After exploring the peninsula, getting some poorly communicated directions for a local, driving in a complete circle and finally making our way back into the town of Dingle… we set out to find the bed & breakfast we had booked earlier that morning. Dingle is a small town of narrow winding one way streets. Jay [...]

After we left Ballyseede Castle we headed even further west…out onto the Dingle Peninsula. Until recently, the peninsula was remote from the influences of the modern world, and this meant that the language and traditions of the area have survived intact to a greater degree than in most of Ireland. As we traveled farther & [...]

We arrived at Ballyseede Castle around 7pm after visiting Blarney Castle and doing alot of driving. Our directions were wrong, so we knew we had passed the turn when we saw a giant billboard that read, “Ballyseede Castle – Previous Left Turn”. That’s helpful. What would be even more helpful was if they moved the [...]

We awoke in Kinsale, checked out of Dooneen House, and headed back down to town to take the Historic Stroll in Old Kinsale with the cutest quintessential Irish man, Don Herlihy, as our tour guide. He taught us not only about the history of Kinsale, but it’s historic signifigance to the rest of the world…and [...]

Happy 32nd Birthday Husband! I’m off to assemble the Boston Cream Pie he requested, hopefully I don’t screw it up.

That is what the headline in the September 7th edition of the Evening Echo read. This is the first of 2 stories in the Cork newspaper, a result of the effort of John Maher @ Muddy Maher’s in Kinsale. Here is the story… STRICTLY no toasters. That was the message one couple gave to their [...]

We woke up and headed downstairs for breakfast. I want to take a moment and explain to you what a traditional Irish breakfast consists of. Eggs, 2 links of sausage, 2 pieces of bacon (it’s more ham than bacon in the American sense, Jay thinks it’s boiled because it’s kind of chewy), black or white [...]

On Tuesday morning we got up and took a cab to the Thrifty rental car place to pick up our rental car. Luckily we got a free upgrade to a car that was just big enough to fit our luggage. After a quick run-down on the workings of the car we hopped in, took a [...]

Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better To paint a picture or write a letter, Bake a cake or plant a seed. Ponder the difference between want and need. Dust if you must, but there’s not much time, With rivers to swim and mountains to climb, Music to hear and books to read, [...]

Lucky for us the Hop On – Hop Off Bus Tour Ticket was good for 24 hours, so we set out to get the most bang for our buck by seeing as much as we could in our final day in the city. We spent the day at seeing more of Dublins sites including St. [...]