{"id":16768,"date":"2023-01-15T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T05:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=16768"},"modified":"2022-12-25T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T05:50:00","slug":"dublin-beyond-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2023\/01\/15\/dublin-beyond-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin & beyond – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We spent very little time in Dublin after our first day, and made day trips to The Cliffs of Moher + Galway (Wild Rover Tours), The Ring of Kerry + Killarney (Railtours Ireland – part train, part coach), and Belfast Titanic + Giant’s Causeway + Dark Hedges (Finn McCools Tours). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See\/Do<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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When the lights go on in Dublin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Officially The Spire. Unofficially Stiffy on the Liffey! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Cliffs of Moher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Quite breathtaking. You can take short or long walks along the cliffs. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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O’Brien’s Tower <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beyond the tower…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Repeat, because it never gets boring!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dunguaire Castle?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Galway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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We spend a few hours walking around Galway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A pretty, pretty place it was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Galway Girl, in person<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Galway had a charming Christmas Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Things were just getting started when we visited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ring of Kerry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This entire landscape (McGillyciddy Reeks, Dingle Bay, Kenmare Bay, the Killarney National Park, Ladies View, the lakes, as well as the villages – Glenbeigh, Waterville, Sneem) is extraordinarily beautiful in a way that the camera really couldn’t capture. It also seemed a little underdeveloped (relatively) from a tourism perspective, and that’s a good thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Red Fox Inn, situated right next to the Kerry Bog Village Museum, the first attraction in the Ring of Kerry tour. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waterville Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whitestrand. There was a postcard at every turn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around Upper Lake, Killarney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Torc Waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Killarney<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Killarney is another quaint town that we just wanted to hug! It plays host to the citizenship ceremonies – the final step to becoming a ‘natural’ resident of Ireland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just so colourful and pretty! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everything you need, packed into a few streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I thought a famous time machine had malfunctioned, but apparently this is a health initiative. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Giant’s Causeway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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There is a rugged beauty to this place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site you’re looking at<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Difficult to recognise it, but this is Dark Hedges, famous in another world as King’s Road. #GoT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gracehill House, built around 1775<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Belfast<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The most bombed hotel in the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Titanic Belfast, the place where the ship was built<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now a museum. While that’s done well enough, I admit to being a little queasy about converting a tragedy into ‘Disneyland’. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Belfast reminded us more of Glasgow than Dublin. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eat\/Drink<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Some great Ice-cream to be had at Murphy’s. This was shot in Killarney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But we had the ice-cream in Galway. This is Whiskey Chocolate. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Recommended by our guide for whiskey tasting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A good old-fashioned pub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helped me choose the whiskey to buy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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D tried the Irish Coffee but wasn’t very impressed. But then, she is neither a whiskey person, nor a coffee person. I think it has its uses. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The place we stopped at for lunch during the Ring of Kerry tour. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Somewhere between a pie and a stew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fish and Chips need no intro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The homemade pudding that we absolutely loved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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If whiskey is your thing, then a visit to Palace Bar is in your interest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Salmon in Dublin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our last dinner in Dublin. This was recommended by all the guides as the local hangout. Absolutely loved the vibe and the service. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This place is an absolute TARDIS. You would never be able to guess the amount of space it has from the outside. Just goes on and on! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What better way to end than a Guinness and an Irish Hot Whiskey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I thought Ireland had a raw, unspoilt beauty to it, which stands in contrast to the finesse that Scotland’s landscape has somehow acquired. If we do visit again, and we do want to, we would spend a few days each in its smaller towns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We spent the last few days of our two week Scotalnd-Ireland vacation on day trips from Dublin. Cliffs of Moher, Giant’s Causeway, Ring of Kerry, also covering Galway, Killarney and Belfast. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5336,6662,17],"tags":[6674,6684,6678,6680,1907,6676,6688,6679,6675,6687,6689,6682,6690,6683,6686,6681,6685],"class_list":["post-16768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-ireland","category-travel","tag-belfast","tag-cliffs-of-moher","tag-dark-hedges","tag-dooleys","tag-dublin","tag-galway","tag-garavans","tag-giants-causeway","tag-killarney","tag-murphys","tag-palace-bar","tag-ring-of-kerry","tag-the-celt","tag-titanic-belfast","tag-torc-waterfall","tag-waterville","tag-whitestrand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16771,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768\/revisions\/16771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}