Trip to (Southern) Ireland, May 2012
Our 10-day-trip: flight to Dublin - 1. Castledermot - 2. Kilkenny - 3. Cashel - 4. Ardmore - 5. Clonakilty - 6. Drombeg Stone Circle -
7. Ring of Beara - 8. Ring of Kerry - 9. Dingle Peninsula - 10. Ardfert Cathedral - 11. Car Ferry from Tarbert to Killimer - 12. Cliffs of Kilkee -
13. Poulnabrone Dolmen - 14. Cliffs of Moher - 15. Aillwee Cave - 16. Tynagh - 17. Clonmacnoise - 18. Dublin ... and several stops on the way
First stop at the old Franciscan Friary in Castledermot:
Kilkenny Castle:
old town of Kilkenny, and boys with Hurling sticks / rackets
St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny, and helpful Irishmen:
The hmm, well, the Rock of Cashel, probably... unfortunately only on the back without construction work
13th Century Hore Abbey, and in the background: the Rock of Cashel
beware of the cows !!!
still not tired in the evening: Jumping Jack Milan...
Ardmore 12th Century Round Tower:
Ardmore Beach, quite windy:
Clonakilty Beach, VERY windy...
Drombeg Stone Circle:
Ring of Beara: Healy Pass
Sheep on the road, we love it !!! That's Ireland !!!
oh, and also cows on the road, we love it even more !!!
we drove on the Ring of Kerry: stop at the old Staigue Fort
unfortunately, "somebody" drove our car into a ditch:
Luckily, a farmer came and pulled us out with his tractor:
Thanks, Mister Farmer! And look at the right picture: a cemetery INSIDE of a church
still on the Ring of Kerry: great 16th Century Ballycarbery Castle
Dingle Peninsula: Inch Beach
Driving on the beach confuses the navigation system:
still on Dingle Peninsula: Gallarus Oratory
Ardfert Cathedral:
Car Ferry from Tarbert to Killimer:
The Cliffs of Kilkee:
short stop in Kilfenora:
Leamaneh Castle, and a lonesome sheep:
Poulnabrone Dolmen (from roughly 3.500 B.C.!!!):
The Cliffs of Moher, well-known to all tourists:
Aillwee Cave, not recommended (it's quite boring!!!)
Kart racing at Pallas Karting in Tynagh:
the great ruins of Clonmacnoise:
Finally, we arrived in Dublin: first stop at the Molly Malone statue
"The Long Room" in Trinity College:
the nice doors of Dublin:
Temple Bar District:
Oscar Wilde statue:
Happy Milan: finally there's a playground!
Bye-bye, great Island of Ireland! See you next time...
