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Sunday – Typical Dingle weather – overcast and occasional rain, temperature in the upper 40’s. No sign of sun today. The long range forecast suggests we won’t see much sun while we are here.
Quiet day. We slept in, getting up at about 8:30 just as it started to get light out. In the morning we drove by the house we will be staying in when we return for six weeks in late April. It’s owned by the same lady, Grainne Kavanagh, from whom we rent this apartment at Water’s Edge House. She and her brother each owned two of the four apartments here. She has sold this one to help finance the house she is buying to live in herself. €435,000. She owns three other rental houses as well, and she owns and manages the Coach House, a high end interior design shop here in Dingle.
We stopped in at the Coach House to deliver Grainne a Christmas present – a nice bottle of French wine. Then we stopped in a few shops to pick up some items we needed and also returned to Garvey’s SuperValu to get all the provisions that we didn’t get on our first visit yesterday. Oh, and we visited Jerry Kennedy’s butcher shop where Mr. Kennedy cut me off two delicious looking sirloin strips that will be Christmas dinner on Tuesday. And we picked up some locally grown Maharee’s potatoes at O’Connor’s Fruit and Veg. Best tasting potatoes in the world!
We had lunch at home and rested up for dinner tonight and a visit to a pub or two. Today is the traditional Twelve Pubs of Christmas when Dingle’s young go out in groups to have at least one drink in twelve different pubs. Oh, to be young again. Elaine and I do the Two Pubs of Christmas – the Dingle Pub and O’Flaherty’s.
Dinner was at James Ashe’s Bar and Restaurant, one of our favorite spots. Read their history on the link. We started with Kir Royales. Then I had six local Glenbeigh oysters (scrumptious!) while Elaine enjoyed Gambas Pil-Pil (Shrimp Spanish style). For our mains, I had the special, Monkfish Scampi, while Elaine ate Roasted Local Scallops and Pork Belly. A great French pinot noir. No desserts.
Then it was off to the pubs. A fun night. We were home by 11:00 and off to bed.
In the Dingle Pub 
My Friend 
Music at O’Flaherty’s 
New Friends
Looking lovely out there! Pubs look so inviting, we just want to hoist one with you. Enjoy tonight, your menus always sound delicious! Merry Christmas
Hi Elaine and Joe,
We just got off our cruise and back to San Juan in time to read your two blogs. Looks like you had a challenging time getting there, but all‘s well that ends well , especially retrieving Elaine‘s suitcase! We have friends who pack 1/2 of his stuff in hers and 1/2 of her stuff in his – not a bad idea and one which we will try on our next trip. Everything looks very Christmasy and festive in Dingle. Billy and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Thinking of you both and looking forward to seeing you in 2019 in sunny Scottsdale . 😎🎄
Glad to see the travel problems are behind you and all is good in Dingle. 🎅 Merry Christmas you two!