Typical Irish weather day – cloudy, occasional rain, and brief periods of sunshine. There was lashing rain early in the morning just before we got up. It’s an Irish bank holiday. We spent a very quiet day in town. We took our separate walks in the morning. Lunch was at home. In the afternoon we went to Neligan’s and then on to the Dingle Pub for pints. While in the pubs, we watched the final game of Irish football tournament that we attended on Saturday. A local team, An Ghaeltacht, from just west of Dingle on the Peninsula, won the match on a thrilling last minute scoring kick with just seconds left in the first overtime.
We had our next to last dinner out at Out of the Blue. If you like fish, this restaurant is superb. I had warm mackerel and salad as a starter and delicious pan fried haddock (skin on) and gambas (shrimp) for my main. Elaine had smoked and honey cured salmon as her starter followed by a monkfish kebab with mushroom duxelles. for her main. For dessert I had decadent dark chocolate cake and Elaine enjoyed passion fruit panna cotta. The wine was a Weingut Geil Pinot Noir from Germany.
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After dinner we went back the Dingle Pub for some music. After a frenetic weekend in Dingle because all the bank holiday related activities, the scene returned to normalcy on Monday night as visitors headed home.
Two more full days in Dingle before we set out on the long (but enjoyable) trek home via Dublin, Bangor (Wales), Heathrow, and Las Vegas.
Safe travels, watch those skies on Thursday, 45 is supposed to be in Ireland and headed home that morning!
Glad to see you are still enjoying your last few days at Dingle. Looks like the food just keeps getting better! Faith’s graduation was yesterday. It was a wonderful day for us all! Mike and Lisa’s first baby girl, all grown up. Safe travels home ….Cindy