Apr. 19, 2019 - Killarney, IE

Ireland Day 5, Waterford, IE - Blarney - Killarney, IE

Shades of Ireland: 13 days

Friday Apr. 19, 2019

7:00am suitcases

• Breakfast oatmeal with Whisky (Muldoon's Irish Whiskey Liquere), cream, brown sugar
• ATM withdrawal €60

8:00am bus leaves

Interesting tidbit from Fiona:

• 'By Hook or by Crook' Oliver Cromwell attempts to take over. These are lighthouses. Hook in Waterford, Crook in Dungarvon

10:00am arrive at Blarney Castle

• kiss The Blarney Stone
• tour the gardens
• shop in Blarney Woollen Mills
• ice cream

12:45pm leave Blarney

2:15pm arrive in Killarney

• check in to Killarney Avenue Hotel
• purchase tickets to show

2:25pm - 3:00pm Jaunting Car Ride thru Killarney National Park 

• John (the jarvey) and Ruby (the horse)

3:00pm Ross Castle

3:15pm - 3:45pm Boat ride to Innisfallen Island and Innisfallen Monastery

4:15pm back to hotel,

• check in
• nap
• shower

6:10pm meet in lobby to walk to dinner

6:30pm - 7:35pm Dinner Treyvaud's with Dave, Tina, Don, Sheila, Ken, Marlene

• Craft Beer Killarney Brewing Company (Devil's Helles Lager)
• Portobello Mushroom with cheese spread
• Irish Meatballs

8:30pm - 10:15pm Gaelic Roots show (song and dance)

Apr. 18, 2019 - Waterford, IE

Ireland Day 4, Dublin, IE - Kilkenny - Waterford, IE

Shades of Ireland: 13 days

Thursday Apr. 18, 2019

7:00am suitcases out

7:15am - 7:45am breakfast

8:15am bus departs

9:55am - 10:10am pee break Paulstown, IE (gas station)

10:55am arrive in Kilkenny

Self-walking tour (just Sharon and I)

• Kilkenny Castle, Rose Garden
• Outdoor market
• browse Smithwick's Experience
• St. Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower (€4 each)
• walk to Dominican Black Abbey
• River Nore Linear Park Canal Walk
• Hurling Statue
• Design Centre for quick lunch (cranberry scone)

Hurling Lesson from John

1:00pm leave Kilkenny

1:45pm arrive in Waterford

1:55pm - 2:50pm Tour with Jack Burtchaell

• Viking Triangle
• Reginalds Tower
• Greyfriars Church
• Christ Church Cathedral
• John and Susanna Roberts (22 kids!)
• OSIP (Over Sexed Irish Protestants)
• Role play Tom as Dermot MacMurrough, Tina as Derbfhorgaill, Peter as Strongbow, Melissa as Aoife

3:00pm - 4:10pm Tour: Medieval Museum of Treasures

• The Undercrofts
• Choristers Hall
• Wine!
• Mayor's Wine vault
• Great Parchment of Waterford
• The Great Charter Roll
• Collection of High Mass Vestments
• Henry VIII's Bearing Sword AND Cap of Maintenance

4:11pm - 4:30pm Tour of Waterford Crystal

4:35pm to The Granville Hotel

6:30pm dinner with St. Louis Jim and Pam

• Blaa
• Vegetable Soup
• Steak and Guinness Stew
• ice cream 

8:15pm "How to make an Irish Coffee" tutorial

8:30pm - 10:45pm evening walk around Waterford

11:00pm - 11:45pm Entertainment in the bar

• Song "(One More Word)" aka  'Aon Focal Eile'  by Richie Kavanaugh