Category Archives: Ireland

We left Belfast after a wonderful time with Gav and Karen slightly a little worse for wear but excited for the next part of our trip. We had a few days up our sleeve before we were due in Cork for our next visit of friends so thought we would take a road trip downContinue reading “Belfast to Westport”

We arose with slightly fuzzy heads from a great night full of Guinness and great music and so after our full Irish Breakfast we headed off on our way and began with a walk along a beach to clear the heads and freshen up. The weather was dry and not too windy so I guessContinue reading “Westport to Spiddal”

We had a 4 hour drive from Spiddal to our next destination of Dingle so decided to take the motorway and forgo our usual winding detours which meant the drive was pretty uneventful until we started down the peninsula where Dingle is situated. We were staying in a cute bed and breakfast just outside ofContinue reading “Dingle”

Kilworth Co. Cork is where my grandfather was born and raised before he moved to England and like a few of my extended family before me I wanted to see the place where he was born to his father Jack who was the local blacksmith and his mother Mary who ran the local shop rightContinue reading “Kilworth”

It would have been great to have stayed in Kilworth but unfortunately there was nowhere to stay so we decided to head north and stop somewhere halfway to Dublin. I have to admit it was the name of this place that first peaked my interest and then when we found a local B&B right onContinue reading “Graiguenamanagh”

We had one more stop to go on our Irish adventure and it was Dublin. I have 2 old work friends Pete and Dee who have recently moved there and Pete was kind enough to offer us accomodation at his place so we headed there. The drive in was pretty uneventful as we took theContinue reading “Dublin”