Dunmore House Hotel

... go left  or stay in the lane which veered right.  We chose left but went for ages without seeing another sign for Dunmore, we were close to backtracking.       Dunmore East  at last and it’s as nice as Chris ...

... cottages and abandoned churches – they are everywhere but I don’t get tired of looking at them.   Dinner back in Dunmore East was at the Spinnaker Bar, we ate outside in the last of the sunshine and had a delicious meal.  It ...

... but we did have a chat about our trips and plans. Nuala said it had be fine most of the day here. We then went to the hotel in Dunmore East by the sea for tea. It was getting dark but we could see the outline of boats and the flash of Hook lighthouse. We ...

... were also at beaches, although we only saw 1 person swimming. We were not even tempted to paddle. We then stopped at the memorial at Dunmore East that Nuala had mentioned. It is to the locals who have died at sea. Included in it was mention of the 2 ships ...

... if he survived the storm at sea on his first visit to Ireland. Because of his Welsh connections it was called Tintern and the mother house was Tintern Abbey in Wales. It is also known as Tintern de Voto, Tintern of the Vow. The abbey was disbanded by ...

... equipment. The site had the ruins of the shaft (with lots of danger signs around it as it is 256m deep), the old pump house and the winding engine room (which brought the ore to the surface). There was a small wagon outside and the site notes said that ...

... way back to Waterford. However, some of the roads have recently changed so we had to give up on the last one. We found a hotel with internet and had the chance to check emails while eating lunch. John then went back to the house to watch the Hurling ...

... and then we were off again. This was an optional tour and I"m so glad we went. First we drove about 15 mins away to Dunmore East and picked up a local guide. He took us around the town, showing us all the heaps and heaps of thatched cottages they have, ...

... .  A bit different from Easter trading in NZ I think.  It was pretty cold too, we'd struck rain on the road through from Dunmore but it was just very damp-feeling with a cold wind off the sea so we were ready for lunch after the tour. Mass at ...

... to Fort Fincastle which was built on the highest point of the island as a lookout by the British captain Lord Dunmore in 1793. The Queens Staircase and Fort Fincastle were inspired by a desire to watch for encroaching marauders and pirates, however, ...