Spent 3 days in Dublin.
Monday, we went to Dublin Castle .... yeah, another castle! Each castle is incredible, with heaps of history...and dating back to the 900's or earlier!
And saw the Chester Beatty display.
Olly (my son) and Tayla (his partner) arrived in the afternoon.
Great to see them! They were a little worse for wear and tired after their flight from Melbourne via Dubai.
We checked into our Airbnb, then wandered into town and found a Pub with Irish music ..... hummed and jigged along to that before having tea, and back for a catch-up rest for Olly and Tayla.
Tuesday morning, we found a great place for a good Irish brekky...thoroughly enjoyed by us all .... including an Irish coffee!!
We walked to Trinity College, to the old library, long room and 'Book of Kell' (save explaining this ... check it out on Google! .... you may already be aware of this?)
Bit more fun and Irish experience...off to the Guinness Brewery and 'factory'. WOW what a place! Great tour, and finish with pouring our own pint ... and be given one too!
Not quite done yet .... off to the Jamison history centre (the old distillery) for a tour and tastings! Another very worthwhile experience.
So .... if you haven't already realised...today was a 'no car keys day'!!!
For tea we went out to the Merry Ploughman's 'Dinner and Show' (which included transport to and back!)
Fantastic night with Irish music, singing and Irish dancing, and a great meal. Highly recommended if you find yourself in Dublin.
Today we went to St Patrick's Cathedral. A lot more history and many 100s of years (like back to the 900's) to take in.
Came back and went for a drive through the Wicklow mountains across to the coast at Wicklow and looked at the 'Black Castle' ruins there.
Action packed time in Dublin...
Left Dublin, drove through Kilkenny, past the castle!!, onto The Rock of Cashel, another amazing castle and Cathedral!! From there we drove to The Cliffs of Moher, what a piece of coastline! Drove to Galway where we will be until Sunday.
Cheers!!
Michael
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