Reading and Roaming
THE JOURNEY Our next stop was to be the city of Cork, but on the way, we visited the Rock of Cashel. We’ve been using Google Maps for navigation, and without it, we would have been many times lost on this route! We were not directed to a motorway, but rather traveled on a whole …
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WHERE Kilkenny is about 60 miles south and a bit west of Dublin, a drive of not quite 2 hours. We stayed outside town at a country estate, had a lovely dinner there, and then the next day spent several hours exploring the town on our own and with a guide. Kilkenny the town has …
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We were on our own our last full day in Dublin and mostly wandered around. We checked out the very complete Dubray bookshop, had a lovely wine, cheese and charcuterie lunch, spent some more time in a very populated St. Stephen’s Green Park, and then topped it all off with a superb dinner at Pichet. …
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This was Day 3 in Dublin and we spent about 4 hours with a tour guide. James was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and brimming with historical details. The highlight for me was the Book of Kells exhibit at the library at Trinity College It was a well thought out exhibit in which selected pages and images from …
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