First off, I forgot (I think) to show you our delicious dinner at home one night – barbequed sausages with potato, veg, and wine. And nice flowers on the table too.
Saturday morning is linen change and clean up day. The girls were coming in at 10:30 to do that, so we headed out early to go downtown for breakfast at a new place, the Hare’s Corner. It’s only open for breakfast and lunch. It just opened about four weeks ago. I had the breakfast quesadilla; Elaine had an omelet. It was good. I guess they don’t have a web site yet. At least I couldn’t find it.
After breakfast Elaine stopped in at St Mary’s to light the daily candle for Paul. I snapped the odd picture.
Then we set off on a drive to to Fenit Harbour and Beach, just the other side of Tralee . The temperature was in the 50’s with a breeze, so we didn’t expect a lot of action at Fenit (where we had never been before). Amazingly there were people on the beach, people swimming, and one guy swimming with his dog. We were wrapped up tightly in our jackets. Here are some shots of the beach and the lighthouse on an island in the harbour.
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Near the end of the pier there are some interesting stones with explanatory signs. To get there you walk by lots of very nice boats in dry dock, and there is a statue commemorating the local fishermen. And there’s a mermaid statue too.
Finally at the very end of the harbour pier there is a little park commemorating St Brendan. You heard all about him in a prior post.
Back to Dingle then where we both stopped at Curran’s for a pint. We had a nice chat with Mr. Flannery. He’s a retired fisherman and his family now runs the Fish Box Restaurant where we have twice had lunch this trip.
Dinner was a return visit to the Half Door. It was very busy and we sat near a wedding party of 11. They were having a great time and were fun to watch. I had oysters followed by a seafood medley and crème brûlée for dessert. Elaine had a crab gratinée followed by local caught grilled cod and a white chocolate ganache.
After dinner it was off to a busy O’Flaherty’s for some music. Everyplace is very busy this week because it’s long weekend (bank holiday Monday) and there is a festival going on in town. More about the festival tomorrow. Here are some snaps and a brief music interlude from O’Flaherty’s. The group sitting next to us is a mother and her four daughters from Kilarney, in town for the festival. Elaine had a long chat with the Mom.
What was that liquid in the glass by your oysters, looked like beet juice with diced onions?
When we were in Galway in October, they were swimming in the sea. The Irish are a hardy people!
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Funny. Breakfast at the Hare’s Corner, and a hare at the beach.
Brrr. I’m shivering just looking at those folks swimming. The water (and air) look pretty cold.
Lots of interesting rock formations and statues. That’s one big fisherman, Elaine.
Always looks like fun at O’Flaherty’s.
The Irish are sturdy. A little swim in the ocean just seems to make the day complete. Enjoyed all the pics Joe. Always something new to see. Sue is right, that is a very big fisherman statue.
Not surprised to see the Irish swimming in icy waters. It’s what the L St. Brownies have always done in SOUTHIE and what we still do on the Irish Riviera, a rite of passage, A badge of courage.
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Good article on the Irish Riviera.