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Ireland – Day 8: Part II

Day 8: Part II: All about the Blarney But first, a limerick. We passed through county Limerick on our way to Blarney Castle, and my husband was playing around with something but couldn’t come up with a last line. Luckily (or not, I’ll let you be the judge), a limerick sprang fully formed from myContinue reading “Ireland – Day 8: Part II”

Ireland – Day 8: Part I

Day 8: Muckross House, Muckross Abbey, Jaunting Car, Killarney National Park I’ve been dragging my feet blogging about our last day, because I’m not ready for the reminiscing to be over! However, as anyone who follows me on Facebook may know already, I’m plotting a new book set in Ireland (historical, which is something newContinue reading “Ireland – Day 8: Part I”

Ireland – Day 7

Day 7: Cliffs of Moher in high winds, the Rock Shop, Ross Castle, Druid’s Circle in Kenmare and Baileys’ Cheesecake! The morning was bright and blustery with gale-force winds, as predicted. Still, we’d only walked along the Cliffs of Moher in one direction the evening before, so we wanted to start off in the otherContinue reading “Ireland – Day 7”

Breaking News!

I have to interrupt these blogs of my Ireland trip for amazing book news…after all, this is primarily a book blog! First, huge congrats to Debra Mullins, who brought home the National Reader’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance for HEART OF STONE, the second in her TruthSeers series. The first book, PRODIGAL SON, wonContinue reading “Breaking News!”

Ireland – Day 6

Day 6: Dunguaire Castle, Caherconnell Stone Fort, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Ailwee Caves and Birds of Prey Center, Cliffs of Moher, Medieval Feast at Bunratty Castle We had another very full day ahead of us and so, sadly, couldn’t wait for Dunguaire Castle to open and only had the opportunity to view it externally, though this wasContinue reading “Ireland – Day 6”

Ireland – Day 5

Day 5: Westport House, Fjord, Flying the hawks at Ashford Castle, Cong Abbey We’re in the habit of getting up and out early every day so that we have time to do everything possible, and today was no exception, especially since there was so much to fit in before our appointment to fly the hawksContinue reading “Ireland – Day 5”

Ireland – Day 4: Part 2

Day 4: Neolithic Passage Tombs in County Leitrim and Westport, County Mayo We did have a very nice lunch at the tea room, as advertised, and then went on a search for neolithic passage tombs in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim…. Now, it was a wonder we’d heard about these tombs at all. I saw them listedContinue reading “Ireland – Day 4: Part 2”

Ireland – Day 4: Part 1

Day 4: Donegal Castle, The Dubliners (sadly not in person), Rossnowlagh Beach and Yeats’ Grave We started today with a leisurely walk (and shopping!) around the town of Donegal, seat of the county of Donegal. When we’d killed enough time and spent enough money, we hared off to the castle there, which was built aroundContinue reading “Ireland – Day 4: Part 1”

Ireland – Day 3 Evening

Interlude: evening of Day 3: Napoleonic anchor and Franciscan Abbey in Donegal Town I realized in going over my pictures from the trip that I neglected to post about the end of day three, which involved the anchor from a Napoleonic ship and might…hypothetically…have involved us jumping a stone wall when we somehow missed theContinue reading “Ireland – Day 3 Evening”

Ireland – Day 3: Glenariff Forest Park, the Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castle, Walled City of Derry

Day 3: Glenariff Forest Park, the Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castle, Walled City of Derry Day three started at the beautiful Glenariff Forest Park, which wasn’t far from where we were staying in Antrim. We took the waterfall walk because…well, waterfall! You can see for yourself the natural beauty, though no picture has ever done justiceContinue reading “Ireland – Day 3: Glenariff Forest Park, the Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castle, Walled City of Derry”