We joined thousands of our best friends on the Guinness Storehouse visit today. As a fan of Guinness this was a Father’s Day highlight for me. It was not a brewery tour, but instead more of a history of Guinness itself. I liked seeing some of the archive of advertisements over …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Guinness StorehouseA fish riding a bicycle! (at Guinness Experience in Dublin)
Visiting the Kilmainham Gaol Museum was one of the hardest tickets to get on our trip. Tammy had to be online at the exact right time before they sold out for each session. Kilmainham Gaol was a prison that opened in 1796 and held thousands of inmates over the history. The most …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Kilmainham Gaol MuseumToday, day 15 of our Ireland 2024 trip, we returned the SEAT Leon that we rented (hired?) from New Way for our trip. All in over those 15 days I drove the car 1,907 kilometers, or 1,185 miles. I’m happy to report that I returned the car free of scratches, with all mirrors still …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Driving in IrelandWeather: Excellent day. Warmer day today. Depart Tubbrid Castle at 8:44 AM. Drive to Dublin. Pastries at Bua Coffee trailer. Took class at Experience Gaelic Games and learn Handball, Hurling, and Gaelic Football. Scup Ice Cream. Fill up rental car with gas. Return rental car in …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 15The Samuel Beckett Bridge over the River Liffey from the Sean O’Casey Pedestrian Bridge.
On the Sean O’Casey Pedestrian Bridge crossing the River Liffey.
This evening we made our way to EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin to learn about the history of emigration in Ireland. EPIC is a newer museum just opened in 2016. It tells the story of how Irish people have emigrated throughout the world and the impact made by them. It …
Keep reading · 1 minute: EPIC: The Irish Emigration MuseumThe Temple Bar, in the Temple Bar District, in Dublin.
This morning after arriving in Dublin we went to Experience Gaelic Games to learn and play some Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Handball. In our time in Ireland we’ve come across Hurling frequently. On day 3 when we were on the lawn at Muckross House we saw a family with these odd …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Experience Gaelic Games