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May 26, 2023 – Dublin, Ireland
Went to the National Museum of Ireland – Archeology today. It’s full of old stuff that traces human history way back to the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. You know, before internet. There were a lot of artifacts from Vikings who established Dublin and several other Irish coastal cities. There…
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May 25, 2023 – Cork to Dublin, Ireland
Took the train from Cork to Dublin today. It took two and a half hours and cost 34 Euros which is about $37. Tomorrow is my last full day in Ireland and that’s depressing. Didn’t even get to visit The Butter Museum in Cork. Guess I’ll have to come back. Photo with the green bed…
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May 24, 2023 – Cork, Ireland
Walked around in Central Cork. Went to the top of Shandon Tower at St Anne’s Church which isn’t far from my Airbnb. You’re allowed to ring the bells in the tower and there are instructions on how to play four tunes. I tried “Morning Hath Broken” and “Edelweiss” but neither sounded right. Guess practice everyday…
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May 23, 2023 – Dingle to Cork, Ireland
Took a bus and a train from Dingle to Cork. Five hours, about $40. Pretty countryside the whole way. Didn’t know what to expect for Cork but the central part is pretty cool. Cork is one of the oldest cities in Ireland. There’s a park that has remnants of a Medieval wall, complete with a…
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May 22, 2023 – Dingle, Ireland
Went on a two and a half hour boat tour along the Dingle Peninsula mainly to look at sea life. Saw a lot of sea birds including puffins. Also, saw a lot of gray seals. The weather was great – nice and sunny. The tour went to the westernmost island of Ireland. After several nights…
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May 21, 2023 – Dingle, Ireland
Walked to a lighthouse at the mouth of Dingle harbor. It was mostly a grass path along the harbor shore. Three miles out and back from Dingle. When I got back to town there was a Gaelic football game in a playing field, or as they call it, a pitch. Caught the last 45 minutes…
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May 20, 2023 – Dingle, Ireland
Early this afternoon, took a bus ten miles to the little town of Annascaul. It’s where an incredibly tough Antarctic explorer was from. In English his name was Tom Crean. Of course, he had a name in Irish but Irish is hard to deal with. Crean was on the British expedition to the South Pole…
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May 19, 2023 – Galway to Dingle, Ireland
Took a train and two buses from Galway to Dingle, about eight and a half hours for the trip. Think it only cost about $40. Arrived around 7 PM and didn’t get many photos. A couple are of my Airbnb. It’s a small apartment that’s too nice. The pudding was in the grocery store, SuperValu,…
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May 18, 2023 – Galway, Ireland
Went on a day tour to the Aran Islands, Inisheer to be specific, and to the Cliffs of Moher, one of the best sights in Ireland. Saw some of the region known as the Burren, too. The Burren is a landscape of broken limestone. It looks desolate but many unique plants have been discovered there.…
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May 17, 2023 – Galway, Ireland
Did a walk suggested in Rick Steves’ guide to Ireland. The walk started at Eyre Square with the square itself. There’s a bust of John F Kennedy there. He visited Galway in 1963 a few months before he was assassinated. Other sights were Lynch’s Castle, St Nicholas Cathedral where Columbus is said to have visited…
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