We get up and check the weather on the iPad. It’s going to be cloudy for the next three days, so we decide to go back in to Dublin. When we arrive we discover that we are just in time for the Football match of Navy VS Notre Dame. Most of the people here are…
We hit the road to Kinsale. When we get there we get an early lunch at “Fishy Fishy”. Of course we get fish. We ordered fish & chips and monk fish on top of creamy risotto. All the food was great and the fish is caught in the morning, so the restaurant has a fresh load of…
We get an early start and go to Newgrange. Newgrange is 500 years older than Stonehenge and 1000 years older then the Great Pyramids in Giza . Newgrange looks like a big hobbit house with walls made out of stacked rocks. (Worlds best photo bomber) The inside Newgrange is a 60 ft long passage way leading to a…
Dublin capital of Ireland. When we arrive we hop on a bus to get a good sense of the city. The city was a war zone until the IRA declared a cease-fire. You can still see some of the damage from the fighting. On O’Connell street, there’s a large statue with big bullet holes in it . …
We were not expecting heavy rain, and according to the weather report it would remain rainy for the next couple of days, so we decide to drive straight to Dublin. We get an early start on the road towards Dublin. We make a quick stop at the Irish National Stud. The Stud was first owned…
We got an early start and head to Dingle. Upon arriving we decide to take a scenic route around the peninsula. Sadly today is one of Ireland’s cloudy days. The weather might beat us outside today but not inside, so we drive back to town. When we arrive we go to James G. A pub and order up a…
We start the day going to the Old Bushmill Distillery – the oldest distillery in Ireland (Note: they claim to be the worlds oldest). If you are planning on trying to make this beverage – it is a long process. First they take the raw barley and soak it in water. This is called the germination process and…
We arrive in Belfast, the Capital of Northern Ireland, and we decide to hop on a tour bus. Belfast City Hall We drive by the Harland and Wolff shipyard where the Irish built the Titanic. Titanic memorial representing the iceberg that sunk the Titanic We jumped off the bus get at the Northern Irish Parliament . and walk down…
We get an early start and go to Edradour distillery, the smallest distillery in all of Scotland. They only have two machines to crush and soak the barley so they only produce 12 casks of whiskey each week. They have been distilling Whiskey the same way and using the same equipment since 1825 when…
Getting an early start, We head to Oban Whiskey Distillery. At the distillery we sign up for a full tour to learn about the process to make whiskey.The process goes something like this:1. Smoke the barley in water,2. Let the smoked barley germinate for two days,3. Run the barley through a big coffee grinder to…
