This stop was a bit of an odd one. It was part historical site (the castle and some remaining structures) and part faux town of yesteryear. To their credit, it was sometimes hard to tell which parts were original structures Read more
This drive, pronounced like “sleigh”, was similar to The Ring of Kerry which you’ll remember from Killarney a few posts back. The Ring of Kerry seems to get top billing on the Island but everyone with whom we spoke said Read more
Dingle, once upon a time, was a small fishing village and while they do still bring in seafare their main industry these days is tourism. I’m not quite sure how to feel about that. We heard similar stories around the Read more
I don’t know if I can do justice to The Pax Guest House, but I’ll try. It’s owned and operated by a man named John, who by all accounts is doing what he was put on this earth to do. Read more
The Ring of Kerry is a drive similar to that of Maui’s Road to Hana. We chose to drive it ourselves, which started out as a great idea and ended up as a bad one after Google sent us down Read more
Sarah and I have been to a bunch of foreign countries together; Italy, Croatia, and Iceland… come to think of it we seem to favor countries that start with I. Anyhow, on the morning of the 16th Sarah and I Read more
The big attraction here is the Ring of Kerry, which will be the topic of the next post. This is just going to be a quick look at the town and the place we stayed. Loch Lein Country House The Read more
We were here for quite a while and so I’m going to break this into two different galleries. Blarney Castle is what you think… it’s the famous place where idiots wait in line to hang upside down from the top Read more
All across Ireland I heard locals complaining about how expensive things are. But I noticed that most of the tourist attractions (as was true for this one) were only a couple of bucks to get into, our stays (aside from Read more
I’d say this town was neat, but to the casual observer most towns in Ireland are quite sames-y. Colorful buildings, lots of pubs, walkable downtown, churches and castles, and often (as was in this case) a river ran through it. Read more