Sunday, April 5, 2009

March 27th & 28th - Dingle Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry

The 27th of March (Monday) had us driving to Dingle. We drove around the Dingle Peninsula on a cold, rainy, windy, yucky day. The views unfortunately were not great because of the weather. We stopped at the Beehive Huts, and the Gallarus Oratory (had to see this from a far as it was closed), and had lunch in Dingle Town at the Marina Inn. Mom had also requested a try at a pottery wheel, so we stopped at the Louis Mulcahy Pottery shop to fulfill that desire. We looked around the shop - beautiful things, but expensive! Got some pictures of Mom at the wheel, I think she enjoyed it. We headed back home via Tralee, and had a quiet night in (we were tired, and the weather didn't make us want to go back out).
The next day started out a little bit better - there still was very little sun, but there was less rain. This day took us towards the Ring of Kerry. During my research I came across many people who stated that the Dingle Peninsula is better than the Ring of Kerry - I would have to say the opposite but I know that the weather had a hand in that. I wish we had been able to go back to the Dingle Peninsula on a better day, but that will have to wait until the next trip. We saw the Steigue Fort, and the Ogham Stone (near Daniel O'Connell's house, which was closed for refurbishment). Lunch was at the Brod's Bar in Waterville. Amazing views, and I loved the sheep all over the place. We stopped by Tesco again on the way home, had dinner and another quiet evening at home.

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