We didn't get up too early but enough time to allow us to pack our ports, have breakfast and make sure we hadn't forgotten anything before we left Ireland for Paris. After dropping the car off at the rental carpark we went and checked our bags in - our weights were right on the limit which was strange as we had nothing extra in the bags but magically it seemed to gain 4 kgs in two days - must be fluid!!! Cork's airport is very small and it was only our flight g...

We arrived in Killarney to the drizzling rain, sort of has been a common theme throughout this trip :) we had no where booked so we drove around for awhile and Sean found one that he thought would be good -€30 per person per night - it was a older style house with each room named after a flower - we were in the fushia room - there was a family of Americans that were also staying there - we later found out that mum and dad were both in the army they were station...

After a decent breakfast we were back on the road again - at this stage we weren't really sure where we were going to stop for the night, just keep driving and when somewhere took our fancy we would stop. Our first stop was the Ailwee Caves right in the middle of the Burren in County Clare. The tour through the cave took around 30 mins it was pretty incredible - the temp stays exactly all year round whether it's winter or summer which is 10 deg. They have never ...

After having breakfast and getting the car packed for our journey we decided to spend the day and night in Galway. We left Limerick and not that far out of the city it started to rain - surprise oh surprise but unlike Glasgow where you just felt depressed the rain only added to the atmosphere. We passed ruin after ruin marveling at the stone fences realizing that most of the fences would be older than Australia - our country is only a baby after all!! Finally we ...

We hit the roads again as we set back out on the Irish roads with our final destination to be Cork. Our first stop after our Dublin visit was to be Limerick but we had a few things to see on our way there!!! Our first stop was Newgrange, which was approximately a 30 min drive from Diblin. Newgrange is a 5000 year old prehistoric passage tomb. Older than the pyramids, it is quite amazing. Every year for the winter solstice it allows 17 mins of sunlight to travel...