Brothers in Ireland
Day 2 - Dublin to Kilkenny
Day 2 - Sunday, September 9th
Rothfarnum Castle visit
with Alan. The castle was not open when we arrived so we found a shop that sold
us rolls with eggs, Irish bacon, and sausage. Alan calls them Cardiac-F---ers,
but they are very good. We ate on the steps of the castle and waited for the it
to open. We had a very detailed tour of the castle (the first and last detailed
tour we took on the trip). Drove to a village
("flower town") that was representing
Ireland in an international flower competition. Awesome flower baskets on all of
the businesses in the village. Afternoon warm-up pub visit. Kilkenney Castle
next. Elected to skip the tour and took pictures of the outside. Lunch at deli
(VERY hot mustard). St. Mary's Cathedral built in 1850. Still active with people
praying inside. St. Candices. Climbed round tower and took pictures of Kilkenney
Castle and St. Mary's Cathedral. Bought Celtic cross for Margie. Watched hurling
match at pub in Killkenney. Detour to Burnchurch Castle and Chapel
ruin where we
climbed the remaining tower and visited the church. Boys on bikes herding milk
cows. Rock of Cashel. Ancient fortress that became church seat. Now a ruin. Lots
of crows overhead and great views of the plain below and Hore Abbey. Awesome
site. Visited Hore Abbey in cow field. Pizza in
Cahir. We didn't like the town
much so we did not stay. Too many young people and some dirty looks from some of
the young guys. We tried a number of B&B's without success and then found
the Peahill Guess house in Ballylooby. It was nice and comfortable for 20
pounds.
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