Kevin and Moya's 6-month ADVENTURE !!!

Sean and Gail arrived home on the Saturday and we spent the next couple of days quietly as they got over their jet lag. On the Wednesday, the 4 of us drove north to the Boyne Valley to visit tomb sites that are older than the Pyramids by six centuries and Stonehenge by at least […]

We left Cork without kissing the Blarney Stone (Kevin certainly didn’t need to anyway) and travelled the motorway to Dublin. We detoured to the Rock of Cashel which is reported to be one of Ireland’s most spectacular archaeological sites. This is an ancient Abbey dating from the 4th century. St Patrick is reported to have […]

We said our sad farewells to Gail and Sean’s Kerry House to take two days to reach Dublin. Just after leaving our house we viewed a Staigue Fort. This is a circular stone walled structure which probably sheltered people in the surrounding district. This staigue probably dates from the 3rd or 4th century and is […]

Although the day was overcast and showery we took off to Killarney taking the inland road from Sneem. You never get blasé about the continual vistas no matter how often you see them. This time we had the added privilege of going through part of the Killarney National Park. The road wound up through the […]

The day dawned fine so off we went to explore the walks around our house. We chose to walk the Mass Path a track that joined the beach at the bottom of our hill to the Derrynane Beach. This is part of a Kerry Walk, a series of walking tracks that dot the peninsula. The […]

Skellig Ring is a Gaeltacht area (Gaelige speaking) at the tip of the Inveragh Peninsula It runs from Waterville through Ballinskelligs. It is a wild and beautiful area. Most of the signs are in Gaeltacht but that doesn’t seem to matter as you just follow the narrow windy road. Again there are archaeological sites. We […]

We are now well settled in our house with its magnificent views. We are enjoying the Irish summer(?) which has seen rain off and on most of the days we have been here. However, we have used the house as a base for exploring various parts of the Ring of Kerry. This is the road […]

One thing we have learned about Ireland is that you make the most of the good days. We have been in the Kerry house 5 days, 3 have been raining. So last Wednesday we woke to an overcast but fine day, so off to the Dingle Peninsula we went. In the south west of Ireland […]

So here we are at Gail and Sean’s house, (a modernised 18th century house), at Farraniaragh (pronounced Farran-ear-uk), where we will be for the next 10 days or so. We arrived from Tralee by way of the Ring of Kerry, (more in another blog). We followed the instructions by taking the road behind the hotel. The […]

We arrived at our BandB on the outskirts of Tralee. This was an upmarket BandB with rooms for 7 couples. We spoke to an English couple who said they had been at the BandB for a few days and really enjoyed the area. That night we dined at a new seafood restaurant recommended by our […]