Hotel Dunloe Castle

... I'll try to give you a quick update to catch you up on what we did yesterday and today.  Thursday was medieval day at Dunloe Castle. We all split up into teams of 10-12 people, and competed in various different games. Such as: archery, horseshoes, ...

... Suite prior to arrival. We did NOT know that our huge windows have a full view of both the Dingle Harbor and Minard Castle with 100 shades of glimmering green hillsides and farmland in the background! WOW.  It's getting late and we have the hotel ...

... a boat trip across 3 lakes that dropped us to the Gap of Dunloe, which we were going to cycle. We cycled a sort 2 miles to Ross Castle (they love the name ross down there) where our boated was going to pick us up. After the 11/2 hour (cold) boat ...

... I and they pulled a very fine pint. Off to Beaufort (the starting point) we went which was first on the map into Gap of Dunloe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_of_Dunloe) .  The road getting there threw the GPS into a tizzy and we soon found our ...

... driving the carts for over 14 years. His name was Patrick. He led our beautiful excursion through the Gap of Dunloe, and on to Lord Brandon's Castle. Along this 7 mile ride we saw so many beautiful things, I kept my camera in hand; ready to shoot ...

We got up early to put our luggage out for collection and to go to breakfast. The Bunratty Castle Hotel served a traditional Irish breakfast but buffet style. My dad actually ate the black and white pudding! After brakfast we went outside to take some ...

... we "shot the rapids" going under a bridge and D got soaked. Many photo opportunities including some lovely swans. Disembarking at Ross Castle, we somehow got separated from the group but found the bus we had come out in...with just the driver and no ...