We left on the Good Friday Morning from London Gatwick and arrived in Dublin just before lunch, what we didn't take into consideration was that Ireland is largely Catholic and most places where shut on the Friday and there was definitely no Alcohol served anywhere!
So we grabbed some lunch and explored the city, churches and castles. Tucked in early for a good nights sleep.
On Saturday we rose early and headed off to the Guinness Brewery before we hit the road to Clifden!!!! The Brewery was very cool and the Guinness tastes magnificent! I didn't like Guinness but this Guinness tasted great! Mum loved the Brewery too but wasn't much of a fan of the drink itself. After our tour we sat down had a Guinness with a hot roast roll what more could you ask for!!
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| From 2010-04 - Ireland |
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| From 2010-04 - Ireland |
After the Brewery we jumped in the car and travelled through the middle of Ireland to a small town called Clifden were the Abbeyglen Castle (http://www.abbeyglen.ie/) was.
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Mum was very excited that we were staying in a castle overnight, when we arrived we had a look around then some drinks and dinner. The staff at the castle were lovely and when we went to Breakfast in the morning the Easter Bunny visited and gave us all an Easter Egg!
After Breakfast we jumped back in the car for the long drive to Cork! We drove along the back roads along the coast, to see all the little villages and the spectacular coast line along the way.
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| From 2010-04 - Ireland |
We arrived in Cork Easter Sunday afternoon and ventured into the city to find somewhere to eat on a public holiday, the next day we went site seeing in Cork and ventured out to Blarney and Blarney Castle.
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Blarney Castle is famous for its Blarney Stone it is said if you kiss it you will get the gift of the gab. I was the only one brave enough to give it a go :-)... The Photo below is of my coming up from kissing the stone, the stone was actually underneath, so you had to bend backward lying down to kiss it.
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After the Castle we drove to where Nano Nagle lived so Mum could see one of the Presentation Sisters from Australia and also where Nano grew up.
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| From 2010-04 - Ireland |
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