I do wish to say. as we flew over Ireland the landscape was a quilt of gorgeous greens. MY pictures do not capture the true color.. We were there in early May and it was still rather brisk. I imagine it is truly emerald green in summer,. but especially in the northern climes in which we were in this segment of photos, the green was a bit drab!!!
Last time we were enjoying the environs about Blarney Castle. We spent that night in Killarney, a very friendly and fun town. One thing that made it especially fun was the manner in which we arrived
We took the cart ride through the National Park by the lakes of Killarney and also toured Muckross House .. Absolutely fabulous !
Our hotel was wonderful,,the chef was amazing!
From Killarney we followed the Wild Atlantic Way around the Ring of Kerry.. Kerry is a western county that kisses the Atlantic, as well as, a bay that across which views of Dingle Peninsula are captive! But first a bit of the view around Kerry..
A pass through Limerick on the Shannon river/
There on the river by the bridge in Limerick is King John's Castle.. quite a stalwart, edifice!
The Cliffs of Moher were amazing. I'd never been so near a cliff before!!
On our way further north., we got to ride up front in the bus and I was really taken by just how narrow the country roads are in Ireland. NO thank you., Glad we had our bus. I will add here the roads in Scotland were much easier to negotiate, considering you were driving on the left side of the road and the car was set up with the driver's seat on the right side of the front seat. That was enough to get used to.!
Sorry for the bad photo but riding a bus and the glare is jsut impossible to keep out of the photo. but this is a lovely country cottage.. We saw so many glorious old homes like this one!!!
And then we were approaching Galway Bay!!
We ate our lunch at an old hotel in Galway. We weren't there long enough to get photos! We had a ways to go to arrive at our lodging.. We were spending that night at Castle Loch Eske. ON Lake Eske
So gorgeous inside .. just wanted to live there!!!
But next we drove through my very favorite county, County Donegal.
The town of Donegal was so charming. It all revolved around a town center..
There was Castle Donegal
I felt so closely akin to Donegal,,, I felt my ancestors must have had some kind of connection to it!!!
And that was another day.. Next time we will be in Northern Ireland!!!
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