Today was our big day in Dublin as we purchased the Dublin Card & tried to visit as many sites as possible. From the hotel we had to go all the way up O'Connell street to the tourist office to buy the card so our first stop was the Au Post Museum in the GPO building. It had some information about the 1916 uprising but it was mainly about the history of the post office so we didn't stay too long. Heading west we walked to the Jameson Distillery & had to wa...

Today was a day trip day & we were going to Kilkenny. We walked up to the tram line and took the tram to Heuston station for the 10.15 train. The journey took about 1hr 25 & the train had free wifi- fantastic! Once we arrived we wandered down the narrow curved street lined with pubs in every second shop to the River Nore where we had a view of the castle to our left & the Smithwicks/Kilkenny brewery on the right. We took a side pedestrian street if sh...

As we decided to have 4 nights in Dublin with maybe a day trip or two instead of hurtling around the country it was nice to not rush out of bed this morning. We decided to go on a 'free' (they work on tips alone) walking tour at 11 so grabbed a quick breakfast to go on the way to the meeting point. The tour was really informative & the guide quite a comedian so the stories told as we walked around Dublin castle, the cathedral, Trinity college & St Stephen...

We were glad not to have booked the earliest train out of Belfast so we could leisurely get to the station for 10.35 in a bit of luxury by taxi. The 2hr train ride went quickly & before we knew it we were in the Republic of Ireland's capital. We took the dart a couple of stops to Grand Canal Dock station which was conveniently right near our hotel. Having looked at lots of hotel options we were happy with where we chose at it was a really nice room with an ex...