Following local traffic, we head out of Kilkenny....
And head towards Cashel....
The Rock of Cashel.... a truly awesome sight.
This is also known as the Craic Paraic, or Rock of Patrick, the site of where St. Patrick baptized the first Irish-Christian king (Aengus of Munster? Don't quote me on that). Having seen a lot of ruins from the inside, we thought the sensible thing to do was to view this by climbing around it instead! The view was worth it.
Again hard to capture, but all we could hear were the ravens and sheep once we rounded the side away from the town traffic... (That's Maureen out there!)
From the hillside....
Then on to Killarney and the Ring of Kerry. I was here a couple of weeks ago, but the misadventure that occurred is noted below! Since it was still light, we scrapped the idea of staying in Killarney and started driving along the woods and coast....
Rhodedendrons in bloom....
We weren't the only ones who thought it was a great view!
Maureen demonstrating other ways to get spinal injuries
Slow down Maureen - you can only go 100 around those blind, hairpin curves!
More local traffic - aren't they on the wrong side of the fence? (I wasn't, or I wouldn't be posting these pictures!)
Pancakes and tea on thin air.... (the arrows have a habit of never quite pointing in the right direction, sometimes with more or less confusing results).
Sunset over the mouth of the River Kenmare, Ring of Kerry.....
And head towards Cashel....
The Rock of Cashel.... a truly awesome sight.
This is also known as the Craic Paraic, or Rock of Patrick, the site of where St. Patrick baptized the first Irish-Christian king (Aengus of Munster? Don't quote me on that). Having seen a lot of ruins from the inside, we thought the sensible thing to do was to view this by climbing around it instead! The view was worth it.
Again hard to capture, but all we could hear were the ravens and sheep once we rounded the side away from the town traffic... (That's Maureen out there!)
From the hillside....Then on to Killarney and the Ring of Kerry. I was here a couple of weeks ago, but the misadventure that occurred is noted below! Since it was still light, we scrapped the idea of staying in Killarney and started driving along the woods and coast....
Rhodedendrons in bloom....More great views and great signs....
We weren't the only ones who thought it was a great view!
Maureen demonstrating other ways to get spinal injuries
Slow down Maureen - you can only go 100 around those blind, hairpin curves! More local traffic - aren't they on the wrong side of the fence? (I wasn't, or I wouldn't be posting these pictures!)
Pancakes and tea on thin air.... (the arrows have a habit of never quite pointing in the right direction, sometimes with more or less confusing results).
Sunset over the mouth of the River Kenmare, Ring of Kerry.....
1 comment:
Good Morning! I work with your Dad at Xerox and he gave me the link to your blog to look at your pictures - he's very proud of you!!The pictures are beautiful and I'm using one of them as my screensaver - it's so relaxing to look at! It looks like you are really enjoying Ireland and it looks like it's a wonderful place! Hope to meet you someday! Take care.
Barb Zimmerli
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