Killarney Towers Hotel

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . We had several 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. ...

... to the top...but didn't kiss the stone...didn't appeal to me. They did have an interesting poison garden - quite interesting. Had dinner at Treyvauds. Later went to the hotel pub for a pint and some music. Stayed up too late 11:30 but had a great ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

A cool day for the Ring of Kerry 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 ...

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. ...

... 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, ...

... hotel in Londonderry would have to get a mention for the views and food.    Worst hotel - Royal National without a doubt. Also the Killarney Towers for the nightclub music both nights.  Favourite concert - I don't really want to ...

... couple of huge lazy Irish wolfhounds to look at.  So that was a very quick look through then on to Castle Ross in Killarney. Unfortunately we struck Easter traffic in Killarney, and (lack of road signs again) missed the bypass so got a bit stuck near ...

... the fun we had, on a bus full of 19 something Australians going round the West coast of Ireland and spending New Years Eve in Killarney said to me no more New Years Eve's at home! This year I planned it better, the same friend from schooldays, on ...

Today was our drive from Killarney to the small coastal town of Doolin.  The first stop was the Bunratty Castle and Folk Park.  The Bunratty Castle was established in the 900's as a Viking settlement and had passed through many prominent lords ...