Our third jail. Having visited Reading and Shelton Mallet jails during the last few years we felt we had to visit Kilmainham jail here in Dublin. As it is a national monument, we had free access with our English Heritage membership, but had to book a slot on a tour.
A cold and windy May day. After yesterday's sunshine today feels very cold. We set off to catch the bus into town. It only runs once an hour. The plus side the driver wasn't schooled on the Scottish style, so was very helpful. On the negative side, it was late.
Glendalough Monastic centre and Wicklow Mountains National Park. Courtesy of English Heritage we can visit the informative visitor centre for free, and then walk through the national park following some well signed footpaths. The weather was still a little chilly, but the sun did shine quite a bit, so here
The sun is shining and we had hail. We are traveling today slightly North East. The campsite we have been at, Tree Grove, just outside Kilkenny, had almost every hard standing pitch full last night. The sun and weekend has brought people out. We drive to Dolman, one of the
So the sun does shine in Ireland. A pleasant 30 min walk along the river in the sunshine to Kilkenny castle. This was owned by the Butler family for 550 years, but it became too expensive to run. So some years after selling off the furniture it was sold to