Frustration

 Packed up in Killarney this morning so we could move to Bunratty but a few frustrations were placed in front of us.

First the reception at our Killarney apartment wasn’t staffed until 9am, then about 5kms out of Killarney we were caught in a traffic jam and travelled about 800m in around 30 minutes, the jam being caused by one lane of the 2 lane highway being closed due to an event which required 3 fire engines to be in attendance and en route there were a couple more minor traffic delays.

We stopped at Castleisland mid morning and as we walked up the street noticed a few plaques memorialising a local sportswriter, Con Houlihan, who had a way of describing things

another I saw read, “if a man who will misuse an apostrophe he is capable of anything”

We then moved onto Adare, a very busy village as traffic crawls through it en route to Limerick and places beyond. One can only imagine the chaos that will ensure in September next year when the Ryder Cup will be held at the Adare Manor Golf Course which is no more than 400m out of the village

The village also is home to the only Trinitarian monastery known in Ireland, it being constructed in the 12th century.

There are also a row of 1820 thatched cottages along the main road, originally built to house workers on the Dunraven estate

After a reasonably good look through the village we moved onto our accommodation for the next two days in another large rural residence which provides plenty of room and a nice view out to the North Atlantic Ocean.

In our driving around Kerry yesterday and to Bunratty today we have been in Counties Kerry and Limerick and there are flags flying from a lot of houses in both Counties supporting the players who are in the hurling final (Limerick) on Sunday and Gaelic football final (Kerry) next Sunday