James Ring’s Photoblog

I got back from Dublin more than two weeks ago, but I thought I should just briefly write about what I did there.

During the days, I was pretty much at the office all the time, so that shouldn’t be very interesting to you. On the weekend of the 28th of April, I went for a wee road trip around Ireland. I started off in Dublin and drove to:

• Galway

Here I lunched and walked around. There were thousands upon thousands of people crammed into the small centre of the city.

• Doolin

Doolin is a teeny village about 40km south of Galway. I stayed overnight, but it must be the most popular tourist destination in the world: every B&B and hotel within a mile of the village “centre” was booked out (I tried them all!). I finally found a nice B&B about two miles away, and got a good night’s sleep.

Doolin is not far at all from the Cliffs of Moher (aka. the Cliffs of Insanity from the Princess Bride), so I went there the next morning. It was raining and foggy, but the cliffs were pretty darn amazing. They’re very tall, and you get the impression that they go on forever, if only the moody fog didn’t cloak them.

• Cashel

I have to say, I think Cashel was my favourite place. It’s home to the Rock of Cashel, an old castle built on top of a hill. I loved walking around and taking photos. It was so peaceful and green.

• Kilkenny

I just had to have a Kilkenny or two in Kilkenny. I went to a pub in the middle of town and watched County Kilkenny’s hurling team lose to County Waterford (Kilkenny is apparently the best hurling team in the country). The locals weren’t too happy about that.

After this, I walked down the road to Kilkenny Castle, which was really nice. The lawn out the back was about the size of a Canberran golf course: it seemed to extend to the horizon.

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