Co. Kerry Day 4, and Co. Tipperary

One of the things about Ireland that I'm sure I've mentioned before is that no matter how much of a tourist attraction something may be, signage isn't always there.  That was the case with a couple of places we tried to see on this weekend.  On our last day, our plan was to visit Kells Sheep Center to watch their sheep dog demonstrations, but there was no signage to be found.  I had even called ahead of time and wrote down the lady's directions over the phone because she said we wouldn't be able to find it on Google Maps (go figure).  Unfortunately, we couldn't find it, so after a little more exploring in Kerry, we headed towards home and stopped in county Tipperary to see the Rock of Cashel and Hore Abbey.  It was a great weekend with pretty amazing weather!

Ballycarbery Castle ruins

Can't stop this girl.

She's got her T-Rex on guard!

Rock of Cashel

Little artist loves to bring along her notebooks and draw the things she sees.

St. Patrick's cross, 12th century

In the background is Rock of Cashel and we're walking over to Hore Abbey.

View of Rock of Cashel from Hore Abbey.  Look at those old gravestones!

Rock of Cashel

County Kerry, Day 3

Day three in Kerry was a busy one!  We hiked to the top of Torc Waterfall, drove through part of the Ring of Kerry (scenic), ate dinner in the lovely and charming town of Kenmare, checked out McCarthy's Castle in the town of Ballinskelligs where we spent the night, and finally a hair-raising drive to check out Bolus Head (scenic) near Ballinskelligs.

Taking time to smell the roses.

Beautiful forest at Torc Waterfall.

View from our hike to Torc Waterfall.

Part of the Ring of Kerry on our way to Kenmare.

Love these colorful towns!

The Wander Inn Bar... excellent food!

Always interesting finds on our explorations!

Cromwell's Bridge in Kenmare

These are the views we see while driving throughout Ireland.

Lina making a sand angel with a view of McCarthy Castle.

One of the views from inside.

Lina discovered this little critter and fed him a rasberry.  :)

Driving out to Bolus Head.

We actually met another car on this road.  It was not fun.

We're rebels.  We did not "turn back now".  :P

The owner of the B&B we stayed at suggested this little spot for dinner.  The food was great!