Well, we ticked a lot of boxes the past 24 hours. We saw the ring of Kerry, explored Killarney and saw a drunk Irishman. We also finished our quest (a small one albeit) by having a pint of every Irish tap beer at the pubs around Killarney (over two nights, not in one sitting). My favorite would have to be Smithwicks Irish Ale, beautiful beer of you can find it. Disappointed there was no Kilkenny, but maybe in Dublin. The ring of Kerry is basically a stretch of ro...

Guinness, Harp and Smithwicks. What do these beers have in common? They were drunk by me at dinner is the answer! Our day was started late by our terms, 8am breakfast for a 9am departure. We were headed to Blarney to see the castle and kiss the stone (and buy stuff at the gift shop to apparently). We passed some magnificent scenery on the way, they say Ireland is 40 shades of green and they weren't kidding, it was breathtakingly pretty. We arrived in Blarney, pai...