CJ and I check out of the B&B in the morning as we are heading back to Dublin today. The weather is much clearer today, so we do a quick drive to a viewpoint on Valentia Island where we can see the Skellig Islands in the distance. Along the way we pass by Telegraph Field, the terminus of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable under the ocean that was completed in 1858 allowing...
For whatever reason, it doesn’t seem that this post from Sunday was sent out to email subscribers, so I’m reposting it… The road trip has begun! The destination: County Kerry. My friend CJ and I got a bit of a late start out of Dublin, but we couldn’t have asked for better conditions… blue skies with puffy summer clouds, relatively light traffic, and gorgeous scenery. My posts...
Today at 8:30am my friend CJ and I embark on a tour of the Skellig Islands, two small, steep, and rocky islands lying about 13 km (8 mi) offshore Co. Kerry Ireland, including Skellig Michael (also known as Great Skellig) and the smaller, inhabitable Little Skellig, They constitute the most westerly part of both Ireland and Europe (excluding Iceland). Skellig Michael is best known as the site of...
Today’s destination is Castlegregory on the north shore of the Dingle peninsula. My friend CJ has an old school friend who lives there with his wife and three sons. The scenery is beyond idyllic, of course it’s easy to say that on probably one of the best weather days of the year. Google Maps took us up and over a ridge in the center of the Dingle peninsula on a gravel road… adventure! The view...
The road trip has begun! The destination: County Kerry. My friend CJ and I got a bit of a late start out of Dublin, but we couldn’t have asked for better conditions… blue skies with puffy summer clouds, relatively light traffic, and gorgeous scenery. My posts for the next few days will be mostly photos. The Barack Obama Plaza, a motorway service area in County Tipperary beside the village of...