Ireland 2024 Index
In the spirit of Harper’s Index, for our Ireland trip.
Kilometer driven: 1,907
Damages to car: none
National Parks visited: 1
Bicycles rented: 8
Killarney National Park, Aran Islands
Fish & Chips ordered: 18
Four orders unless otherwise noted:
Kitty O'Se's (day 3),
Namir's (day 5),
McGanns Pub (1, day 6),
Ivy Cottage (day 7),
Gus O'Connors (1, day 8),
Rusty Mackerel (1, day 10),
Titanic Hotel (2, day 12),
Finnegans of Dalkey (1, day 17).
Blog posts: 110
Pints of Guinness for Jamie: 16
One pint unless otherwise noted:
Hilliards (day 2),
O'Connors Traditional Irish Pub (day 3),
Kate Kearney's Cottage (day 4),
McMunn's of Ballybunion (day 5),
McGanns Pub (2, day 6),
Joe Watty's Bar & Restaurant (0.5, day 7),
Gus O'Connors (day 8),
Hot Tub at Cria Lodge (day 9),
Rusty Mackerel (day 10),
Whoriskey's Pub (day 11),
Titanic Hotel (0.5, day 12),
The Field Bar (day 14),
Norseman Temple Bar (day 15),
Guinness Storehouse (2, day 16),
O'Donoghues (day 17).
Castles stayed in: 1
Airbnbs Stayed: 5 for 12 nights total
Town Centre: Tiġ 13,
Beach: Breakers Beach House,
Cottage: Cottage at Doonagore Castle,
Farm: Cria Lodge,
Castle: Tubbrid Castle
Hotels stayed in: 2
Titanic Hotel,
Hard Rock Dublin.
Islands visited: 2
Inis Mór,
Dalkey Island
Wool sweaters purchased: 7
Tammy: 4, Mazie: 2, Jamie: 1, Tyler: 0
Museums visited: 3 Titanic Museum, EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, Kilmainham Gaol Museum
Photos taken: 1,648
Boats traveled on: 4
Gap of Dunloe Boat Tour (day 4),
Doolin Ferry (day 7),
Paddy's Sliabh League Tour (day 10),
Ken the Ferry Man (day 17)
Weight of luggage: 174 lbs
Part of the Ireland 2024 Collection.
Summer Challenge: Embed and Comment on Chess Game
This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer.
Fairly simple challenge — embed a chess game that you played on lichess.org into a blog post on your site. It should be fully embedded, not just a link. Add a brief commentary on the game and where you felt the critical points were. Would be great to include the PGN and reference the moves where it makes sense.
Summer Challenge: Spec a Gaming PC
This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer.
For this challenge you’ll need to spec out the components of a Gaming PC. Make sure to include all of the components that you would need, with links for each of them, as well as an explanation of why you are picking that specific component and how it all fits together for what your goal is.
I dig Tetris and Tetromino things (proof? Tetris Shower), so this Tetris Font of course caught my attention. 🤩
Got home after two weeks in Ireland to our sump pump system being in alarm mode making a very loud alert — thankfully still working okay! It is handling 15 gallons per minute right now! 😬 Also a smoke detector giving a low battery chirp. There were three power outages while we were gone.
Ireland 2024 Log - Day 18
Weather: Very nice, cool morning. Super humid in Minneapolis.
- Mazie goes for a short run. Tammy a walk for last morning treats.
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Taxi pickup at 9:00 AM. John, our taxi driver shares many stories from his life. Highlights include patio project gone awry by Mick, his wife Pam, his cute grandson that lives with him, and much more.
- Check-in and check bags. Compared to day 1: Tammy 23.9kg — 0.1 kg under limit (52.7 lbs ⬆️ 4.7 lbs), Jamie 19.9kg (43.9 lbs ⬆️ 1.9 lbs), Mazie 18.2kg (40.1 lbs ⬆️ 5.1 lbs), and Tyler 16.9kg (37.3 lbs ⬆️ 6.3 lbs). Total of 174 lbs luggage.
- Stop at Butler’s Chocolates and get Caramel Squares that Tammy tried to get that morning but they didn’t have.
- Cleared US Customs.
- DL115 from DUB to MSP. ✈️
- Land in MSP. Bumpy ride and landing.
- Lyft home!
Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or see Ireland 2024 Collection.
Back in Minneapolis! Can someone turn down the humidity? Yikes.
Our time in Ireland is winding down. It has been great. So many experiences and memories. Wonderful. Tomorrow is a travel day as we fly back home.
Ireland 2024 Log - Day 17
Weather: Another beautiful day. No jackets needed. No rain. Periods of sunshine.
Our last full day in Ireland.
- Tammy and Mazie go for their runs in Dublin. Jamie does blog posts.
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Walk to Tara Street Station and take Greystones Dart train to Dalkey.
- Get off in Dalkey and walk to Dalkey Castle. Stop in The Gutter Bookshop on the way. Cappuccino at Thyme Out.
- Dalkey Castle tour.
- Explore stores in Dalkey: Hark, Papermint Store.
- Shared lunch at Finnegans of Dalkey.
- Walk to pier.
- Have Ken the Ferryman take us to Dalkey Island.
- Explore Dalkey Island.
- Return back with Ken.
- Afternoon treats at Thyme Out: Salted Caramel Bar, Carrot Cake.
- Afternoon gelato for Jamie.
- Explore downtown Dalkey.
- Return to Hark for Mouni and Gutter Bookshop for “Duffy and Son”.
- Take Howth Dart train from Dalkey back to Tara Street Station.
- Walk back to Hard Rock Dublin to change for evening.
- Went to Bunsen for delicious burgers after trying them on day 15.
- Walked into Temple Bar for one song and then proceeded to O’Donoghues.
- Listened to traditional music set at O’Donoghues.
- Walked back to Temple Bar for one final set of music.
- Walk back to Hard Rock Dublin for the night.
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