Hi! I have 5 days worth of photos so am making 3 separate albums with days 1 & 2 in one, day 3 in one, and days 4 & 5 in one album. That way it will be easier for you to view each album at your liesure. Each photo has a description underneath it. Hope you enjoy your journey with us around The Ring of Kerry in gorgeous Ireland. I LOVE IT....wanna move there! 
We crossed from Holyhead, Wales to Dublin, Ireland on Sunday 15th, in the early afternoon and headed to SW Ireland. We arrived in Tralee that evening around 8:00 and had a nice supper at the hotel, headed to bed and the next morning headed to The Ring of Kerry for the day. Just a note about the Kerry Bog Village. Bog is another word for moors. You see the big piles of black peat in some of the pics at the bog village. Peat was dug out of the bog, dried and used for heating and still is used by some for heating today. (This was also done in England, Scotland & Wales because the moors & bogs are rich in peat.) ALSO wanted to remind you to notice the Gaelic language on all the signs. Some little villages only have signs in the Gaelic and not English. Enjoy! We LOVED Ireland and can't wait to one day go back!!!! The greens were soooo GREEN and the fields were full of beautiful BRIGHT YELLOW Gorse and sprinklings of pastel colored houses here and there. We hit a beautiful spell of weather with blue skies and the sea coast was just out of this world....so bright and blue-green!!! A little heaven on earth! For anyone who hasn't used this site before, just click on the first photo thumbnail and then you can either view them by clicking on Next OR by clicking on SLIDESHOW. There is a button there also where if you want to, you can see the FULL SIZE of a photo. (Thanks for wanting to view our albums.) |
ALL READY TO LEAVE ON VACATION!!! |
OUR COACH....HAD STOPPED FOR A "TOILET" BREAK |
LEAVING HOLYHEAD, WALES HEADING TO DUBLIN (TOOK 3 HOURS 20 MIN TO CROSS THE IRISH SEA) |
ON DECK OF THE IRISH FERRY (THE ULYSSES) |
ARRIVING IN DUBLIN....OLD HARBOR |
KEN & JANIE ON THE IRISH FERRY HEADED TO DUBLIN PORT |
JANIE & KEN IN OUR HOTEL IN TRALEE, IRELAND....RIGHT AFTER WE ARRIVED THERE |
MONDAY MORNING HEADED TO THE RING OF KERRY (THE BOG NEAR THE KERRY BOG VILLAGE OPEN MUSEUM) |
KERRY BOG VILLAGE |
INSIDE A SMALL BOG COTTAGE |
JANIE & A LITTLE COLT |
JANIE BY ONE OF THE COTTAGES AT KERRY BOG VILLAGE |
INSIDE ANOTHER COTTAGE |
INSIDE OLD COTTAGE |
KERRY BOG VILLAGE, RING OF KERRY |
KERRY BOG VILLAGE, RING OF KERRY |
JANIE & KEN AT KERRY BOG VILLAGE |
IRISH WOLF HOUND |
KEN TAKING A PHOTO IN FRONT OF PUB-RESTAURANT BESIDE KERRY BOG VILLAGE |
PEOPLE FROM OUR BUS HAVING AN IRISH COFFEE |
INGREDIENTS FOR THE IRISH COFFEE |
JANIE & TERRY (OUR BUS DRIVER) |
THERE'S "FARMER MURPHY"!!!! LOL |
VIEW FROM THE BUS WINDOW |
JANIE & KEN - RING OF KERRY |
TOURING AROUND THE RING OF KERRY |
A RESTAURANT WHERE WE ATE LUNCH (WE HAD FISH CHOWDER & THEN IRISH STEW) |
JANIE OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT |
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WHERE WE ATE LUNCH (NOTICE THE PAINTINGS ON THE WALLS) |
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT AGAIN (THAT LADY IN LIGHT BLUE I MADE FRIENDS WITH, SHE & HER HUBBY WERE VERY NICE) |
TYPICAL MODERN IRISH HOUSE |
JANIE & FRIEND AT TOWN OF WATERVILLE, RING OF KERRY |
WATERVILLE, RING OF KERRY |
WATERVILLE, RING OF KERRY |
ANCIENT STANDING STONES - SHOT FROM THE BUS WINDOW |
RING OF KERRY |
KEN & JANIE ON THE RING OF KERRY TOUR |
VIEW FROM THE BUS |
TOWN OF SNEEM |
TOWN OF SNEEM (LOVED IT THERE!!!!) |
TOWN OF SNEEM |
TOWN OF SNEEM - RING OF KERRY |
VIEWS IN TOWN OF SNEEM, RING OF KERRY |
VIEWS FROM TOWN OF SNEEM, RING OF KERRY |
THE WAY THE FAIRIES WENT |
KEN INSIDE WHERE THE FAIRIES WENT! LOL |
JANIE TAKING IN THE SUN....AAAAHHH!!!! |
JANIE TALKING TO A DOG |
TOWN OF SNEEM, RING OF KERRY |
POST OFFICE IN SNEEM |
KEN WITH A 1/2 PINT OF "REAL" GUINESS AT DAN MURPHY'S BAR IN SNEEM |
KEN & JANIE IN SNEEM |
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!!! LOL |
BRIDGE IN SNEEM |
JANIE LOOKING AROUND IN SNEEM |
TOWN OF SNEEM |
VIEW FROM THE BUS WINDOW |
VIEW FROM THE BUS |
RING OF KERRY |
VIEW FROM THE BUS.....NOTICE THE SHEEP! LOL |
NOTICE THE SHEEP AGAIN!! LOL |
RING OF KERRY |
RING OF KERRY - NOTICE KEN TAKING PHOTOS |
JANIE & KEN - RING OF KERRY |
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