurants and a castle!  Little did I realise that there are castles everywhere in Ireland so ...

... town on the beach with tons of thatched cottages.  Seafood dinner with a NZ Sav Blanc rounded off a great afternoon.  Kilkenny is a wonderful medieval town with a massive castle.  I'll spend the day here then meet up tonight with Miaread ...

... the monks wear black robes. We went through a home that is being lovingly restored to its original state by the Kilkenny Archaeology Society called the Rothe House. They just finished rebuilding the medieval gardens after getting samples of soil from the ...

... day" lunch in a qaint old pub called The Field (as in the movie), which incidently, was run by a Scotsman and a walk around Kilkenny Castle, which is just majestic!  I've taken about 100 photos on just the last two stops - can't get enough! Leaving ...

... so the others really didn't have a choice. A little about my 'fellow' trekkers...Sarah and Siobhan are good friends from Kilkenny and Jo and Irene are good friends from Melbourne...or was it Brisbane? Either way they are good friends!! Jo met Siobhan and ...

... for a cathedral. Saw a lot of major sites / symbols, some unintentional: Plaza San Martin, congress, obelisk, plaza de mayo and Kilkenny pub. Booked myself into the Milhouse Hostel for the weekend, and this place has a party reputation. It is regarded as ...

... The forecast had suggested the weather would be better inland and the only bad weather we had was on the drive north. The castle at Kilkenny is furnished in the period of the late 1880's. When it went into public hands a decision had to be made as to the ...

... for a cathedral. Saw a lot of major sites / symbols, some unintentional: Plaza San Martin, congress, obelisk, plaza de mayo and Kilkenny pub. Booked myself into the Milhouse Hostel for the weekend, and this place has a party reputation. It is regarded as ...

... be pretty cool b/c the Federer/Nadal match was going on.  So we watched that while we drank our guiness and I also had a Kilkenny.       Since the Irish pubs are pretty expensive, after 2 beers we decided to head out.  ...

... taste right so that was disappointing. Again we wer facing expensive beer prices. The Guiness was $10 a pint and I think the Kilkenny was even more.  I spotted a Pizza Hut across the street so I ran over there and wolfed down a pepperoni pizza which ...

... just recently visited there...oooo aaaah.  Three very scary driving hours later, we got to the relatively unimpressive town of Kilkenny where we ate, drank, and listened to music in a pub built in the year 1300....NBD. Big Leg Three: Dublin Thank ...

... for a cathedral. Saw a lot of major sites / symbols, some unintentional: Plaza San Martin, congress, obelisk, plaza de mayo and Kilkenny pub. Booked myself into the Milhouse Hostel for the weekend, and this place has a party reputation. It is regarded as ...

... with my lovely friend, Marcela, at her aunt's house. If you remember waaaayyy back to Ireland, you'll recall that I met Marcela in Kilkenny while trying to get over my cold. She drove us across the border to her hometown, Tijuana! First thing to do was ...

... be pleased to know that I had dinner at the Hooters in a shopping mall in Pudong. I was craving a good burger and a beer (Kilkenny beats any of the weak Chinese beers, I learned), and I thought it would be amusing to see how the U.S. and ...

... stands to watch the action. Turns out we ended up sitting right behind probably the only Irish people there! They were a couple from Kilkenny who were on the way home from Australia. After a chat they headed off and then out of nowhere a girl from Kerry ...

... There are statues of famous people, tons of flowers and fountains, a couple lakes and a waterfall! So beautiful. We are packing up because in the morning we are off to get our rental car and drive to Co. Kilkenny, just a little south of Dublin for 2 days! ...

... of Parmesan.   We were able to get back to the room by a little after 8, so we should be ready to head for Kilkenny bright and early.  I bought tickets for the 9:30 train. Josh says that he really liked the audio tour at the Writer's museum and ...

... .  It tasted sort of like stuffing... like what we put in the turkey at Thanksgiving.  After that we walked around Kilkenny looking at the Cathedral and Kilkenny Castle. (I'm keeping this short- I think there's a line for the internet here in ...

... , Not much to do really. We didn't get any free waterford crystal smaples though. We stayed in a town called Laragh, which is near Kilkenny. Our best guinness pint so far has been in Kilkenny, nice and cold. During the day we did a walking tour of the ...