Sorry about the delay but the hostel in Killarney had very poor WiFi and this one was not turned on last nite. I will go back to Saturday. We got up in the morning and went out to see Ross Castle. Unfortunately there was a triathlon going on so we had to park at a golf course and walk in. Weather was typical. Ross Castle is a restored tower castle on the lake. We took a tour and I was amazed that the space was so small. It had a spiral staircase and the rooms went right off that. Guard rooms on first 2 floors, then a parlour type room, then the bedroom, one bedroom. Everyone slept in the same room. On top of that was the banquet room. There was even an indoor toilet. Actually just an open place to sit down and the waste products went down the side of the castle into the compost pile. They used moss for TP.
After the castle we walked back and drove up to the Gap of Dunloe. Saw Kate Kearney's Cottage. Now a pub/restaurant/tourist shop. The road was too bad to go on to Moll's gap so we drove down and went to Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. Beautiful church and the women can pray fast. Dinner was next and we went to get Tom's fish and chips. Was disappointed-fish was fatty and the coating was greasy. But at least we tried it. Got to bed late because I was trying to blog. I had a semi-disaster with my camera. It deleted all my pics, I don't know what I did, but I couldn't get it to stop. The fellow at the camera shop said I could recover them at home. Thank heavens. But I had to buy a new card. (Some pics below are from Friday.)
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| Small farmhouse at Muckross Traditional Farms |
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| The original Murphey's bed |
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| Dried turf used for fuel |
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| View of mtns from Trad. farms |
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| Inside of large farnhouse |
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| Muckross House |
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| Abbey ruins |
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| Me in doorway of Abbey ruins |
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| Kate Kearney's cottage |
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| Street in Killarney |
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| St. Mary's Cathedral |
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