Sunday was another fine weather day. Mostly sunny. No rain. We drove to Limerick in the morning. It was just over two hours with zero traffic. We parked in a garage in Limerick which was hopping busy because Riverfest 2019 is going on and today is also the day of the Great Limerick Run – runners choose between 6 miles, a half marathon, or a full marathon.
We parked the car in a garage and then visited both King John’s Castle and St Mary’s Cathedral. Because of everything else going on in town, neither was busy, so we had enjoyable visits. I won’t bore you with details (read the links if you want to know more). The birds of prey at the castle were very interesting. Here are the pictures:
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Then it was lunch along the river. On the stroll back to the garage we stopped at the Hunt Museum for a quick visit. It is not related to the Hunt Brothers of Texas. This Hunt was a collector of just about everything, and his eclectic museum, a cabinet for the curious, is both interesting and pleasantly compact for a short visit. No pictures allowed inside.
Elaine at the Hunt
Then it was time to drive to the hotel and check in. Beautiful hotel, the Absolute. We had a small suite with a small balcony and a nice view of the Abbey River, a tributary of the Shannon. And we had a nice dinner at Harry’s Bar.
On Monday we were up at 5:00 AM for the short drive to Shannon Airport to pick up Bob and Barbara. Their Aer Lingus flight was on time. The drive back to Dingle (in still more sunshine) was uneventful. We diverted 100 yards in Glin to drive past Geoghegan’s Magpie Bar.
With the sun shining we did a drive around Slea Head before driving into Dingle for lunch at Sheehy’s Anchor Down. Then it was back to the house for rest followed by cocktails followed by cheese, crackers, and fruit for dinner. Then it was a long night’s sleep for the new arrivals.
Good to see your friends arrived and now more adventures to write about. We had another school shooting here, Charter school K-12. Still active scene……keep them in your thoughts please.