Kilkenny, Waterford, Kinsale, Cobh - 14th and 15th May

 Hi all,

We set off south from Dublin yesterday, with a coffee stop and castle visit at the medieval town of Kilkenny. The 11th/12th century Castle was very well preserved and well worth a visit.


 




Then we were off to Waterford for great lunch at the Tower Hotel and a long awaited catchup with Norm’s Auntie Caith, cousins Theresa, Siobhan, Stephen and Second cousin Vicki (now 37 a bit older than the last time Norm met her at age seven). They gave us a great Waterford welcome, and a great send off towards our final destination of Kinsale.

We were very happy to find our lovely Lobster Cottage (with the blue door) - home for the next three nights.

Nice view just across the road:

This morning we took a short one hour trip to the port of Cobh (“cove”), which was the last place the Titanic left from in 1912, plus the port that many Irish embarked from in the mass migrations of the 19th century. The town is well past its heyday, very quiet now, but boosting a magnificent Cathedral as a testament to her former glory days.


And some very colourful old houses:

Some nice views on the road back to Kinsale:


We journeyed back for a very important appointment at the local seafood restaurant Fishy Fishy.



We enjoyed this terrific long lunch including Fish Pie, John Dory, Local Lobster, to mention just a few before a turn around the Kinsale old town.

After all that, including a few drams of the local East Cork Apple brandy we headed back to the cottage for a rest up, for tea at home, to get ready for the Ring of Kerry tomorrow.

All our love from the travellers 🧳 






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