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We’ve loved our time in Ballybunion on the fabulously wild Atlantic side of Ireland. Today we say bye to Ballybunion and hello to Killarney. On the way we stopped on Ballyduff for a visit to the Rattoo round tower and…

Another fun day of golf & hopefully we can keep the rain away Not so sure about scattered showers ☔️ so we decided to play a scramble to speed up play. Jeff understood the mission hitting to the flagstick and…

The story of the Ardfert Cathedral begins 1500 years ago when St Brendan the Navigator reputedly established a monastery here. The site has three medieval church ruins, the main and earliest building being from the 12th century. Within the adjoining…

Camogie (/kəˈmoʊɡi/ⓘkə-MOH-ghee; Irish: camógaíocht[kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ]) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women.  The game consists of two thirty-minute halves. There is a half-time interval of 15 minutes. In event of extra time, halves must consist of 10 minutes each. Each team has…

Waiting for the rain, watched the final Sandman episodes on Netflix. Hope there’s a season three. Going through photos and trying to organize them a bit. Just read the news that Robert Redford passed away. 😢. In 1978 when I…

We did think twice golfing with the weather prediction of rain and wind and fierce gusts of wind off the Atlantic. We wanted so much to golf with Brian and Euan at the Cashen Course and if they were game,…

Saturday we had a nice visit with the Sexton clan. So nice Aidan, Odhran & Meadhbh & Donagh came to Ballybunion for a walk along the cliffs & beach and a fab lunch. Thanks for the very special day. Later…

So the rain and wind continue but we’re very good at Plan B afterall We hopped in the car after booking a round trip on the Tarbert Ferry in search of sunshine. But the cliffs are showing up and our…

With winds gusting over 40mph and rain sideways we took a rain 😛 check on golf. Disappointing but we are all about Plan B or C or… We loaded up our wind clothes and Kermit for a drive to the…

We drove Sally to Shannon so she could return to Italy for a few more weeks of fun. We had an absolute blast with you sista!! 🥰 Then we walked around Limerick and saw some cool murals and stopped for…

We’re in County Kerry and Dads family was from the Listowel area. Sally’s digging and has a ton of leads. We took a drive to Tralee for a bit of research at the heritage section of the library. After the…

In early 1897, an article in the Irish Times, headed ‘The Golf Links of Kerry’, dismissed the recently opened Ballybunion course with some contempt as “a rabbit warren below the village, where a golfer requires limitless patience and an inexhaustible…

This morning was drier than yesterday but the winds were still blowing with gusts of up to 28 mph expected all day. We saw blue skies and felt sunshine through the windows. Time for a walk on the beach. But…

Moving to the coast to hang out at Ballybunion for a few weeks. Fun part of the drive driving through Listowel, where my grandfather on my Dads side was born. A bit blustery so we’ll be chilling watching the Irish…

We met our cousins on my Fathers side and today were treated to some family history, great stories and photos from the past. I have to dedicate our post today to Aunt Lizzie Brennan. Our great aunt Lizzie Brennan was…

Lovely day exploring Galway between the sunny spells and Irish mist. We’re trying to use our “yank blue sky skills” to keep the trend going. We walked by this gent and said “hey our sister lives in sunny Sequim”. He…

We took a stroll around town, while Sally went off with a cousin on our Dads side to tour Connemara. Mostly just some fun buildings, pubs, wall art, street musicians & a nice hot bowl of soup, brown bread and…

We traveled to Galway with a stop and walk around the “tidy towns” of Adare and Ennis. We stayed dry and throughly enjoyed both. Adare has lovely thatched cottages, shops, a park full of trees, bees and flowers galore. 2027…

We toured the jail with Adam, the most animated story teller. The history of the jail is not easy on the eyes or ears or heart. Its story is one of the hardest times in Irish history. I’m not sure…

We did meet up with Philip Lynott from Thin Lizzie, an Irish musician, songwriter and poet. We also passed Molly Malone Also empty & quiet in the Temple Bar neighborhood as we headed to the River Liffey… …For a visit…

We took a nice dry walk to meet our 10am walking tour. On the way passed some colorful doors of Dublin. We met Kim, a proud Dubliner at the statue of Archibald Wolfe Tone. She gifted us two and a…

We had a beautiful ride to Dublin. We’ve reunited with Sally who came to play in Ireland with us from Italy. The last time she was “home” was 1980. We’re all hungry and ready for a Guinness and Pub food.…

This morning one side of the house was sunny, the other pouring rain. I felt a calling to go outside… Walked around and saw the start of a lovely rainbow Just needed the clouds to move out of the way…

Good day for taking the boys for school supplies, it’s back to school Monday. Mr P’s is a store with just about everything… I was treated by my sweet cousin Aoife, to a lovely pedicure by a beautiful young woman.…

We could still hit a ball after the first “swing and a miss!” A perfect day of sunshine, wind, rain, wind, blue skies, mist and golf at Newcastle West Golf Club. Swings sweet & smooth as butter A great day…

We’re chilling and hanging out with the family in Newcastle West. Took a walk around town with Euan and had an afternoon of lovely liquid Irish sunshine. Tomorrow we’re going to see if we can hit a golf ball after…

The “sunny southeast” of Ireland gifted us another glorious day in Wexford. We had a relaxing morning and then decided to visit a local gem. The Castle stands on an estate first granted to the Esmonde family in 1169. In…

The family hopped on the ferry in Kilmore Quay for a 20 minute ride across the water to the big Saltee Island for 3 hours of exploring. An absolutely perfect day in the Sunny Southeast 🇮🇪 Sun cream required today…

William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, on the occasion of his first visit to Ireland as Lord of Leinster in 1200, encountered rough seas while crossing from Wales. William, Strongbow’s successor, vowed that if spared he would establish a monastery wherever…

A perfect morning for a walk into the local village and be able to appreciate a brilliant garden bursting with lovely flowers My cousin makes the best porridge and I mean BEST!!! Loaded up with local Wexford strawberries is extra…