A few photos that maybe didn’t fit in one of the blogs but is still worth posting.  

A bittersweet day…beautiful gardens and a history lesson, along with the sadness of saying goodbye. One last walk on the Promenade outside our hotel in Galway was a must this morning.  It was our last view of the sea before leaving the west coast to travel back to Dublin. A stop at Woodville Walled Gardens proved to be worthwhile.  […]

Kylemore Abbey, St. Brigit’s Garden, and a special event. Today our new driver joined us. Pat, another Killarney man, continued to supply us with facts about Ireland and our immediate locale. Pat, a fisherman himself, described local fishing (especially for brown trout and Atlantic salmon). We passed several lakes (“loughs”) and peat bogs. At one […]

Day Five – Exploring the west coast of Ireland and learning as we go. On the road yet again, on a lovely sunny day, we headed north up the west Irish coast toward Galway. The land is flatter here and mosly agricultural. We saw people cutting peat to sell as fuel, men thatching a roof, […]

Day Four – The best scenery yet, a mishap, and lunch at an authentic pub. When we left the hotel today, we didn’t have to rush and pack up, since we get to spend a second night in Killarney. Kevin drove us around the famously beautiful Ring of Kerry, a circular stretch of scenic highway, with […]