Had a quick walk around Cork before checking out of our hotel. Made a phone call to Gretta to see if she was going to be home - had tried calling her last night, but she was not home - fortunately, she answered this morning so we arranged to visit her at 12.30. That just gave us enough time to have a walk around Cork and head over to her place. Gretta was very pleased to see us - as we were pleased to see her. I called Dad to let him know we were in Cork and he ...

A quick shoping spree in Galway before hitting the road. We headed off to see the Cliffs of Moher travelling south along the coast. The drive at times was quite scary due to the small winding roads, however, the view made up for the inconvenience! Nothing short of speactacular - it would have to be one of the most rugged coast lines we have seen - it was wild and windy and there were waves crashing up as high as 20 to 30 feet - spraying water everywhere!!! It w...

Following a relatively quiet night in Derry we were up and about early to do the Walking Tour of Derry with Martin McCrossan - a must do if visitng Derry. A passionate tour guide - with a slight bias - the tour takes in a walk around the Derry walls, The Bogside, The Sunday Bloody Sunday Story, the Story of the Apprentice Boys and an overview of the various marches that are celebrated in Derry. The picutre depicted here is of the 100th victim killed during the ...

Our day started with a Black Cab tour of the Shankill Road and Falls Road areas of Belfast. Our driver arrived on time and provided us with expert commentary on our trip around the two districts - the Shankill Road area being the Protestant area and the Falls Road area being the Catholic area. Our driver, being a confessed protestant - cleary was biased in his history of the troubled times, however, it was good to get a perspective from him and he did try to prov...

Irish Travels - the Real Journey begins……Sept 9th The day started with breakfast at the hotel - we were lucky to have booked another night at The Castle as it was so close to everything in Dublin. After breakfast we walked to pick up the car - another problem - the car wasn't there - again! - The guy at the counter, who was there yesterday, obviously saw our disappointment, and made the necessary arrangements for our car to be ready - basically this consi...