(photos by Ashley and me)
After two days in Dublin we left the city and drove out to Kilkenny to see the old castle, but very quickly since my dad had work to do in Cork. Which actually was just fine with me, especially because we stayed at this place called the Garnish House that served us tea as soon as we walked in. Tea and scones and Guinness bread that I’m determined to make at home. After that we wandered around Cork, went to some shops and walked through the English Market. I finally tracked down an Elizabeth Bowen book at a bookstore, too. Some of you recommended The House in Paris to me, but I wanted something extra Irish so I held out ’till I found a copy of The Last September. It takes place at a big country house in the 1920s during the Anglo-Irish War, and so far it’s so fascinating to me that I want to track down all the Elizabeth Bowen books in the Atlanta library system.
Dublin and Cork were great, but I think I liked our trip best when we drove outside the cities and into the countryside and small towns. The morning we went to Kinsale was cold and windy and cloudy, a little bit eerie. I tried to wear a hat but it kept flying off when we walked by the sea or the curving little streets that just kept going up and up. Before going to Kinsale I knew absolutely nothing about it, so I ended up being pleasantly surprised. As we walked around we’d just run into things that ended up being amazing, from city lookouts to old cemeteries. St. Multose Church was built in the 1100s and had the most eerily beautiful, ivy-covered cemetery that I must have taken one hundred photos in.
After Kinsale we went straight to Killarney for the last part of our trip, but I’ll be showing those photos later.
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Guinness bread sounds amazing! How envious I am.
Gosh, these photos are beautiful. For some reason they remind me of the film “The Secret of Roan Inish.”
It looks so unbelievably pretty there! And now I desperately want a scone. I’m not sure if I’ve ever had a scone, or what they even taste like. But I’m craving them now!
They’re delicious–I wish I could make them but for some reason they seem so difficult.
wonderful pictures… Makes me want to plan another trip in Ireland!!!
I absolutely love all your Ireland photos and stories to date..
Looks wonderful. So sad that you didn’t say hi to me :) I am staying in Dublin for a year as an Aupair. Would have been lovely!
Aww, too bad we didn’t run into each other!!
the place looks gorgeous….just the cimitery is a bit scary but amazing!:-D
I’m so glad you’re enjoying your trip. Enjoy the south west. I hope your able to understand the accents!
I had trouble understanding accents all over the place but I think it’s because I’m hard of hearing :)
Such beautiful pictures! It’s nice when someone takes nice enough photos when they travel. A lot of people take very poor photos!! Now it’s like I’m actually there :)
gorgeous, atmospheric images. How I LONG to go back….
I love all of these photos! Might have to steal a few ;)
I recently did a post on Ireland, check it out!
http://runwayhippie.com/2010/10/08/county-galway/
xx,
Sonia
Ireland is such an impossible looking place! Last year, I had the pleasure of spending a few weeks in south western Ireland with my boy friend, his family, and his extended Irish family. I could not get over that I was in a place that actually looks like that. My camera literally could not capture all the different shades of green!
I hope you were able to go to Killarney National Park. It’s jaw-dropping and lush and every time we drove through it (on those tiny, twisty roads) I couldn’t pull my eyes away. I hope that there are more Ireland trips in your and my future!
I felt the exact same way being in Ireland . . . sometimes I didn’t want to even bother taking pictures because they would never come out as magical as the real thing!
Also we did go to a park in Killarney . . . My parents went to the national park there before but I think we went to a different one maybe? There weren’t roads to drive on . . . just walking. And they had a castle!
I cannot wait to go here one day. I looks absolutely charming!
These photos are lovely. Your trip looks really amazing; I can’t wait to do it myself someday.
It’s crazy how much some of these photos look like eastern Canda! Namely the fishing villages.
i adore all of this, i hope one day i can see these beautiful places, thanks so much for sharing :)
So pretty. I love these pictures. It REALLY is always green and misty there, isn’t it? You look like a little fairy :)
Such beautiful pictures.
i adore your photos, my mum is from Ireland so i used to go there a lot when i was little i get kind of nostalgic looking at them, i hope your having a lovely time, go to Kerry for me if you have time its full of beautiful county side. x
I love The Last September- I recommend A World of Love next, it’s my favorite Bowen after The Last September.
Also, the recipe for scottish scones found at http://orangette.blogspot.com/2004/08/i-took-deep-breaths.html is pretty much fool-proof, and completely delicious.
super cadre pour les photos elles sont super !!! =D
These photos are wonderful. They remind me on a beautiful fairy tale.
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