Not much to say about Friday. It was rainy during the night and into the morning, but it turned into a nice day – mostly overcast but with the sun trying hard to sneak through. We walked into town in the morning for a quick stop at the Farmer’s Market and a stop at Ó Catháin’s, the fish market, to buy today’s lunch (seafood chowder) and tonight’s dinner (monkfish)..
We walked separately into town again in the afternoon, me for a brief pub stop and Elaine to drop off some mail at the PO. I had a pint at Neligan’s where I chatted up some locals. Then Elaine met me at the Dingle Pub for a visit with Tom and Suzy. We met a nice young man from Pennsylvania who was travelling Ireland for a week by himself.
Pictures From Our Yard
Saturday was rainy in the morning, but just cloudy most of the day with some sun breaking through in spots. We drove to Tralee for the day. The two largest cities in County Kerry are Tralee and Killarney. We have driven through Tralee countless times, but we never really stopped. We parked near the center and had a good walkabout. We visited two churches: Holy Cross Dominican Church and St John’s. Tralee defies the Irish city normality of having its church named after St. Mary. And we toured the Kerry County Museum where they had a brilliant special exhibit on Roger Casement and the 1916 Easter Rising. Another part of the museum is a walk-through of Tralee as it would have existed in medieval times. After the museum we walked through Tralee Town Park and the beautiful rose garden. Tralee is probably most famous for its annual Rose of Tralee Festival in August.
We had lunch at Quinlin’s Seafood Bar & Market where the main business is selling fish, but they have five tables where they serve food. I had grilled John Dory and chips while Elaine lunched on Dingle Bay Squid and chips. Then it was back to Dingle for a relaxing afternoon (after a brief stop at a Tesco Superstore for a few items we can’t find in Dingle).
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Holy Cross Dominican Church
St John’s Church
The Kerry County Museum
The Kerry Town Park & Rose Garden
Tralee Street Scenes
Didn’t Eat Here 
Mural 
We Ate Here 
Drinking Consultants?
Dinner was at home. Soup for Elaine. Leftover lamb for me. Just before going to bed, I took these pictures at 9:20 PM.
I can see why you enjoyed Tralee. The church’s stained glass was beautiful as were the gardens, the mural, and the bright colored buildings. Cindy
Such lovely pix of the flora!!!!