Short posting today. We had breakfast and left Kinsale for the drive to Rosslare. To avoid going through Cork we took the 10-minute river ferry from Passage West which lands near Cobh (Cove in English). We’ve been there before and didn’t intend to stop but the ferry attendant told us the Royal Princess (3,600 passengers or so) was in town. We stopped to see it and did a side walk to the impressive St Colman’s Cathedral. Cobh has a rich nautical history. It was the last port for the Titanic before meeting the iceberg, and it was the port where survivors of the Lusitania were brought to shore.
Then we made a quick rest stop in Dungarvin and paid a courtesy visit to Dungarvin Castle. Then there was another quick river ferry from Passage East.
Finally we stopped at the Hook Head Lighthouse for a bowl of soup before motoring on to Rosslare.
In Rosslare we stayed at Archways B&B and had dinner with Chris and Eileen, the proprietors, along with two of their friends. Chris is the chef and he prepared a delicious meal: smoked salmon chowder, delicious rare aged beef with a yummy horseradish sauce, and apple crepes. It was as good a meal as we remembered from our lat stop here years ago. And the company was delightful.
Hey, that’s our ship in June!!! It looks so big. Love the lighthouse. Was that joe’s ancestor at the memorial?
It is indeed one big ship. Our upcoming cruises hold only 1,200 passengers. No relation that I know of but all us Geoghegans probably are related somehow.
Aren’t you guys savvy hopping on and off the ferries cutting down driving distances!
Very cool photo of my palm tree. It truly gives a tropical feel to a unique part of Ireland. Can you feel it?
Onward….