Scott,
Thanks for sharing your pictures!
I lived in Limerick for a couple of years back in the early 1980’s.The company Dad worked for had a plant in Limerick and one in Tralee.
They sent me to a school run by Jesuit priests. Man did that straighten me out !
We got to explore the countryside and see so many things that most people will never be able to. It was a great experience for all of us.
In July of 2004 , my Wife , Son , Mom, Dad and I took a bus tour of Ireland. We wanted to pack in as much as possible while we were there and not have to worry about driving or anything like that.
It was about 92 degrees when we left North Carolina and about 55 degrees when we landed in Dublin the next morning.
We were blessed with great weather the whole time we were there. It only rained one day. Seems like it rained almost every day when we lived there.
We stayed a couple of nights in Dublin and the rest in Killarney. They took us to the usual places , Trinity College , Newgrange,Cliffs of Moher , Bunratty Castle , Blarney Castle,Waterford and so on. Plus we had quite a bit of free time to wander around the town on our own.
On of the highlights was eating lunch at Durty Nelly’s next door to Bunratty. When we lived over there,Dad would take us there once a month and I would always get a prawn coctail so of course , we had to have one !
The bus did not stop in Limerick but we did go through part of it. As we came towards town , we happened to pass my old school ! I thought that was pretty neat.
It was a great trip for us and it sure looks like you guys had a ball.
Speaking of the peat fires, heating oil was so expensive that we only ran our boiler a couple of hours a day. The rest of the time we burned either peat or coal. They were burning peat in some of the places we went on our trip. One whiff of that smoke took me back 25 years !
Glad you had a good trip. How about sharing some more pics when you get time !
Fortyseven2n
