ireland
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Our last day in Ireland was spent in Dublin. I wanted to visit Trinity College and see the Book of Kells, so Mark booked us a hotel close by that we could walk along the River Liffey, Temple Bar area, and Trinity College. The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript featuring the four gospels…
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After leaving the Dingle Peninsula, we headed south down the coast to County Cork. There is a cute little village called Baltimore that has a pier and cove and a quaint little cottage we stayed in. As we tend to do, we went on a scenic drive! We went to Mizen Head, which is Ireland’s…
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The next stop in our journey took us back just north of Dingle to County Kerry. We rented a room in an old Irish farmhouse that was on Slea Head Drive, one of the best scenic drives in Kerry County. We were right on the Wild Atlantic Way. Our room was on the top on…
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After ending our retreat with a night in Dingle and another in Dublin, we traveled back to the west coast and stayed in a little cottage in Lisconner, County Clare. A beautiful cottage that used to be a residence, but also a place to gather and play music. We are staying by the Cliffs of…
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Have you ever wanted to stay on an island all by yourself? That is the experience we had this week which was one of the highlights of the trip. The Great Blasket Island used to be a fishing village, but there have not been people living full time on the island since the 1950s. Today,…
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Our first day meeting up with the Perry Marshall group for the Influential Writing Retreat. We are a group of 12 people with all from the USA, except Jeremy who is from Japan. Our first day was meeting at the Dublin airport, then heading over to the Wicklow Heather restaurant in Brockagh, Laragh County for…
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Our second trip to Ireland and a day spent in Dublin. I took a few pictures out of the airplane window of my first glimpse of land and the Irish countryside. Trying to get over the jet lag by taking a walking tour of Dublin. Rick Steve’s Ireland book is a must! Saw St. Stephen’s…
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