Killarney Towers

This trip has been 18 months in the planning beginning with our search for and eventual design of our caravan, right through to setting out a reasonably detailed itinerary to ensure we fit maximum touring into what is a very short period of time for this ...

... a waste of time! If someone wanted to purchase high end fashions, let them do so on their own time in the towns that we stay in for 2 nights. In another 15 minutes after leaving this place, we got to our hotel, the Killarney Towers at just about 4:30. ...

... got settled in we set about exploring some more.  We stopped back into Deros Tours to ask about their half day Killarney Highlights option, and while the woman who was working was infinitely more pleasant than the man we encountered there the other ...

... of bites of what I thought was chocolate cake, but it was a brownie type cake. I headed out to explore the streets of Killarney. There was a light rain, so I had to see much of it under an umbrella. Many of the buildings were pubs and restaurants. Some ...

... power shopped her way through the town.  Once she got back we confirmed plans to do a private tour of some of Killarney's Highlights.  For various reasons there are very few tourists around right now, which means that some tours just don't ...

... close squeezes on the highway. The roads here are very narrow. We got back to the hotel and enjoyed walking around Killarney. Nice shops, charming people. Went to see The Liam O'Connell Show. Maureen O'Hara was in attendance. He was very good on ...

... car ride. A jaunty car is a wagon that is pulled by a horse. Instead of cart they use the word car. We were taken through the Killarney National Park on the outskirts of town. When we made a stop at the Abbey ruins for a quick photo op, I was able to move ...

... once we got back to town... I blogged a bit, Laura napped... very exciting stuff.  Since it was our last night in Killarney, though, we decided to live a little and go wild and crazy.  First, we (finally) checked out the hotel's other ...

... most of the views but never-the-less interesting. Stopped at a restaurant called Avoca for lunch. Reasonable views to coast below between showers. Back to Killarney Towers and to Irish Ceilidh Evening. ( Kayla) A meal and Irish singing and ...

left Waterford, very nice. Made a quick walking tour and potty break at Youghall, where they filmed Moby Dick. Drove through beautiful countryside, including Cork. Our tour director, Aine, is very good at explaining history and culture interwoven ...

... excursion. Left the hotel around 9, drove past the Killarney golf course where the Irish Open is currently being held, meaning Killarney is a lot busier than usual.  Our first stop was unfortunately at yet another souvenir shop for an hour. There ...

As the title of this entry indicates, today was quite uneventful, arriving at the destination of Killarney at 12.30. Started in Limerick and crossed the Shannon River and saw a treaty stone from 1691 and the castle of King John from the Robin Hood era. ...

... A very narrow staircase to the top. Quite clausteraphobic and very high up. Much dizziness when looking down. Stuart kissed the stone, look out now, but Dorothy's head did not permit her to stand on her head so she watched and laughed. On to ...

... then the castle. On Thursday I was able to fulfill a dream, horseback riding in Ireland!  I had a 2 hour morning ride through Killarney National Park, just myself and my guide Jeanene.  She is French, had been in Ireland for only a few weeks, ...

... last people in the world to know about the attacks - though not as shocked as we were when he filled us in... We departed Killarney - Mandy and Aoidin to the hospital in Espanola and the rest of us to camp on the banks of Georgian Bay - and prepared ...

... Ireland and don’t go here, you are RETARDED! This place was bought and turned into majestic gardens. Temples, lawns, towers, vines, flowers. Amazing. Olli was Curious about raising children and I went into a wonderful rant about raising children. ...

Today we visited the Rock of Cashel and took a helicopter ride over Dublin Castle. Todd and I wanted to watch people kiss the blarney stone from the air. I also learned the difference between an Irish tale and a fib. A fib is not telling the truth. ...