One of the best things we did when we first arrived in Ireland was purchase a one year family pass from Heritage Ireland. For €60 we got a year's worth of monuments, castles and manor houses. We purchased it on our visit to Tintern Abbey and Colclough Walled Gardens last September down in Wexford. Since … Continue reading Ireland’s Heritage
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Glendalough
We've been keeping pretty quiet lately since our last weekend away in Kerry. After school/work/study during the week it's tempting to just relax on the weekends. We've settled into a routine of strolling down to Dalkey village for coffee and a visit to the library on Saturdays and then spending the afternoon reading the papers … Continue reading Glendalough
To Kingdom Come
We looked on Couchsurfing recently for options for a two-day midterm break stay somewhere in Ireland, and Bert from the Netherlands got back to us. He lives just outside Abbeyfeale, in the county of Kerry, or 'The Kingdom' as they like to call it down there, so we thought: why not? That was far enough away to make it worthwhile going … Continue reading To Kingdom Come
Back in Dublin Town
Well, after being on the road for the last three weeks we are now settling into our new home in Dublin. The plan is to stay here for a school year while the kids attend school and Ralph finds a job. Ideally I'd like a job too but the librarian job market here is almost … Continue reading Back in Dublin Town
