Thanks a million for the Guinness and gift of the gab Ireland!

Dublin - (20^th - 21^st May)

We arrived into Dublin and explored the city the best we could, in the one day we had in the city. We started at the River Liffey and visited the famous Ha'penny bridge.

We made our way through Temple Bar, passing many traditional looking pubs on the way.

 Temple Bar

 

We obviously had to stop and try a Guinness while we were in Dublin...

A pint of Guinness

 

Inside the pub

 

 

We wandered around the beautiful Trinity College in Dublin. The gardens were lush and the buildings very impressive.

 
 

 
 

We visited a crypt which was underground an old church. We were told interesting stories and even got to shake hands with one of the crusaders!

 Walking through the Crypts

 Looking inside, at the coffins

The three mummies and one crusader at the back

 

The spear definitely stands out in this beautiful city and was very impressive.

We loved Dublin and the very friendly people here.

Cork (22^nd - 23^rd May)

 

We began our visit in Cork with a wander around the beautiful University College Cork. Once again, this university had beautiful lush gardens and the buildings were very traditional.

 

We obviously needed to stop for a pint of Murphy's in Cork – being the traditional drink here.

 

Visiting the Blarney Castle was a must while in Cork!  We made our way here by bus.

 

 

 

 The river running through the entrance garden of the castle

Our first glimpse of the castle was very impressive!

 

 

 

The castle itself was very impressive and interesting and we had to kiss the stone!!

 Looking down into the castle, from the top

 

 People waiting for their turn to kiss the stone!

 

Andrew kissing the stone!

 

Me kissing the stone!

 

 

We wandered around the rock close , taking in the eerie feel this garden had. The mystic stories dotted around about the witch made this walk very interesting.

 The Witches cave...

The Witches Stone, which creepily looks like a witch on the right hand side of the rock...

 

There are various walks you can take throughout the Blarney Castle grounds. We took a lovely walk around a river which was very nice, especially on the lovely day we had! We even spotted a horse and her new baby!  We found the Castle and it's gardens to be very impressive.